Matthew 8:31
New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine."
Word-by-Word Analysis
δαιμόνιον
daimónion
a dæmonic being; by extension a deity
חָנַן
chânan
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
בָּקָר
bâqâr
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
Key Terms in This Verse
בָּקָר bâqâr
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
Study H1241 →חָנַן chânan
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
Study H2603 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath bu...
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