Matthew 19:5
New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
דָּבַק
dâbaq
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Key Terms in This Verse
דָּבַק dâbaq
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
Study H1692 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →בָּשָׂר bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Study H1320 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;
For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.
My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: ...
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
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