word study

One way to study scripture is to break the verse down word by word and find out the meaning of each word or phrase. This is helpful in making an personal application of a verse to your life. I have used this when trying to memorize a verse, and it is also helpful when a passage is just hard to understand. If you do not have a concordance handy, just get out the old dictionary or go to www.m-w.com (Merriam-Webster online)

Isaiah 55:6 "Seek ye the Lord while he may be found,

call ye upon him while he is near."

• Seek - to go in search of, to look for, or to try to discover
• ye - originally used as a pronoun for the plural of "you"
• the - used as a function word to indicate that a following noun is unique
• Lord - another name for God or Jesus
• while - a period of time especially when short and marked by the occurrence of an action or a condition
• he - pronoun - refers here to God
• may - have the ability to
• be - to have an objective existence : have reality or actuality
• found - to come upon by searching or effort
• call - to make a request or demand
• ye - originally used as a pronoun for the plural of "you"
• upon - Function: preposition: On
• him - pronoun - objective case of He
• while - a period of time especially when short and marked by the occurrence of an action or a condition
• he - pronoun - refers here to God
• is - used to indicated of state of "being"
• near - in a close or intimate manner