Matthew 6:28
New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
חָשַׁב
châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...
בֶּגֶד
beged
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
בִּין
bîyn
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
צָמַח
tsâmach
to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
עִצָּבוֹן
ʻitstsâbôwn
worrisomeness, i.e. labor or pain
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Key Terms in This Verse
צָמַח tsâmach
to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
Study H6779 →בִּין bîyn
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
Study H995 →חָשַׁב châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...
Study H2803 →לֹא lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Study H3808 →Cross References
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raime...
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
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