Matthew 4:22
New Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Key Terms in This Verse
אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
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