Matthew 25:5

New Testament • 5 words with Strong's data

"While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept."

Word-by-Word Analysis

עַד

ʻad

H5704

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

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the

חָתָן

châthân

H2860

a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal)

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אָרַךְ

ʼârak

H748

to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)

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they all

νυστάζω

nystázō

G3573

to nod, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep; figuratively, to delay

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יָשֵׁן

yâshên

H3462

properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate

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Key Terms in This Verse

slumbered G3573

νυστάζω nystázō

to nod, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep; figuratively, to delay

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bridegroom H2860

חָתָן châthân

a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal)

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tarried H748

אָרַךְ ʼârak

to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)

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slept H3462

יָשֵׁן yâshên

properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate

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While H5704

עַד ʻad

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

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Cross References

Habakkuk 2:3 cross-reference

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

Matthew 24:48 cross-reference

But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

Luke 20:9 cross-reference

Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

Matthew 25:19 cross-reference

After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.

Luke 12:45 cross-reference

But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

Song of Solomon 3:1 cross-reference

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Romans 13:11 cross-reference

And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

Ephesians 5:14 cross-reference

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

Matthew 26:43 cross-reference

And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.

Matthew 26:40 cross-reference

And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

Luke 18:8 cross-reference

I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

Song of Solomon 5:2 cross-reference

I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of...

1 Peter 5:8 cross-reference

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Revelation 2:25 cross-reference

But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.

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