Matthew 4:21
New Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
שָׁם
shâm
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Ἰάκωβος
Iákōbos
Jacobus, the name of three Israelites
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
Ἰωάννης
Iōánnēs
Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
καταρτίζω
katartízō
to complete thoroughly, i.e. repair (literally or figuratively) or adjust
חֵרֶם
chêrem
physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
καταρτίζω katartízō
to complete thoroughly, i.e. repair (literally or figuratively) or adjust
Study G2675 →חֵרֶם chêrem
physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination
Study H2764 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →אָח ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Study H251 →Cross References
Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.
And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
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