Matthew 20:6
New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
עַשְׁתֵּי
ʻashtêy
eleven or (ordinal) eleventh
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
אַחֵר
ʼachêr
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
Key Terms in This Verse
עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →סָבִיב çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Study H5439 →Cross References
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
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