Matthew 5:32
New Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
זָנָה
zânâh
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (...
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
נָאַף
nâʼaph
to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
יָבַם
yâbam
to marry a (deceased) brother's widow
גָּרַשׁ
gârash
to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
נָאַף
nâʼaph
to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize
Key Terms in This Verse
גָּרַשׁ gârash
to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce
Study H1644 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →זָנָה zânâh
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of ...
Study H2181 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she ...
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
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