Matthew 23:13
New Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in."
Word-by-Word Analysis
סָפַר
çâphar
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
Φαρισαῖος
Pharisaîos
a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
סָגַר
çâgar
to shut up; figuratively, to surrender
מַלְכוּ
malkûw
dominion (abstractly or concretely)
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
פֶּתַח
pethach
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Key Terms in This Verse
פֶּתַח pethach
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
Study H6607 →סָפַר çâphar
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
Study H5608 →Φαρισαῖος Pharisaîos
a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
Study G5330 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Study H8064 →Cross References
Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have do...
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.
And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea an...
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
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