Luke 6:48
He is like a man building a house, who went deep and put the base of it on a rock; and when the water came up and the river was driving against that house, it was not moved, because the building was good.Luke 6:48 in the real world
In what words
- πλήμμυραplḗmmyraflood-tide, i.e. (by analogy) a freshet
- βαθύνωbathýnōto deepen
- προσρήγνυμιprosrḗgnymito tear towards, i.e. burst upon (as a tempest or flood)
- σκάπτωskáptōto dig
- θεμελιόωthemelióōto lay a basis for, i.e. (literally) erect, or (figuratively) consolidate
- σαλεύωsaleúōto waver, i.e. agitate, rock, topple or (by implication) destroy; figuratively, to disturb
- πέτραpétraa (mass of) rock (literally or figuratively)
- θεμέλιοςtheméliossomething put down, i.e. a substruction (of a building, etc.), (literally or figuratively)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Co 3:10–15, Psa 62:2, Mat 7:25–26, Isa 28:16, Jud 1:24, Isa 26:4, Eph 2:20, 1Pe 2:4–6