Mark 7:26

The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
woman	γυνὴ gunē	G1135	a woman · noun — nominative singular feminine
was	ἦν ēn	G2258	I (thou
Greek	Ἑλληνὶς Hellēnis	G1674	a Grecian (i.e. non-Jewish) woman · noun — nominative singular feminine, a people or place name
Syrophenician	Συροφοινίκισσα Surophoinikissa	G4949	a Syro-phœnician woman · noun — nominative singular feminine, a people or place name
nation	γένει, genei	G1085	"kin" (abstract or concrete · noun — dative singular neuter
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
besought	ἠρώτα ērōta	G2065	to interrogate · verb — imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular
him	αὐτὸν auton	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative singular masculine
that	ἵνα ina	G2443	compare G3588 (ὁ)) · conjunction
forth	ἐκβάλῃ ekbalē	G1544	to eject (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular
devil	δαιμόνιον daimonion	G1140	a dæmonic being · noun — accusative singular neuter
out	ἐκ ek	G1537	literal or figurative · preposition
of	θυγατρὸς thugatros	G2364	a female child · noun — genitive singular feminine
her	αὐτῆς. autēs	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular feminine
daughter	θυγάτηρ thygátēr	G2364	a female child

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Cross-references

Matthew 15:22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daug…
Isaiah 49:12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 7:24-30

See here, I. How humbly Christ was pleased to conceal himself. Never man was so cried up as he was in Galilee, and therefore, to teach us, though not to decline any opportunity of doing good, yet not to be fond of popular applause, he arose from thence, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, where he was little known; and there he entered, not into a synagogue, or place of concourse, but into a private house, and he would have no man to know it; because it was foretold concerning him, He shall not strive nor cry, neither shall his voice be heard in the streets. Not but that he was willing to preach and heal here as well as in other places, but for this he would be sought unto. Note, As…

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Adam Clarke on Mark 7:26

The woman was a Greek - Rosenmuller has well observed, that all heathens or idolaters were called Ἑλληνες, Greeks, by the Jews; whether they were Parthians, Medes, Arabs, Indians, or Ethiopians. Jews and Greeks divided the whole world at this period.

John Gill on Mark 7:26

The woman was a Greek,.... Or Gentile, an Heathen woman, which made her faith the more remarkable. So the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions call her; which she might be, and was, though she was a woman of Canaan, as she is said to be in Matthew 15:22, for though the land of Israel in general, was called the land of Canaan, yet there was a particular part, which was at first inhabited by Canaan himself, which bore this name; and is the same with Phoenicia, of which this woman was an inhabitant, and therefore she is afterwards called a Syrophoenician; See Gill on Matthew 15:22. And this place was now inhabited by Gentiles; hence the Jews often distinguish between an Hebrew and a Canaanitis…

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John Calvin on Mark 7:24-30

Mark 7:24-30 Matthew 15:21-28 Mark 7:24-30 21. And Jesus departing thence withdrew into the territories of Tyre and Sidon. 22. And, lo, a woman of Canaan, who had come from those territories, cried saying, Have compassion on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously afflicted by a devil. 23. But he made no reply to her, and his disciples approaching implored him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24. But he answering said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25. And she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26. But he answering said, It is not seemly to take the children's bread, and throw it to the dogs. 27. But she said, Cer…

The Church Fathers

Have you not heard of the Syrophoenician woman? By the constancy of her entreaty, she elicited the Lord's compassion.
— John Chrysostom, HOMILY 24, ON EPHESIANS

For you, as women, have the very same angelic nature promised as your reward, the very same sexual respect as men. You have the same dignity in making moral judgments. This the Lord promises to women.
— Tertullian, ON THE APPAREL OF WOMEN 1.2

(Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc.) Now by this the Lord wished to show His disciples that He opened the door of faith even to the Gentiles, wherefore also the nation of the woman is described when it is added, The woman was a Gentile, a Syrophenician by nation, that is, from Syria of Phænice. It goes on: And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
— Pseudo-Chrysostom ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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Dictionary and topics

Syrophenician — “a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation” (Mark 7:26), i.e., a Gentile born in the Phoenician part of Syria. (See PHENICIA.) When our Lord retired into the borderland of Tyre and Sidon (Matt. 15:21), a…
Syrophoenician — occurs only in (Mark 7:26) The word denoted perhaps a mixed race, half Phoenicians and half Syrians; (or the Phoenicians in this region may have been called Syro-phoenicians because they belonged to…
Canaanites, The · Some descendants of, in our Lord’s time — Some descendants of, in our Lord’s time
Demons · The daughter of the Syrophoenician woman — The daughter of the Syrophoenician woman
Greece · . — .
Sidon · Syro-Phoenician woman — Syro-Phoenician woman
Sidonians, The · Formerly a part of the Phoenician nation — Formerly a part of the Phoenician nation
Syria · And it inc — And it inc
Syro-Phoenician · by Jesus — by Jesus
Tyre · .Heals the daughter of the non-Jewish, Syrophenician woman near — .Heals the daughter of the non-Jewish, Syrophenician woman near

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 7:24-30

Adam Clarke on Mark 7:26

John Gill on Mark 7:26

John Calvin on Mark 7:24-30

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 7:24-30

Adam Clarke on Mark 7:26

John Gill on Mark 7:26

John Calvin on Mark 7:24-30

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Mark 7:25-26