Matthew 6:26
New Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
עוֹף
ʻôwph
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
זָרַע
zâraʻ
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
קָצַר
qâtsar
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
רָעָה
râʻâh
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frien...
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
Key Terms in This Verse
רָעָה râʻâh
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
Study H7462 →קָצַר qâtsar
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
Study H7114 →שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Study H8064 →עוֹף ʻôwph
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
Study H5775 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →Cross References
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
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