Matthew 8:28
New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
פֵּאָה
pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Γεργεσηνός
Gergesēnós
a Gergesene (i.e. Girgashite) or one of the aborigines of Palestine
קָרָה
qârâh
to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
יָרַשׁ
yârash
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish...
δαιμόνιον
daimónion
a dæmonic being; by extension a deity
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
מְאֹד
mᵉʼôd
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or ...
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)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Key Terms in This Verse
Γεργεσηνός Gergesēnós
a Gergesene (i.e. Girgashite) or one of the aborigines of Palestine
Study G1086 →יָרַשׁ yârash
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
Study H3423 →קָרָה qârâh
to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
Study H7136 →מְאֹד mᵉʼôd
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
Study H3966 →פֵּאָה pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
Study H6285 →Cross References
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lu...
And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
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