Matthew 5:30
New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְמָנִי
yᵉmânîy
right (i.e. at the right hand)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
בָּגַד
bâgad
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
סָכַן
çâkan
to be familiar with; by implication, to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
אָבַד
ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
כֹּל
kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
שְׁאוֹל
shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
Key Terms in This Verse
סָכַן çâkan
to be familiar with; by implication, to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary
Study H5532 →בָּגַד bâgad
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
Study H898 →שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
Study H7585 →אָבַד ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Study H6 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →כֹּל kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
Study H3606 →Cross References
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
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