Luke 6:49
But he who hears and doesn’t do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.”This verse in the real world
In what words
- ῥῆγμαrhēgmasomething torn, i.e. a fragment (by implication and abstractly, a fall)
- προσρήγνυμιprosrḗgnymito tear towards, i.e. burst upon (as a tempest or flood)
- θεμέλιοςtheméliossomething put down, i.e. a substruction (of a building, etc.), (literally or figuratively)
- ποταμόςpotamósa current, brook or freshet (as drinkable), i.e. running water
- χωρίςchōrísat a space, i.e. separately or apart from (often as preposition)
- οἰκοδομέωoikodoméōto be a house-builder, i.e. construct or (figuratively) confirm
- ὅμοιοςhómoiossimilar (in appearance or character)
- εὐθέωςeuthéōsdirectly, i.e. at once or soon
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Ezk 33:31, Jas 1:22–26, 2Pe 1:5–9, Mat 23:3, Mat 13:20–22, 1Jn 2:3–4, Jas 2:17–26, Luk 10:12–16