Matthew 12:43

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅταν δὲ τὸ ἀκάθαρτον πνεῦμα ἐξέλθῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, διέρχεται διʼ ἀνύδρων τόπων, ζητοῦν ἀνάπαυσιν, καὶ οὐχ εὑρίσκει.

Transliteration

When de the akatharton pneuma exelthē from the anthrōpou, dierchetai through anudrōn topōn, zētoun anapausin, and not heuriskei.

Grammar Details

*Ὅταν*: temporal conjunction - when/whenever
*de*: postpositive particle - but/and/now
*akatharton*: neuter, singular, accusative - unclean/impure
*pneuma*: neuter, singular, accusative - spirit/breath
*exelthē*: aorist subjunctive, 3rd singular - might go out/depart
*anthrōpou*: masculine, singular, genitive - of man/person
*dierchetai*: present indicative, middle, 3rd singular - passes through/traverses
*anudrōn*: genitive, plural, neuter - waterless/dry
*topōn*: genitive, plural, masculine - places/regions
*zētoun*: present participle, neuter, singular, nominative - seeking
*anapausin*: feminine, singular, accusative - rest/repose
*heuriskei*: present indicative, 3rd singular - finds/discovers

Word Meanings

*pneuma*: spirit/breath/wind
*exelthē*: goes out/departs/exits
*dierchetai*: passes through/traverses/goes about
*anudrōn*: waterless/arid/desert
*topōn*: places/regions/locations
*anapausin*: rest/repose/relief

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Referenced Verses

Ps 63:1 : 1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.
Isa 35:6-7 : 6 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. 7 And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Isa 41:18 : 18 I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Ezek 47:8-9 : 8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea [shall the waters go] which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be healed. 9 And it shall come to pass, that every living creature which swarmeth, in every place whither the rivers come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither, and [the waters of the sea] shall be healed, and everything shall live whithersoever the river cometh. 10 And it shall come to pass, that fishers shall stand by it: from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim shall be a place for the spreading of nets; their fish shall be after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. 11 But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt. 12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not whither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for healing.
Amos 8:11-13 : 11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Jehovah. 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and shall not find it. 13 In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst.
Matt 8:29 : 29 And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
Mark 5:7-9 : 7 and crying out with a loud voice, he saith, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not. 8 For he said unto him, Come forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man. 9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many. 10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. 11 Now there was there on the mountain side a great herd of swine feeding. 12 And they {G1142} besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. 13 And {G2112} he gave them leave. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the sea, [in] [number] about two thousand; and they were drowned in the sea.
Luke 8:28-32 : 28 And when he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I beseech thee, torment me not. 29 For he was commanding the unclean spirit to come out from the man. For {G4183} oftentimes it had seized him: and he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters; and breaking the bands asunder, he was driven of the demon into the deserts. 30 And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many demons were entered into him. 31 And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss. 32 Now there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they entreated him that he would give them leave to enter into them. And he gave them leave.
Luke 11:24-26 : 24 The unclean spirit when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and finding none, he saith, I will turn back unto my house whence I came out. 25 And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished. 26 Then goeth he, and taketh [to him] seven other spirits more evil than himself; and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first.
Acts 8:13 : 13 And Simon also himself believed: and being baptized, he continued with Philip; and beholding {G3173} signs and great miracles wrought, he was amazed.
1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be watchful: {G3754} your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,
Job 1:7 : 7 And Jehovah said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Job 2:2 : 2 And Jehovah said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

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