Romans 2:19
New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בָּטַח
bâṭach
figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
נָחָה
nâchâh
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
עִוֵּר
ʻivvêr
blind (literally or figuratively)
אוֹר
ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Key Terms in This Verse
נָחָה nâchâh
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
Study H5148 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →אוֹר ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Study H216 →Cross References
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou...
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith t...
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