Philemon 1:20
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
שִׂמְחָה
simchâh
blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
נָפַשׁ
nâphash
to breathe; passively, to be breathed upon , i.e. (figuratively) refreshed (as if by a current of air)
מֵעֶה
mêʻeh
used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uteru...
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
Key Terms in This Verse
נָפַשׁ nâphash
to breathe; passively, to be breathed upon , i.e. (figuratively) refreshed (as if by a current of air)
Study H5314 →מֵעֶה mêʻeh
used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (...
Study H4578 →אָח ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Study H251 →Cross References
For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable ...
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
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