Mark 7:6
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.”
περί
properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
καρδία
Heart
Expand ↓
καρδία
Heart, inner self, the seat of life. Kardia. Create in me a pure heart O God. The heart is the control centre of life. What God changes in the heart changes everything else.
tap to close ↑
χεῖλος
Lips
Expand ↓
χεῖλος
Lip, edge, shore. Cheilos. This people honours Me with their lips but their heart is far from Me. God is not interested in words without heart. What He wants is the inside.
tap to close ↑
οὗτος
This
Expand ↓
οὗτος
This, this one, this person. This is My Son whom I love. With Him I am well pleased. The words spoken over Jesus are spoken over you through your union with Him.
tap to close ↑
λαός
people
Expand ↓
λαός
A people, a nation, a community. You are a chosen people a royal priesthood a holy nation God's special possession. This is your identity.
tap to close ↑
γράφω
it has been written
Expand ↓
γράφω
To write, to record. These things are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ and have life in His name.
tap to close ↑
ὑποκριτής
hypocrites,
Expand ↓
ὑποκριτής
an actor under an assumed character (stage-player), i.e. (figuratively) a dissembler ("hypocrite"
tap to close ↑
προφητεύω
prophesied
Expand ↓
προφητεύω
to foretell events, divine, speak under inspiration, exercise the prophetic office
tap to close ↑
τιμάω
honors,
Expand ↓
τιμάω
to prize, i.e. fix a valuation upon; by implication, to revere
tap to close ↑
Ἡσαΐας
Isaiah
Expand ↓
Ἡσαΐας
Hesaias (i.e. Jeshajah), an Israelite
tap to close ↑
ἔπω
He said
Expand ↓
ἔπω
to speak or say (by word or writing)
tap to close ↑
πόῤῥω
far away
Expand ↓
πόῤῥω
forwards, i.e. at a distance
tap to close ↑
καλῶς
Rightly
Expand ↓
καλῶς
well (usually morally)
tap to close ↑