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Matthew 5:6

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Matthew 5:6
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Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness are blessed, because they will be filled.

Explanation

Hunger and thirst picture a strong, ongoing longing. Jesus blesses those who long for what is right before God, in their own lives and in the world, and promises they will be satisfied.

Original language
  • πεινῶντες (peinōntes): to hunger
    Greek · Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · Strong's G3983 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Hungering.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Matthew 5:6, word 3

  • διψῶντες (dipsōntes): to thirst
    Greek · Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · Strong's G1372 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Thirsting.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Matthew 5:6, word 5

  • δικαιοσύνην (dikaiosunēn): righteousness
    Greek · Noun, accusative, singular, feminine · Strong's G1343 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Righteousness: what is right in God's sight.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Matthew 5:6, word 7

  • χορτασθήσονται (chortasthēsontai): to feed
    Greek · Verb, future, passive, indicative, 3rd person plural · Strong's G5526 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    They will be filled, satisfied.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Matthew 5:6, word 10

Cross-references
  • Psalm 42:2 · Same theme

    My soul thirsts for God.

  • Isaiah 55:1 · Same theme

    Come, all you who are thirsty.

  • John 6:35 · Same theme

    Whoever comes to Me will never hunger.

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Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

Μακάριοι οἱ πεινῶντες καὶ διψῶντες τὴν δικαιοσύνην, ὅτι αὐτοὶ χορτασθήσονται.

  1. ΜακάριοιMakarioi“Blessed [are]”
    Adjective, nominative, plural, masculine · from μακάριος · “blessed” · Strong's G3107
  2. οἱhoi“those”
    Article, nominative, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  3. πεινῶντεςpeinōntes“hungering”
    Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from πεινάω · “to hunger” · Strong's G3983
  4. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  5. διψῶντεςdipsōntes“thirsting for”
    Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from διψάω · “to thirst” · Strong's G1372
  6. τὴνtēn“<the>”
    Article, accusative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  7. δικαιοσύνην,dikaiosunēn“righteousness,”
    Noun, accusative, singular, feminine · from δικαιοσύνη · “righteousness” · Strong's G1343
  8. ὅτιhoti“for”
    Conjunction · “that/since” · Strong's G3754H
  9. αὐτοὶautoi“they themselves”
    Personal pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  10. χορτασθήσονται.chortasthēsontai“will be filled.”
    Verb, future, passive, indicative, 3rd person plural · from χορτάζω · “to feed” · Strong's G5526
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  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)