Ephesians 5:29
for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord — the assembly,This verse in the real world
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In what words
- ἐκτρέφωektréphōto rear up to maturity, i.e. (genitive case) to cherish or train
- θάλπωthálpōto brood, i.e. (figuratively) to foster
- ποτέpotéindefinite adverb, at some time, ever
- μισέωmiséōto detest (especially to persecute); by extension, to love less
- σάρξsárxflesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by e
- καθώςkathṓsjust (or inasmuch) as, that
- οὐδείςoudeísnot even one (man, woman or thing), i.e. none, nobody, nothing
- ἑαυτοῦheautoûhim- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other person
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Eph 5:31, Ezk 34:14–15, Pro 11:17, Ecc 4:5, Jhn 6:50–58, Isa 40:11, Mat 23:37, Rom 1:31