Matthew 25:8
New Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
שֶׁמֶן
shemen
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
נִיר
nîyr
a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
שֶׁמֶן shemen
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
Study H8081 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the LORD for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
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