Matthew 26:4
New Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָעַץ
yâʻats
to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
עׇרְמָה
ʻormâh
trickery; or (in a good sense) discretion
שָׁחַט
shâchaṭ
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
Key Terms in This Verse
Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Study G2424 →Cross References
Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
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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