Matthew 7:6
New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
קֹדֶשׁ
qôdesh
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
כֶּלֶב
keleb
a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
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...
בִּלְתִּי
biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because no...
בּוּס
bûwç
to trample (literally or figuratively)
רֶגֶל
regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
קָרַע
qâraʻ
to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
Key Terms in This Verse
קָרַע qâraʻ
to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
Study H7167 →בִּלְתִּי biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
Study H1115 →רֶגֶל regel
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
Study H7272 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →Cross References
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thi...
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, i...
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