Matthew 23:4
New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָסַר
ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
כָּבֵד
kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
כָּבֵד
kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
כָּתֵף
kâthêph
the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anythin...
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
חָרַץ
chârats
properly, to point sharply, i.e. (literally) to wound; figuratively, to be alert, to decide
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
אֶצְבַּע
ʼetsbaʻ
something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe
Key Terms in This Verse
חָרַץ chârats
properly, to point sharply, i.e. (literally) to wound; figuratively, to be alert, to decide
Study H2782 →אֶצְבַּע ʼetsbaʻ
something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe
Study H676 →כָּתֵף kâthêph
the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything
Study H3802 →נָשָׂא nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Study H5375 →כָּבֵד kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
Study H3515 →כָּבֵד kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
Study H3515 →אָסַר ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
Study H631 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →Cross References
And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
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...
But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
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