Matthäus 12:20
Ein geknicktes Rohr wird er nicht zerbrechen, und einen glimmenden Docht wird er nicht auslöschen, bis daß er das Gericht zum Sieg ausführe.This verse in the real world
In what words
- τύφωtýphōto make a smoke, i.e. slowly consume without flame
- λίνονlínonflax, i.e. (by implication) "linen"
- κατάγνυμιkatágnymito rend in pieces, i.e. crack apart
- σβέννυμιsbénnymito extinguish (literally or figuratively)
- συντρίβωsyntríbōto crush completely, i.e. to shatter (literally or figuratively)
- κάλαμοςkálamosa reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen
- κρίσιςkrísisdecision (subjectively or objectively, for or against); by extension, a tribunal; by impli
- ἐκβάλλωekbállōto eject (literally or figuratively)
+5 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 42:3–4, Ezk 34:16, Isa 61:1–3, Psa 147:3, Luk 4:18, Lam 3:31–34, Heb 12:12–13, Psa 51:17