Matthew 21:33
New Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
אַחֵר
ʼachêr
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
מָשָׁל
mâshâl
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
נָטַע
nâṭaʻ
properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
נָקַף
nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
חָפַר
châphar
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
יֶקֶב
yeqeb
a trough (as dug out); specifically, a wine-vat (whether the lower one, into which the juice drains; or the upper, in which the grapes are crushed)
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
מִגְדָּל
migdâl
a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
רָחַק
râchaq
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
יֶקֶב yeqeb
a trough (as dug out); specifically, a wine-vat (whether the lower one, into which the juice drains; or the upper, in which the grapes are crushed)
Study H3342 →חָפַר châphar
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
Study H2658 →נָטַע nâṭaʻ
properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
Study H5193 →מִגְדָּל migdâl
a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
Study H4026 →מָשָׁל mâshâl
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
Study H4912 →Cross References
Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever h...
Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:
Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
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