Matthew 27:52
New Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,"
Word-by-Word Analysis
פָּתַח
pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
פֶּגֶר
peger
a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image
חָסִיד
châçîyd
properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
יָשֵׁן
yâshên
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Key Terms in This Verse
פֶּגֶר peger
a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image
Study H6297 →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 →פָּתַח pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Study H6605 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →Cross References
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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