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

And the

קֶבֶר

qeber

H6913

a sepulchre

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were

פָּתַח

pâthach

H6605

to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

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and

רַב

rab

H7227

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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פֶּגֶר

peger

H6297

a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image

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of the

חָסִיד

châçîyd

H2623

properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)

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which

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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קוּם

qûwm

H6965

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

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Key Terms in This Verse

graves H6913

קֶבֶר qeber

a sepulchre

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bodies H6297

פֶּגֶר peger

a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image

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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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saints H2623

חָסִיד châçîyd

properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)

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opened H6605

פָּתַח pâthach

to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

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arose H6965

קוּם qûwm

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

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many H7227

רַב rab

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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Cross References

Isaiah 26:19 cross-reference

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.

1 Thessalonians 4:14 cross-reference

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

1 Corinthians 15:20 cross-reference

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

Daniel 12:2 cross-reference

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.

Isaiah 25:8 cross-reference

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.

1 Thessalonians 5:10 cross-reference

Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

Hosea 13:14 cross-reference

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.

1 Corinthians 15:51 cross-reference

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

1 Corinthians 11:30 cross-reference

For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.

Acts 7:60 cross-reference

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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