Matthew 23:32
New Testament • 3 words with Strong's data
"Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
מָדַד
mâdad
properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Key Terms in This Verse
מָלֵא mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
Study H4390 →מָדַד mâdad
properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
Study H4058 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
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