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Matthew 11

Matt. 11:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
thou
su (Greek #4771)
thou
KJV usage: thou. See also 4571, 4671, 4675; and for the plural 5209, 5210, 5213, 5216.
Pronounce: soo
Origin: the person pronoun of the second person singular
, Capernaum
Kapernaoum (Greek #2584)
Capernaum (i.e. Caphanachum), a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Capernaum.
Pronounce: cap-er-nah-oom'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (probably 03723 and 05151)
, which arta exalted
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
hupsoo (Greek #5312)
to elevate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: exalt, lift up.
Pronounce: hoop-so'-o
Origin: from 5311
unto
heos (Greek #2193)
a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
KJV usage: even (until, unto), (as) far (as), how long, (un-)til(-l), (hither-, un-, up) to, while(-s).
Pronounce: heh'-oce
Origin: of uncertain affinity
heaven
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
ouranos (Greek #3772)
the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of God); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel (Christianity)
KJV usage: air, heaven(-ly), sky.
Pronounce: oo-ran-os'
Origin: perhaps from the same as 3735 (through the idea of elevation)
, shalt be brought down
katabibazo (Greek #2601)
to cause to go down, i.e. precipitate
KJV usage: bring (thrust) down.
Pronounce: kat-ab-ib-ad'-zo
Origin: from 2596 and a derivative of the base of 939
to
heos (Greek #2193)
a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
KJV usage: even (until, unto), (as) far (as), how long, (un-)til(-l), (hither-, un-, up) to, while(-s).
Pronounce: heh'-oce
Origin: of uncertain affinity
hell
haides (Greek #86)
properly, unseen, i.e. "Hades" or the place (state) of departed souls
KJV usage: grave, hell.
Pronounce: hah'-dace
Origin: from 1 (as negative particle) and 1492
: for
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
if
ei (Greek #1487)
if, whether, that, etc.
KJV usage: forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether. Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in 1489, 1490, 1499, 1508, 1509, 1512, 1513, 1536, 1537. See also 1437.
Pronounce: i
Origin: a primary particle of conditionality
the mighty works
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
dunamis (Greek #1411)
force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle itself)
KJV usage: ability, abundance, meaning, might(-ily, -y, -y deed), (worker of) miracle(-s), power, strength, violence, mighty (wonderful) work.
Pronounce: doo'-nam-is
Origin: from 1410
, which have been done
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
thee
soi (Greek #4671)
to thee
KJV usage: thee, thine own, thou, thy.
Pronounce: soy
Origin: dative case of 4771
, had been done
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
Sodom
Sodoma (Greek #4670)
Sodoma (i.e. Sedom), a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Sodom.
Pronounce: sod'-om-ah
Origin: plural of Hebrew origin (05467)
, it
meno (Greek #3306)
to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy)
KJV usage: abide, continue, dwell, endure, be present, remain, stand, tarry (for), X thine own.
Pronounce: men'-o
Origin: a primary verb
would have
an (Greek #302)
a primary particle, denoting a supposition, wish, possibility or uncertainty
KJV usage: (what-, where-, wither-, who-)soever. Usually unexpressed except by the subjunctive or potential mood. Also contracted for 1437.
Pronounce: an
remained
meno (Greek #3306)
to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy)
KJV usage: abide, continue, dwell, endure, be present, remain, stand, tarry (for), X thine own.
Pronounce: men'-o
Origin: a primary verb
until
mechri (Greek #3360)
as far as, i.e. up to a certain point (as a preposition, of extent (denoting the terminus, whereas 891 refers especially to the space of time or place intervening) or conjunction)
KJV usage: till, (un-)to, until.
Pronounce: mekh'-ree
Origin: or μεχρίς (mekh-ris') from 3372
this day
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
semeron (Greek #4594)
on the (i.e. this) day (or night current or just passed); generally, now (i.e. at present, hitherto)
KJV usage: this (to-)day.
Pronounce: say'-mer-on
Origin: neuter (as adverb) of a presumed compound of the article 3588 (t changed to s) and 2250
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Isa. 14:13‑15• 13And thou saidst in thine heart, I will ascend into the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of assembly, in the recesses of the north;
 14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
 15Yet thou shalt be brought down to Sheol, to the recesses of the pit. (Isa. 14:13‑15)
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Lam. 2:1• 1How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with the cloud in his anger,{HR}And cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel,{HR}And remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger. (Lam. 2:1)

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Capernaum,
Day,
Hades,
Heaven,
Hell,
Sodom; Sodoma

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Capernaum.
Matt. 4:13• 13and having left Nazareth, he went and dwelt at Capernaum, which is on the sea-side in the borders of Zabulon and Nepthalim, (Matt. 4:13)
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Matt. 8:5• 5And when he had entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, beseeching him, (Matt. 8:5)
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Matt. 17:24• 24And when they came unto Capernaum, those that receive the half-shekels came to Peter and said, Doth not your teacher pay the half-shekels? (Matt. 17:24)
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Luke 4:23• 23And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard has taken place in Capernaum, do here also in thine own country. (Luke 4:23)
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John 4:46‑54• 46He came therefore again into Cana of Galilee where he made the water wine. And there was a certain courtier whose son was sick at Capernaum.
 47He, having heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, went away unto him and asked that he would go down and heal his son, for he was about to die.
 48Jesus therefore said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will in no wise believe.
 49The courtier said unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
 50Jesus saith to him, Go, thy son liveth. [And] the man believed the word which Jesus had said unto him, and went his way.
 51But as he was now going down, his servants met him and brought [him] word, saying, Thy child liveth.
 52He inquired therefore from them the hour at which he got better. They said to him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
 53The father therefore knew that [it was] at that hour in which Jesus said to him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed and his whole house.
 54This second sign again did Jesus on coming out of Judea into Galilee. (John 4:46‑54)
which art.
Isa. 14:13‑15• 13And thou saidst in thine heart, I will ascend into the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of assembly, in the recesses of the north;
 14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
 15Yet thou shalt be brought down to Sheol, to the recesses of the pit. (Isa. 14:13‑15)
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Lam. 2:1• 1How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with the cloud in his anger,{HR}And cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel,{HR}And remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger. (Lam. 2:1)
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Ezek. 28:12‑19• 12Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
 13Thou hast been in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
 14Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
 15Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
 16By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, Ο covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
 17Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
 18Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
 19All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be anymore. (Ezek. 28:12‑19)
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Ezek. 31:16‑17• 16I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
 17They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen. (Ezek. 31:16‑17)
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Obad. 4• 4Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith Jehovah. (Obad. 4)
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Luke 14:11• 11For every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that abaseth himself shall be exalted. (Luke 14:11)
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2 Peter 2:4‑9• 4For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to lowest hell and gave them up to chains of gloom reserved for judgment,
 5and spared not an ancient world but preserved Noah an eighth, a preacher of righteousness, having brought a flood upon a world of ungodly ones;
 6and reducing to ashes [the] cities of Sodom and Gomorrha, he condemned [them] with overthrow, having set an example to those that should live ungodlily,
 7and rescued righteous Lot, distressed by the behaviour of those abandoned in licentiousness;
 8for the righteous [man] dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing was tormenting a righteous soul day after day with lawless works,
 9[the] Lord knoweth to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep unjust [men] for judgment-day to be punished; (2 Peter 2:4‑9)
in Sodom.
Gen. 13:13• 13And the people of Sodom were wicked, and great sinners before Jehovah. (Gen. 13:13)
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Gen. 19:24‑25• 24Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrha brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;
 25and he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. (Gen. 19:24‑25)
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Ezek. 16:48‑50• 48As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.
 49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom; pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
 50And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good. (Ezek. 16:48‑50)
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Jude 7• 7as Sodom and Gomorrha and the cities around them, having in the like manner with them greedily committed fornication and gone after strange flesh, lie there an example, undergoing judgment of eternal fire. (Jude 7)
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Rev. 11:8• 8And their dead body shall be on the street of the great city which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. (Rev. 11:8)
• They refuse the voice of heavenly wisdom; and the result must be in judgment more unsparing than that which had of old made Sodom the monument of God's vengeance. Was there one place or city in the land more favored than another? It was Capernaum, where most of His miracles were wrought: and yet this very city should be brought down to hell. (“Remarks on Matthew 11” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And *thou*, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hadesc. For if the works of power which have taken place in thee, had taken place in Sodom, it had remained until this day.

JND Translation Notes

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"Hades" like "Sheol" in the Old Testament, see Note at Ps. 6.5, is a very vague expression used in general to designate the temporary state of departed spirits, the unseen or invisible world of spirits, upon which, till the coming of Christ, darkness and obscurity rested, as may be seen in the Old Testament. It is applied to Christ, who went into paradise, and to the rich man in Luke 16, who found himself in torment. It is distinct from "Gehenna," the place of final and eternal torment, prepared for the devil and his angels.

W. Kelly Translation

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And thou, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades. For if the works of power which have taken place in thee, had taken place in Sodom, it had remained until this day.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)