Matthew 7:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ κατέβη ἡ βροχὴ, καὶ ἦλθον οἱ ποταμοὶ, καὶ ἔπνευσαν οἱ ἄνεμοι, καὶ προσέπεσον τῇ οἰκίᾳ ἐκείνῃ· καὶ οὐκ ἔπεσεν: τεθεμελίωτο γὰρ ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν.

Transliteration

And katebē the brochē, and ēlthon the potamoi, and epneusan the anemoi, and prosepeson against the oikia that; and not it epesen: it had been tethemeliōto for gar upon the petran.

Grammar Details

*katebē*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - came down/descended
*brochē*: nominative, feminine, singular - rain
*ēlthon*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - came/arrived
*potamoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - rivers/streams/floods
*epneusan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - blew
*anemoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - winds
*prosepeson*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - fell upon/beat against
*oikia*: dative, feminine, singular - house/dwelling
*epesen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - fell/collapsed
*tethemeliōto*: pluperfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular - had been founded/established
*gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
*petran*: accusative, feminine, singular - rock/bedrock

Word Meanings

*katebē*: came down/descended/fell
*brochē*: rain/shower/downpour
*potamoi*: rivers/streams/floods
*epneusan*: blew/breathed
*prosepeson*: beat against/fell upon/struck
*tethemeliōto*: had been founded/established/built upon a foundation

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which [the Lord] promised to them that love him.
1 Pet 1:7 : 7 that the proof of your faith, [being] more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
Ps 125:1-2 : 1 A Song of Ascents. They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So Jehovah is round about his people From this time forth and for evermore.
Ezek 13:11-16 : 11 say unto them that daub it with untempered [mortar], that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. 12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my wrath; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it. 14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered [mortar], and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be uncovered; and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah. 15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered [mortar]; and I will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; 16 [ to wit], the prophets of Israel that prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and that see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Acts 14:22 : 22 confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.
1 Cor 3:13-15 : 13 each man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man's work of what sort it is. 14 If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward. 15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire.
1 Pet 1:5 : 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Col 2:7 : 7 rooted and builded up in him, and established in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding {G846} in thanksgiving.
Mal 3:3 : 3 and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah offerings in righteousness.
Ps 92:13-15 : 13 They are planted in the house of Jehovah; They shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and green: 15 To show that Jehovah is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Eph 3:17 : 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Matt 16:18 : 18 And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.

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