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
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
חָתָן
châthân
a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal)
אָרַךְ
ʼârak
to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)
νυστάζω
nystázō
to nod, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep; figuratively, to delay
יָשֵׁן
yâshên
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
Key Terms in This Verse
νυστάζω nystázō
to nod, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep; figuratively, to delay
Study G3573 →חָתָן châthân
a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal)
Study H2860 →יָשֵׁן yâshên
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
Study H3462 →עַד ʻad
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
Study H5704 →Cross References
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.
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
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.
After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
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;
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
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.
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
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...
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
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