Matthew 23:33

New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

"Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?"

Word-by-Word Analysis

Ye

נָחָשׁ

nâchâsh

H5175

a snake (from its hiss)

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ye

דּוֹר

dôwr

H1755

properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling

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of

ἔχιδνα

échidna

G2191

an adder or other poisonous snake (literally or figuratively)

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how can ye

מָלַט

mâlaṭ

H4422

properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young...

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the

κρίσις

krísis

G2920

decision (subjectively or objectively, for or against); by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law)

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of

שְׁאוֹל

shᵉʼôwl

H7585

Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates

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Key Terms in This Verse

vipers G2191

ἔχιδνα échidna

an adder or other poisonous snake (literally or figuratively)

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damnation G2920

κρίσις krísis

decision (subjectively or objectively, for or against); by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law)

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serpents H5175

נָחָשׁ nâchâsh

a snake (from its hiss)

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hell H7585

שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl

Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates

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escape H4422

מָלַט mâlaṭ

properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks

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generation H1755

דּוֹר dôwr

properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling

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Cross References

Matthew 3:7 cross-reference

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matthew 12:34 cross-reference

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Matthew 5:22 cross-reference

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but wh...

Luke 3:7 cross-reference

Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

John 8:44 cross-reference

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he...

Revelation 12:9 cross-reference

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Genesis 3:15 cross-reference

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Hebrews 2:3 cross-reference

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

Hebrews 10:29 cross-reference

Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thi...

Hebrews 12:25 cross-reference

See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

2 Corinthians 11:3 cross-reference

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

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