Matthew 7:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
1 Pet 1:7 : 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Ps 125:1-2 : 1 A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Ezek 13:11-16 : 11 Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, 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 GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it. 14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; 16 To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.
Acts 14:22 : 22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
1 Cor 3:13-15 : 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, 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 by fire.
1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Col 2:7 : 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
Mal 3:3 : 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
Ps 92:13-15 : 13 Those that be planted{H8803)} in the house of the LORD shall flourish{H8686)} in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bring forth fruit{H8799)} in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; 15 To shew{H8687)} that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness {H8675)} in him.
Eph 3:17 : 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Matt 16:18 : 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell 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 no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

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