Matthew 23:14
New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation."
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
אַלְמָנָה
ʼalmânâh
a widow; also a desolate place
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
πρόφασις
próphasis
an outward showing, i.e. pretext
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
תְּפִלָּה
tᵉphillâh
intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
κρίσις
krísis
decision (subjectively or objectively, for or against); by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law)
Key Terms in This Verse
κρίσις krísis
decision (subjectively or objectively, for or against); by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law)
Study G2920 →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 →Cross References
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