Matthew 6:8
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
חָסֵר
châçêr
to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
שָׁאַל
shâʼal
to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
Key Terms in This Verse
יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →שָׁאַל shâʼal
to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
Study H7592 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →Cross References
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
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