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N1904καὶ αὐτὸς ὑμῖν δείξει ἀνάγαιον μέγα ἐστρωμένον ἕτοιμον· καὶ ἐκεῖ ἑτοιμάσατε ἡμῖν.

BSAAndkai he himselfautos yousu will showdeiknuō [take you up, himself guide] an upper roomanōgeon [on the upper floor] largemegas [great, spacious] furnishedstrōnnumi [with a table and seats] [and] ready;hetoimos [prepared, made available] And thereekei [in that place, at that location] do preparehetoimazō [get ready, prepare] for us.egō

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Mark 14:15quick helps
In a sentenceJesus instructs His disciples to prepare for the Passover in a designated upper room.
Who is speakingJesus, giving directions to His disciples.
Where we areThe scene is set just before the Last Supper, highlighting the preparations for this significant event.
The hard wordδείξει
Take awayThe preparations for the Passover are intentional and guided by Jesus.
7 commentators on this verse Gill, Jamieson, Trapp, Ellicott & more — read them › clause subjectαὐτός verbδείκνυμι The sentence as the grammar sees it Open the tree ›
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Deep Study — Mark 14:15

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Context — Preparation for the Last Suppergenerated

14and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’
15And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”
16So the disciples left and went into the city, where they found everything as Jesus had described. And they prepared the Passover.
17When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve.

Mark 14:15 describes Jesus instructing His disciples to prepare for the Passover meal in a large upper room. This room is furnished and ready for their gathering, emphasizing the importance of the event. The context highlights the meticulous planning Jesus undertakes for this momentous occasion, reflecting the significance of the Last Supper in the narrative of the Gospel. This preparation aligns with the prophetic traditions of the Old Testament, where specific arrangements were often made for sacred observances.


Cross References

ReferenceText (BSB)
12 Chronicles 6:30be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of men—
2Psalm 110:3Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
3Proverbs 16:1The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
4Proverbs 21:1–2The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
5John 2:24–25But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 10 references, hung on the phrase they belong to


The Key Word δείξει, deiknuōgenerated

The verb δείκνυμι is in the future tense, indicating an action that will take place. It means 'to show' or 'to make known,' often used in contexts where something is being revealed or demonstrated. In this verse, it signifies Jesus' promise to guide the disciples to the location for the Passover.

This word carries an active sense of direction, as it is not merely about showing but also implies a personal involvement from Jesus. The use of the future tense suggests certainty and assurance in His guidance.


How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated

The primary translation for this study is the Berean Standard Bible, which states: 'And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.' Other translations, such as the KJV and ASV, also convey similar meanings, using 'will show' and 'furnished and prepared' respectively.

Where translations differ, they do so mainly in the rendering of δείξει and ἕτοιμον. The BBE opts for 'take you up' while the WEB uses 'get ready'. The ASV and BSB maintain a consistent approach with 'will show' and 'ready'.


Sentence Structuregenerated

The sentence structure revolves around two main clauses, with the first clause led by the verb δείξει, he will show, which governs the noun phrase ἀνάγαιον (an upper room). The second clause contains the imperative verb ἑτοιμάσατε, make preparations, indicating a direct command to the disciples.

The subject of the first clause is αὐτὸς (he), referring to Jesus, while the indirect object is ὑμῖν (you). The adverbial ἐκεῖ (there) specifies the location for the preparations.


Septuagint Backgroundgenerated

δείκνυμι corresponds to the Hebrew רָאָה (to see), which is used in the Septuagint to indicate showing or revealing something. This connection emphasizes the continuity of God's revelation from the Old Testament to the New.

The term ἑτοιμάζω is linked to the Hebrew כּוּן, meaning to prepare or establish, further underlining the theme of preparation found throughout biblical texts.


In plain words — the whole versegenerated

Mark 14:15 records Jesus telling His disciples that they will be shown a large upper room where they can prepare for the Passover. This room is already furnished and ready, highlighting the importance of their gathering.


Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated

What does Jesus mean by the 'large upper room'?

The 'large upper room' refers to a spacious area on the second floor of a building, where Jesus and His disciples would celebrate the Passover, known as the Last Supper.

Why is it significant that the room is 'furnished and ready'?

The room being 'furnished and ready' indicates that preparations for the Passover meal were made in advance, signifying the importance of this sacred event.

What does the command to 'make preparations' imply?

The command to 'make preparations' implies that the disciples are to actively engage in the process of getting ready for the Passover, highlighting their participation in the event.

How does this verse connect to the theme of preparation in the Bible?

This verse connects to the broader biblical theme of preparation, as seen in various scriptures where God instructs His people to prepare for significant events, such as the Passover.


Reflection Questionsgenerated

  1. In what ways can I prepare my heart for significant spiritual moments, similar to how the disciples prepared for the Passover?
  2. How can I recognize and respond to the guidance of Jesus in my life, as the disciples did?
  3. What does it mean for me to make preparations for my faith community?
  4. How can I ensure that I am ready for the opportunities God presents to me?

The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it

Early church commentators reflect on the significance of this passage, interpreting the upper room as a place of spiritual preparation and revelation.

JeromeSt. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER SIX c. 347–420
[Daniel 6:10] "Now when Daniel learned of it, that is, of the law which had been enacted, he entered his house,
Early Church Fathers on Mark 14 →
BedeOn the Gospel of Mark c. 673–735
And he will show you a large upper room furnished and prepared there for us, etc. The large upper room is the spiritual law, which leaving the narrowness of the letter, receives the Savior in a high place.
Early Church Fathers on Mark 14 →

Commentators on this verse — 7 expositors, verse by verse

Each of these wrote on Mark 14:15 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.

John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he will show you a large upper room,.... A room in the highest part of the house, large enough for such a company, for thirteen persons, which was the number of Christ and his disciples:

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Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary

And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?

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John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

15 And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. Ver. 15.

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Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(15) Furnished and prepared.—The first word implied that it was not a bare, empty chamber, but set out with cushions or divans, on which the guests could recline; the second, that it was specially arranged for the Paschal Supper of that evening.

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AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Verse 15. Furnished] Spread with carpets - εστρωμενον - so this word is often used. See WAKEFIELD. But it may also signify the couches on which the guests reclined when eating. It does not appear that the Jews ate the passover now, as their fathers did formerly, standing, with their shoes on, and their staves in their hands.

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CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

15. a large upper room furnished] “a greet souping place strewid,” Wyclif. The guest-chamber was on the upper floor, ready, and provided with couches, as the custom of reclining at meals required. We may conclude also from the word prepared that the searching for and putting away of every particle of leaven (1 Corinthians 5:7), so important a preliminary to the Passover, and performed in perfect silence and with a lighted candle, had been already carried out.

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Daniel Denison Whedon1808–1885Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

§ 121. — FOR THE , Mark 14:12-16.(See notes on Matthew 26:17-19.)

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The verse in English, compared — 16 translations, and where they part company

Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.

Modern formal

BSBBerean Standard Bible2020

And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”

WEBWorld English Bible2000

He will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Get ready for us there.”

MSBMajority Standard Bible2022

And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”

NETBNew English Translation2006

He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”

Tyndale line

KJVKing James Version1611

And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.

ASVAmerican Standard Version1901

And he will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready: and there make ready for us.

RVARevised Version, American1894

And he will himself shew you a large upper room furnished and ready: and there make ready for us.

NWBWebster's Bible1833

And he will show you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.

GNVGeneva Bible1599

And he wil shewe you an vpper chamber which is large, trimmed and prepared: there make it readie for vs.

Strictly literal

DBYDarby Translation1890

and he will shew you a large upper room furnished ready. There make ready for us.

YLTYoung's Literal Translation1862

and he will shew you a large upper room, furnished, prepared — there make ready for us.'

LSVLiteral Standard Version2020

And he will show you a large upper room, furnished, prepared—make ready for us there.”

ULBUnlocked Literal Bible2017

He will show you a large furnished upper room that is ready. Make the preparations for us there.”

From the Latin

DRADouay-Rheims (Challoner)1899

And he will shew you a large dining room furnished; and there prepare ye for us.

Simplified

FBVFree Bible Version2020

He will take you to a large upstairs room that is furnished and ready. You can make preparations for us there.”

BBEBible in Basic English1949

And he will take you up himself to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready for us.

Word by word, the decisions they made

δείξειdeiknuō will show G1166 3 different renderings
will showBSB LSV MSB NETB NWB ULB
showASV WEB
take you upBBE
μέγαmegas large G3173 2 different renderings
largeASV BSB DBY DRA FBV GNV KJV LSV MSB NETB NWB RVA ULB WEB YLT
greatBBE
ἐστρωμένονstrōnnumi furnished G4766 2 different renderings
furnishedASV BSB DBY DRA FBV KJV LSV MSB NETB NWB RVA ULB WEB YLT
with a table and seatsBBE
ἕτοιμον·hetoimos [and] ready; G2092 2 different renderings
readyASV BBE BSB DBY FBV MSB NETB RVA ULB WEB
preparedGNV KJV LSV NWB YLT
ἑτοιμάσατεhetoimazō do prepare G2090 4 different renderings
make readyASV BBE DBY KJV LSV NWB RVA YLT
get readyWEB
prepareDRA
preparedGNV

Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.


The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the Nestle 1904 treebank

This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.

clauseκαὶAndclausesubjectαὐτὸςheindirect objectὑμῖνyouverbδείξειwill shownoun phrase · objectnoun phrasenoun phraseἀνάγαιονan upper roomμέγαlargeἐστρωμένονhaving been furnishedἕτοιμον[and] readyclauseκαὶAndclauseadverbialἐκεῖthereverbἑτοιμάσατεprepareindirect objectἡμῖνfor us

Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.


The earliest translations — Latin and Syriac

Every translation is an argument about meaning made by someone who had to commit to one. These two were made while the Greek was still a living language, and they are the oldest opinions we have about what this verse says.

Latin VulgateAD 382–405

Et ipse vobis demonstrabit cœnaculum grande, stratum : et illic parate nobis.

Jerome revised the Old Latin against the Greek from AD 382; the Latin west read this text for a thousand years.

Syriac Peshittaby AD 400

ܘܗܐ ܡܚܘܐ ܠܟܘܢ ܥܠܝܬܐ ܪܒܬܐ ܕܡܫܘܝܐ ܘܡܛܝܒܐ ܬܡܢ ܬܩܢܘ ܠܢ

The Bible of the Syriac-speaking church, in the language nearest to the Aramaic Jesus spoke.

Shown verse by verse rather than word by word: aligning a Greek word to its Latin or Syriac counterpart automatically would be guesswork, and a wrong alignment is worse than none.


The Greek editions compared — what the manuscripts actually say

Eight printed editions of the Greek New Testament, side by side. Where they agree the wording is settled; where a word is missing from an edition it is marked, so you can see the difference rather than take it on trust.

Nestle-Aland 28th edition2012 · Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft

καὶ αὐτὸς ὑμῖν δείξει ἀνάγαιον μέγα ἐστρωμένον ἕτοιμον· καὶ ἐκεῖ ἑτοιμάσατε ἡμῖν.

The standard critical text of the New Testament.

Nestle-Aland 27th edition1993 · Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft

καὶ αὐτὸς ὑμῖν δείξει ἀνάγαιον μέγα ἐστρωμένον ἕτοιμον· καὶ ἐκεῖ ἑτοιμάσατε ἡμῖν.

The previous edition, still widely cited.

SBL Greek New Testament2010 · Michael Holmes

καὶ αὐτὸς ὑμῖν δείξει ἀνάγαιον μέγα ἐστρωμένον ἕτοιμον· καὶ ἐκεῖ ἑτοιμάσατε ἡμῖν.

The Society of Biblical Literature edition, freely licensed.

Westcott–Hort1881 · Westcott and Hort

καὶ αὐτὸς ὑμῖν δείξει ἀνάγαιον μέγα ἐστρωμένον ἕτοιμον· καὶ ἐκεῖ ἑτοιμάσατε ἡμῖν.

The edition that turned scholarship toward the earliest manuscripts.

Tregelles1857–1879 · Samuel Prideaux Tregelles

καὶ αὐτὸς ὑμῖν δείξει ἀνάγαιον μέγα ἐστρωμένον ἕτοιμον· καὶ ἐκεῖ ἑτοιμάσατε ἡμῖν.

An independent critical text built from the oldest witnesses then known.

Tyndale House Greek NT2017 · Tyndale House, Cambridge

καὶ αὐτὸς ὑμῖν δείξει ἀνάγαιον μέγα ἐστρωμένον ἕτοιμον· καὶ ἐκεῖ ἑτοιμάσατε ἡμῖν.

A recent critical edition following documentary evidence closely.

Byzantine majority text2018 · Robinson–Pierpont

καὶ αὐτὸς ὑμῖν δείξει ἀνάγαιον μέγα ἐστρωμένον ἕτοιμον· ἐκεῖ ἑτοιμάσατε ἡμῖν.

The reading of the majority of surviving manuscripts.

Textus Receptus1550/1894 lineage

καὶ αὐτὸς ὑμῖν δείξει ἀνάγαιον μέγα ἐστρωμένον ἕτοιμον· ἐκεῖ ἑτοιμάσατε ἡμῖν.

The printed tradition behind the King James Version.

Every witness on this verse they differ
Critical editions
Nestle-Aland 28th edition2012Nestle-Aland 27th edition1993SBL Greek New Testament2010Westcott–Hort1881Tregelles1857–1879Tyndale House Greek NT2017
Byzantine / Majority
Byzantine majority text2018
Received Text
Textus Receptus1550/1894

A witness that read differently would show its variant word here, marked.

Word by word, across the editions

WordEditions carrying itMissing from
καὶ AndNA28, NA27, Tyn, SBL, WH, TregTR, Byz

Apparatus — SBL Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0


The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with

This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Greek New Testament — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.

Mark 14:15καίAndAndκαίαὐτόςhe himselfhe himselfαὐτόςσύyouyouσύδείκνυμιwill showwill showδείκνυμιἀνάγαιονan upper roan upper roomἀνάγαιονμέγαςlargelargeμέγαςστρωννύωfurnishedfurnishedστρωννύωἕτοιμος[and] ready[and] ready;ἕτοιμοςκαίAndAndκαίἐκεῖtherethereἐκεῖἑτοιμάζωdo preparedo prepareἑτοιμάζωημινfor us.for us.ημινἄνωAdv up, abAdv up, above, ἄνωἕτοιμοςAdj ready,Adj ready, prepἕτοιμοςἀήρn.m. airn.m. airἀήρἑαυτοῦRefl.pr. hRefl.pr. himselἑαυτοῦστερεόςAdj solid,Adj solid, firmστερεόςἀνάγαιονn.n. an upn.n. an upper rἀνάγαιονἐπερωτάωv. I interv. I interrogatἐπερωτάωἀμήνHebr. veriHebr. verily, tἀμήνὑψηλόςAdj high, Adj high, loftyὑψηλόςσεισμόςn.m. an ean.m. an earthquσεισμόςΒαβυλώνn.f. Babyln.f. BabylonΒαβυλώνδείκνυμιv. I pointv. I point out,δείκνυμιμετάPrep. withPrep. with, aftμετάεἰμίv. I am, ev. I am, existεἰμίκλαυθμόςn.m. weepin.m. weeping, lκλαυθμόςσκότοςn.m. & n.nn.m. & n.n. darσκότοςπάσχαAram. the Aram. the feastπάσχαποῦIrg.adv. wIrg.adv. where,ποῦ
meets it a little oftener than chancemeets it far oftener than chancebuilt from the same roottwo words of the verse share ita word of this versea related word

Lexicons — every word in Mark 14:15

One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Greek lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.

Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. Imported from the CrossWire SWORD modules — Abbott-Smith, the full Liddell-Scott-Jones, Strong's, Dodson, the Intermediate LSJ, Robinson and Packard on the Greek, Webster and Cawdrey on the English the translators were using. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.

And he himself you will show an upper room large furnished [and] ready; And there do prepare for us.
καὶkai And G2532 Conjunction
8,978× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Mark as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
And or also, a connecting word used to join ideas or words, like in Matthew 2:18 and Hebrews 1:1.
Tyndale gloss
and
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

καί (kai) is a conjunction meaning 'and,' used to connect words, phrases, and clauses. It serves various functions, including copulative and adjunctive uses, and can express cumulative ideas like 'also' or 'even.' The New Testament frequently employs it to link terms and sentences, as seen in verses like Matthew 2:18 and John 10:3. Abbott-Smith notes its use in both simple and complex structures, while Thayer emphasizes its role as the most common particle in the New Testament.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

καί,

conj.,

and.

Copulative.

Connecting single words;

in general: Mt 2:18 16:1, Mk 2:15, Lk 8:15, He 1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Mt 23:23, Lk 14:21, Ro 7:12 9:4, al.;

connecting numerals (WM, § 37, 4): Jo 2:20, Ac 13:20;

joining terms which are not mutually exclusive, as the part with the whole: Mt 8:33 26:59, Mk 16:17,

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Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

καί, a conj., and; the most freq. by far of all the particles in the N. T. [On its uses see W. § 53, 3sqq.; B. 361 (310) sqq., and ef. Ellicott on Phil. iv. 12; on the difference between it and τέ see 8. v. τέ ad init. ] I. It serves as a copulative i.e. to connect (Lat. et, atque, Germ. und) ; 1. it connects single words or terms: a. univ., as of Φαρισαῖοι καὶ Σαδδουκαῖοι, Mt. xvi. 1; ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατήρ, he who is God and Father (see θεός, 3); ἐν καρδίᾳ καλῇ καὶ ἀγαθῇ, Lk. viii. 15; πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως, ΗΘ}. 1. 1; it is repeated before single terms, to each of which its own force and weight is thus given: ἡ υἱοθεσία καὶ ἡ δόξα καὶ ai διαθῆκαι καὶ ἡ νομοθεσία καὶ ἡ λατρεία καὶ αἱ ἐπαγγελίαι, Ro. ix. 4 ; ἁγία καὶ δικαία καὶ ἀγαθή, Ro. vii. 12; add, Mt. xxiii. 23; Lk. xiv. 21; Jn. xvi. 8; Acts xv. 20, 29; xxi. 25; Heb. ix. 10; Rey. v. 12; xviii. 12 sq.; ef. W. 519 sq. (484). b. it…

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Moulton & Milligan, Vocabulary of the Greek Testament from a scan

και. In LAE p. 129 ff. Deissmann discusses the thoroughly popular character of the Johannine style with its short paratactic sentences, introduced by kal. . . καί. To illustrate this, he cites amongst other exx. a Dream from the Serapeum, P Par 51 (B.C. 160) (= Selections, p. 18 ff. : see especially the amended readings in Archiv vi. p. 204), which runs—** ὦμ[ην] βατί -- δ)ίζειν pe [ἀπ]ὸ λειβὸς ἕως ἀ[ πηλι]ώτου, καὶ ἀναπίπτομαι ἐπ᾿ ἄχυρον" καὶ [ἄν]θρωπ[ος9] ἀπὸ λιβός μου, ἐχόμενός μου’ ἀναπίπτει καὶ αὐτός, καὶ ὥσπερ κεκλειμμ[évot] μου ἦσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, καὶ ἐξαί[φνης] ἀνύγω τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς pov, καὶ ὁρῶ kTA., “ I dreamed that I was going from West to East, and I lie down upon chaff. And there | αὐτὸ (deleted in the original) Σεμφθεῖ. | ἐκ καινῆς ἐν Σομολ(ῶ)…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

καί (kai) — and.

καί,

conjunction, copulative, joining words and sentences,

__A and; also adverb, even, also, just, frequently expressing emphatic assertion or assent, corresponding as positive to the negative οὐ (μή) or οὐδέ (μηδέ). copulative, and,

__A.I joining words or sentences to those preceding, ἦ, καὶ κυανέῃσιν ἐπ᾽ ὀφρύσινεῦσε Κρονίων [Refs 8th c.BC+]: repeated with two or more Nouns, αἱ δὲ ἔλαφοι κ. δορκάδες κ. οἱ ἄγριοι οἶες κ. οἱ ὄνοι οἱ ἄγριοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; joining only the last pair, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ ὄχλος πλείων κ. πλείων ἐπέρρει more and more, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to add epithets after πολύς, πολλὰ κ. ἐσθλά [Refs 8th c.BC+]

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

καί

kai

apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also

a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in

connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and,

also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when,

yet.

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

καί

Cj.

and, even, also, namely

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

καί kai 9x

(1) and, Mt. 2:2, 3, 11; 4:22; (2) καί ... καί, both ... and; (3) as a cumulative particle, also, too, Mt. 5:39; Jn. 8:19; 1 Cor. 11:6; (4) emphatic, even, also, Mt. 10:30; 1 Cor. 2:10; in NT adversative, but, Mt. 11:19; also introductory of the apodosis of a sentence, Gal. 3:28; Jas. 2:4

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Conj — Conjunction
conjunction — it joins clauses, and never changes form.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

CONJ CONJunction or conjunctive particle

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
89%and
and89% · 8448×also8% · 714×other renderings2% · 191×other renderings1% · 124×

9,477 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 42 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
adverbial16%subject13%object10%predicate3%verb2%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 8,978 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
αὐτός
ἐνἐπίπρός
σύ
χάριςgrace, favor, kiπρόςπατήρfather, Father,
ἐγώ
πατήρfather, Father, πρόςθεόςGod, a god
εἰμίI am, exist
αὐτόςArticle theἐγώ
θεόςGod, a god
Article theθέλημαwill, wish, desiδέbut, on the othe
καίAnd8978×
what comes after →
Article the
ἀδελφόςa brotherπατήρfather, Father, μήτηρa mother
λέγωI say, speak
αὐτόςArticle theπρός
οὐNeg
εἰμίI am, existμήNegδύναμαιI am powerful, a
ὁράωI see, look upon, ex
Article theαὐτόςἀνήρa male human bei
ἐν
Article theπᾶςall, the whole, ὅλοςall, the whole,

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Concordanceκαί · 8,978× in the New Testament
Luke Matthew Revelation Acts Mark John 1 Corinthians Romans Hebrews 2 Corinthians Ephesians 1 John

3 inflected forms — one of the commonest words in the New Testament. Full distribution →

Across the New Testament27 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 1c. AD 40

Τῶν ἄλλων νομοθετῶν οἱ μὲν ἀκαλλώπιστα καὶ γυμνὰ τὰ νομισθέντα παρ’ αὐτοῖς εἶναι δίκαια διετάξαντο, οἱ δὲ πολὺν ὄγκον τοῖς νοήμασι προσπεριβαλόντες ἐξετύφωσαν τὰ πλήθη μυθικοῖς πλάσμασι τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐπικρύψαντες.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.argc. AD 75–95

ἡ τοῦ κόσμου σύστασις καὶ διάταξις τῶν στοιχείων.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 1.1c. AD 100

Χαίρετε, υἱοὶ καὶ θυγατέρες, ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντος ἡμᾶς, ἐν εἰρήνῃ.

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2nd c. AD 3rd c. AD 4th c. AD 1st c. AD 6th c. AD
P.Stras. 2 89Pathyris100 BC

r βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν Φιλομητόρων ἔτους ιε, ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν καὶ κανηφόρου τῶν

P.Adl. 11Pathyris99 BC

1 ἔτους ιζ Θῶυθ κη ἀπέδοτο Πετεσοῦχος Φίβιος καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τὸ ὕπαρχον αὐτοῖς ἥμισυ περιστερῶνος τοῦ ὄντος ἐν τῶι ἀπὸ βορρᾶ μέρει

P.Grenf. 2 35Pathyris99 BC

βασιλευόντων Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν φιλομητόρων ἔτους ιϛ, ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν καὶ κανηφόρου τῶν

And he himself you will show an upper room large furnished [and] ready; And there do prepare for us.
αὐτὸςautos he himself G846 Personal pronoun · nominative · singular · masculine
5,550× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Mark than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This pronoun refers to a person or thing, like 'he', 'she', or 'it'. It is used in the Bible to emphasize a person or thing, like in John 2:25 where it says 'he himself knew'.
Tyndale gloss
it/s/he
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

αὐτός is a pronoun meaning 'self' or 'the same,' used to emphasize distinction or opposition. It can function as a reflexive pronoun and appears frequently in the New Testament, often in contexts that highlight contrast or identity, such as in Luke 5:37 and John 2:25. The entries indicate that it can also be used in various grammatical constructions, including with articles to denote sameness.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

αὐτός, -ή, -ό,

determinative pron., in late Gk. much more freq. than in cl. (WM, 178 f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399).

Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., v. infr., iii);

self (ipse), expressing opposition, distinction, exclusion, etc., αὐ. ἐκχυθήσεται, Lk 5:37; αὐ. ἐγινώσκεν, Jo 2:25; αὐ. ὑμεῖς, Jo 3:28; καὶ αὐ. ἐγώ, Ro 15:14; αὐ. Ἰησοῦς, Jo 2:24; αὐ. καὶ οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ, Mk 2:25; ὑμεῖς αὐ., Mk 6:31; esp. (as freq in cl.) αὐ. ὁ, Mt 3:4, Mk 6:17, Jo 16:27, I Th 3:11, al.; in late Gk., sometimes…

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αὐτός, -7, -d, pron. (“derived from the particle αὖ with the added force of a demonstrative pronoun. In itself it signifies nothing more than again, applied to what has either been previously mentioned or, when the whole discourse is looked at, must necessarily be .upplied.” Klotz ad Devar. ii. p. 219; [see Vaniéek p. 268]). It is used by the bibl. writ. both of the O. T. and of the N. T. far more frequently than the other pronouns; and in this very frequent and almost inordinate use of it, they deviate greatly from prof. auth.; cf. B. § 127, 9. [On classic usage ef. Hermann, Opusce. i. 308 sqq., of which dissertation a summary is given in his edition of Viger pp- 732-736.] I. self, as used (in all persons, genders, numbers) to distinguish a person or thing from or contrast it with another, or to give him (it) emphatic prominence. ik When used to express Opposition or Distinction, it is…

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αὐτός. The weakening of the old distinction between αὐτὸς 6 and ὁ αὐτός, especially in Luke, is noted in Proleg. p. 91, and paralleled from Hellenistic. We may add (cf. Linleitung p. 145f.) Sy// 8071 (ii/A.D.) αὐταῖς ταῖς ἡμέραις, where Dittenberger remarks ‘‘expectaveris ταῖς αὐταῖς," OG/S 383! (Antiochus of Commagene, i/8.c.) τὴν αὐτήν τε κρίσιν, for which Ditt. desiderates ταύτην τὴν κρίσιν, P Iib I. 30° (B.c. 265) αὐτὸς Ὧρος “the said H.,’’ P Lille I. 238 (B.C, 221) οὗ μ[ισ]θωτὴς Ἡρώδ[ης] ὁ αὐτός “ce méme L.,”’ P Oxy VI. 892% (A.D. 338) τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως, 26. VIII. 1105 (A.D. 254) τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἀμφοδογραμματέως “the said a.’’: all these seem to be practically identical, with αὐτός differing little from ἐκεῖνος. The combination αὐτὸ τοῦτο may be illustrated by P Grenf I. 114 (literary, ii/B.c.) “ for this reason ” (Ed.) as in 2 Pet 1°, P Ryl 11. 77°9 (a.p. 192) καὶ αὐτὰ ταῦτα ἀσφαλίσομαι…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

αὐτός (autos) — it/s/he.

αὐτός

(Cretan dialect ἀϝτός [Refs] (also αὐτόν[Refs], reflexive pronoun, self:—in oblique cases used for the personal pronoun, him, her, it:—with Article, ὁ αὐτός, ἡ αὐτή, τὸ αὐτό (also ταὐτόν), etc., the very one, the same.

I. self, myself, thyself, etc., accusative to the person of the Verb: frequently joined with ἐγώ, σύ, etc. (see. below 10),

I.1. one's true self, the soul, not the body, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; reversely, body, not soul, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; oneself, as opposed to others who are less prominent, as king to subject, [Refs]; man to wife and children, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; warrior to horses, [Refs 8th c.BC+], or to weapons, [Refs]; shepherd to herd, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; seamen to ships, [Refs]: generally, whole to parts,[Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, the Master, as in the [Refs 4th c.BC+]…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

αὐτός

autos

from the particle au (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea

of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used

(alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the

proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one,

the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy-

)self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at,

- by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man),

those, together, very, which. Compare 848.

see GREEK for 109

see GREEK for 1438

see GREEK for 848

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

αὐτός, αὐτή, αὐτό

Pers.pr.

he, she, it, they, them, same

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

αὐτός autos 5x

self, very; alone, Mk. 6:31; 2 Cor. 12:13; of one’s self, of one’s own motion, Jn. 16:27; used also in the oblique cases independently as a personal pron. of the third person; ὁ αὐτός, the same; unchangeable, Heb. 1:12; κατὰ τὸ αὐτό, at the same time, together, Acts 14:1; ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό, in one and the same place, Mt. 22:34; at the same time, together, Acts 3:1

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

αὐτός self, Lat. ipse:— in the oblique cases simply for the personal Pron., him, her, it:— with the Artic. ὁ αὐτός, ἡ αὐτή, τὸ αὐτό (or ταὐτόν), etc., the very one, the same.

self, myself, thyself, etc., acc. to the person of the Verb., Hom., etc.:

oneself, one's true self, the soul, not the body, Od.; or opp. to others, as king to subjects, parent to children, man to wife, etc., Hom.; hence absol. for the master, τίς οὗτος;—Αὐτός, i. e. Socrates, Ar.; similarly in neut. αὐτὸ δείξει the result will shew, Eur.

of oneself, of one's own accord, Lat. sponte, Hom., Soph.

by oneself, alone, αὐτός περ ἐών although alone, Il.; αὐτοί ἐσμεν we are by ourselves, i. e. among friends, Ar.

in Plat., τὸ δίκαιον αὐτό right in itself, the idea of right, etc.; cf. αὐτοάνθρωπος.

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Pron-NSM — Personal pronoun · nominative · singular · masculine
nominative — the one doing it — the subject.
Agrees with anything else marked singular masculine.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

P-NSM Part of Speech: Personal pronoun Case: Nominative Number: Singular Gender: Masculine

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
52%him
him52% · 3025×them25% · 1488×it6% · 323×her4% · 250×other renderings10% · 587×other renderings3% · 188×

5,861 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 92 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
object33%adverbial28%indirect object19%subject18%predicate3%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 5,561 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
λέγωI say, speak
καίand, even, also,δέbut, on the otheἸησοῦςJesus
πρός
λέγωI say, speakἔρχομαιI come, goδέbut, on the othe
ἐν
Article theαὐτόςεὑρίσκωI find
δέbut, on the other ha
λέγωI say, speakοὗτοςὁράωI see, look upon
καίand, even, also, nam
αὐτόςσύθεόςGod, a god
αὐτόςhe himself5550×
what comes after →
Article the
ἸησοῦςJesusμαθητήςa learner, disciθεόςGod, a god
καίand, even, also, nam
Article theλέγωI say, speakαὐτός
λέγωI say, speak
αὐτόςτίςIrgκύριοςlord, Lord, mast
ἐν
Article theαὐτόςὅς
εἰς
Article theδικαιοσύνηjustice, justnesἹεροσόλυμαJerusalem

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Concordanceαὐτός · 5,550× in the New Testament
Luke Matthew John Mark Acts Revelation Romans Hebrews 1 John 1 Corinthians Ephesians 2 Corinthians

19 inflected forms — one of the commonest words in the New Testament. Full distribution →

Across the New Testament27 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome The Epistle of Barnabas
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 1c. AD 40

Τῶν ἄλλων νομοθετῶν οἱ μὲν ἀκαλλώπιστα καὶ γυμνὰ τὰ νομισθέντα παρ’ αὐτοῖς εἶναι δίκαια διετάξαντο, οἱ δὲ πολὺν ὄγκον τοῖς νοήμασι προσπεριβαλόντες ἐξετύφωσαν τὰ πλήθη μυθικοῖς πλάσμασι τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐπικρύψαντες.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.argc. AD 75–95

περὶ τοῦ γένους Ἀδάμου καὶ τῶν ἀπ' αὐτοῦ δέκα γενεῶν τῶν μέχρι τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 1.4c. AD 100

πεπεισμένος οὖν τοῦτο καὶ συνειδὼς ἐμαυτῷ, ὅτι ἐν ὑμῖν λαλήσας πολλὰ ἐπίσταμαι, ὅτι ἐμοὶ συνώδευσεν ἐν ὁδῷ δικαιοσύνης κύριος, καὶ πάντως ἀναγκάζομαι κἀγὼ εἰς τοῦτο, ἀγαπᾶν ὑμᾶς ὑπὲρ τὴν ψυχήν μου, ὅτι μεγάλη πίστις καὶ ἀγάπη ἐγκατοικεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν ἐπ’…

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2nd c. AD 3rd c. AD 6th c. AD 4th c. AD 1st c. AD
P.Stras. 2 89Pathyris100 BC

Πακοίβιος ἱερεὺς Σούχου καὶ Ἀφροδίτης ὡς ἐτῶν μ εὐμεγέθης μελίχρως μακροπρόσωπος εὐθύριν τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν αὐτῷ μερίδα γῆς σιτοφόρου ἐν τῷ περὶ Παθῦρειν πεδίωι σφραγίδων τεσσάρων , ἣν καὶ αὐτὸς

P.Adl. 11Pathyris99 BC

1 ἔτους ιζ Θῶυθ κη ἀπέδοτο Πετεσοῦχος Φίβιος καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τὸ ὕπαρχον αὐτοῖς ἥμισυ περιστερῶνος τοῦ ὄντος ἐν τῶι ἀπὸ βορρᾶ μέρει Παθύρεως χαλκοῦ Γ. ἐπρίατο Ὧρος

P.Grenf. 2 35Pathyris99 BC

ὡς ἐτῶν νε μέσος ἢ ἐλάσσων μελίχρως μακροπρόσωπος εὐθύριν ὑπόσκνιφος, καὶ Πετεαρσοῆρις Σχώτου τῶν αὐτῶν ἱερέων ὡς ἐτῶν ν μέσος ἢ ἐλασσων μελίχρως μακροπρόσωπος εὐθύριν ὑπόσκνιφος, ἀπὸ τοῦ ὑπάρχοντος

And he himself you will show an upper room large furnished [and] ready; And there do prepare for us.
ὑμῖνsu you G4771 Personal pronoun · second person · dative · plural
2,892× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Mark as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This Greek word means 'you' and is used to address someone directly, like in John 1:30 and Matthew 26:64. It's a way to emphasize or contrast the person being spoken to. The KJV Bible translates it as 'thou'.
Tyndale gloss
you
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

σύ is the second-person singular pronoun meaning 'you' in Greek. It has various forms: genitive σοῦ, dative σοί, and accusative σέ. The word can be used for emphasis or contrast, particularly in the New Testament, as seen in verses like Matthew 26:64. It also appears in various dialects and has enclitic forms.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

σύ,

pron. of 2nd pers.,

thou, you, gen., σοῦ, dat., σοί, acc., σέ, pl., ὑμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς (enclitic in oblique cases sing., except after prep. (BL, §48, 3), though πρὸς σέ occurs in Mt 25:39). Nom. for emphasis or contrast: Jo 1:30, 42 4:10 5:33, 39, 44, Ac 4:7, Eph 5:32; so also perhaps σὺ εἶπας, Mt 26:64, al. (M, Pr., 86); before voc., Mt 2:6, Lk 1:76, Jo 17:5, al.; sometimes without emphasis (M, Pr., 85f.), as also

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σύ, pron. of the second pers. (Dor. and Aeol. τύ, Boeot. Tov), gen. σοῦ, dat. σοί, ace. σέ (which oblique cases are enclitic, unless a preposition precede; yet πρός σε is written [uniformly in Ree. (exe. Mt. xxvi. 18), in Grsb. (exe. Jn. xxi. 22, 23), in Treg. (exc. Mt. xxvi. 18; Acts xxiii. 30), in Lchm. (exe. Mt. xxvi.18; Jn. xvii. 11, 13; xxi. 22, 23; Acts xxiii. 30), in Tdf. (exe. Mt. xxvi. 18; Lk. i. 19; Jn. xvii. 11, 13; Jn. xxi. 22; Acts xxiii. 18, 30; 1 Tim. iii. 14; Tit. iii. 12); also by WH in Mt. xxv. 39], see ἐγώ, 2; Lipsius, Grammat. Untersuch. p. 62 sq. [W. §6, 3; B. 31 (27)]); plur. ὑμεῖς, εἴς. : Lat. tu, ete., vos, ete.; thou, ete., ye,ete. The nominatives ov and ὑμεῖς are expressed for emphasis — before a vocative, as σὺ Βηθλεέμ, Mt. ii. 6; σὺ παιδίον (Leian. dial. deor. 2, 1), Lk. i. 76; add, Jn. xvii. 5; Acts i. 24; 1 Tim. vi. 11, etc.; ὑμεῖς of Φαρισαῖοι, Lk. xi. 39…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

σύ (su) — you.

σύ [ῠ],

thou: pronoun of the second person:—Epic dialect nominative τύνη [ῡ] [Refs 8th c.BC+] (Laconian dialect τούνη [Refs 5th c.AD+]; Aeolic dialect σύ [Refs 7th c.BC+]; Doric dialect τύ [ῠ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect τού [short syllable] [Refs 6th c.BC+] (also τούν [Refs]σύ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]—Gen. σοῦ, [Refs], elsewhere only Attic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; enclitic σου, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (also in Lyric poetry, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (which also occurs in Lyric poetry, [Refs 7th c.BC+], and as enclitic σευ, [Refs 8th c.BC+], σεο (enclitic) [Refs] σευ (enclitic) [Refs]:—Doric dialect τεῦ, τευ, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; rarely τέο, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect τεῦς [Refs 6th c.BC+]; Doric dialect τεοῦς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοι variant in [Refs]; enclitic τεος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; other Doric dialect forms are τίω, τίως, both [Refs 3rd c.BC+]—Dat. σοί, [Refs 8th c.BC+]…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

σύ

su

the person pronoun of the second person singular; thou:-- thou. See

also 4571, 4671, 4675; and for the plural 5209, 5210, 5213, 5216.

see GREEK for 4675

see GREEK for 4571

see GREEK for 4671

see GREEK for 5209

see GREEK for 5210

see GREEK for 5213

see GREEK for 5216

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

σύ, σοῦ, σοί, σέ

Pers.pr.

you

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

σύ sy 2x

you, gen., σοῦ, dat., σοί, acc., σέ, Mt. 1:20; 2:6

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Pron-2DP — Personal pronoun · second person · dative · plural
dative — to, for, with — the one it is done to or by.
Agrees with anything else marked plural.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

P-2DP Part of Speech: Personal pronoun Person: second Case: Dative Number: Plural

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
78%you
you78% · 2412×you yourselves7% · 221×you yourself5% · 168×your3% · 87×other renderings3% · 96×other renderings3% · 89×

3,073 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 37 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
subject28%object24%adverbial23%indirect object20%predicate5%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 2,892 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
λέγωI say, speak
ἀμήνHebrδέbut, on the otheἐγώ
καίand, even, also, nam
ἐγώοὕτωthus, so, in thiμήNeg
ἐν
Article theεἰμίI am, existγίνομαιI come into bein
πρός
ἔρχομαιI come, goἐγώπέμπωI send
δέbut, on the other ha
λέγωI say, speakπαρακαλέωI summon, entreaθέλωI will, wish, de
σύyou2892×
what comes after →
Article the
θεόςGod, a godἐνἁμαρτίαa sin
καίand, even, also, nam
Article theεἰρήνηpeace, peace of οὐNeg
ὅτιthat, since, because
Article theπᾶςall, the whole, οὐNeg
εἰμίI am, exist
Article theκαίand, even, also,ἐν
ἐν
Article theποῖοςIrgΧριστόςanointed, the Me

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Concordanceσύ · 2,892× in the New Testament
Matthew Luke John Acts Mark 2 Corinthians 1 Corinthians Romans 1 Thessalonians Revelation Hebrews Colossians

16 inflected forms — one of the commonest words in the New Testament. Full distribution →

Across the New Testament27 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 450 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria The Shepherd of Hermas Ignatius of Antioch Clement of Rome
Philo of AlexandriaAllegorical Interpretation of Genesis 1.48c. AD 40

„οὐ φυτεύσεις σεαυτῷ ἄλσος, πᾶν ξύλον παρὰ τὸ θυσιαστήριον κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ σου οὐ ποιήσεις σεαυτῷ“ (Deuter.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.101c. AD 75–95

παύσομαι δὲ τοῦ λοιποῦ μετὰ τοσαύτης ὀργῆς τὰς τιμωρίας ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀδικήμασιν εἰσπραττόμενος καὶ πολὺ μᾶλλον σοῦ παρακαλοῦντος.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 1.2c. AD 100

Μεγάλων μὲν ὄντων καὶ πλουσίων τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ δικαιωμάτων εἰς ὑμᾶς, ὑπέρ τι καὶ καθ̓ ὑπερβολὴν ὑπερευφραίνομαι ἐπὶ τοῖς μακαρίοις καὶ ἐνδόξοις ὑμῶν πνεύμασιν: οὕτως ἔμφυτον τῆς δωρεᾶς πνευματικῆς χάριν εἰλήφατε.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
2nd c. AD 3rd c. AD 6th c. AD 4th c. AD 3rd c. BC
P.Grenf. 1 35Ptolemais - Akko (Syrien)103 BC

τοῦ ἀποδοθῆι τὸν ἐπεσταλμένον ἡμῖν κατὰ μῆνα πυρὸν τοῖς παρʼ ἡμῶν. διʼ ἄλλων γεγράφαμεν ὑμῖν ὑπὲρ ὧν βουλόμεθα μηδεμιᾶς προσφωνήσεως προσπεπτωκυίας. ἑαυτῶν δὲ ἐπιμελόμενοι ἵνʼ ὑγιαίνητε, — ἔσμεν ἐν

P.Grenf. 1 32Pelusion103 BC

η Φατρήους καὶ … χαίρειν καὶ ἐρρωμένοις διευτυχεῖν. ἐρρώμεθα δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ ὑμῶν τὴν ἀρίστην μνείαν ποιούμενοι παρὰ τοῖς ἐν Πηλουσίωι θεοῖς. καλῶς ποιήσεις διαλύσας Ἁρκοννῆσιν καὶ

P.Grenf. 1 41Thebais3 BC

παρὰ Πετεύριος διεθέντος μου ὑπάρξει σοι εἰς στέφανον χαλκοῦ τάλαντα δεκάπεντε, τάλαντα ιε. εὐτύχει .

And he himself you will show an upper room large furnished [and] ready; And there do prepare for us.
δείξειdeiknuō will show G1166 Verb · future · active · indicative · third person · singular
33× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Mark as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
To show or exhibit something, as seen in Matthew 4:8 and John 2:18. This word means to show or make something known. It is used to describe showing or exhibiting something to someone.
Amplified meaning
take you up, himself guide
Tyndale gloss
to show
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

δείκνυμι is a verb meaning 'to show' or 'to make known,' used in various contexts to indicate displaying or proving something. It appears in the New Testament in verses such as Matthew 4:8 and James 2:18. The word is built from a prolonged form of an obsolete primary verb with the same meaning, and it can also be found in different dialects and forms throughout Greek literature.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

δείκνυμι, δεικνύω (v. Bl., § 23, 1; Veitch, s.v.),

[in LXX chiefly for רָאָה hi. ;]

to show, c. acc rei (pers.), dat. pers.;

to show, exhibit: Mt 4:8 8:4, Mk 1:44 14:15, Lk 4:5 5:14 20:24 22:12 24:40, Jo 2:18 5:20 10:32 20:20, Ac 7:3 (LXX), I Ti 6:15, Re 17:1 21:9, 10 22:1, 8, pass., He 8:5 (LXX);

to make known: Mt 16:21, Jo 14:8, 9, Ac 10:28, I…

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Moulton & Milligan, Vocabulary of the Greek Testament from a scan

δείκνυμι. The verb is not.so common as we might have expected, but for the ordinary meaning we may cite P Oxy III. 4717° (ii/A.p.) σύνβολα δεικνύντα, “ Bi showing signs,” and for the metaphorical, as Jas 218, 20. 11. 237% 2! (a.p.. 186) οὐδεμίαν μὲν οὔτε ὕβριν οὔτε ἄλλο ἀδίκημα εἰς αὑτὸν ἁπλῶς ἐφ᾽ ᾧ μέμφεται δεῖξαι ἔχων, “he could not indeed cite a single insult or any other act of injustice against himself with which he charged me” (Kdd.): cf. 2. I. 671% (a.p. 338) ely’ οὕτως διχθῇ [αὐτῶν ἥ καθ᾽ ἡμῶν [πλεο]νεξία, “in this way their aggression against me will be made clear” (Edd.). A ii/A.p. calculation of the naubion-tax upon catoeci, printed in P Tebt II. p. 339f., 1s followed by δέδικ[ται, ‘ proved,” written ‘in a cursive but probably not different hand” (Edd.). OGZS 26718 (iii/B.c.) ot μετὰ ταῦτα δεικνύμενοι (στρατηγοί), where the szmplex takes the place of the commoner ἀποδείκνυμι…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

δεικνύω (deiknuō) — to show.

δείκνυμι

(also δεικνύω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect δέκνυμι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Cretan dialect δίκνυμι (προ-) [Refs]; 3rd.pers. singular δείκνυ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; imperative δείκνυε[Refs 5th c.BC+], 3rd.pers. singular δεικνύτω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect 3rd.pers. plural ἐδείκνυσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+], also -υον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular δείκνυεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future δείξω [Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect δέξω [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 1 ἔδειξα, Epic dialect δεῖξα [Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect ἔδεξα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect δέδειχα [Refs 4th c.BC+] —middle, with perfect passive, for Epic dialect forms δεικνύμενος, δείδεκτο, δειδέχαται, δειδέχατο, see at {δειδίσκομαι}:—passive, future δειχθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐδείχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect δέδειγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect δέδεκται [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—bring…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

δείκνυμι

deiknuo

a prolonged form of an obsolete primary of the same meaning; to show

(literally or figuratively):--shew.

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

δείκνυμι

v.

I point out, show

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

δείκνυμι deiknymi 30x

also formed as δεικνύω   3x, to show, point out, present to the sight, Mt. 4:8; 8:4; to exhibit, permit to see, cause to be seen, Jn. 2:18; 10:32; 1 Tim. 6:15; to demonstrate, prove, Jas. 2:18; 3:13; met. to teach, make known, declare, announce, Mt. 16:21; Jn. 5:20; Acts 10:28

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Verb-FAI-3S — Verb · future · active · indicative · third person · singular
future active indicative — an action still to come.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

V-FAI-3S Part of Speech: Verb Tense: Future Voice: Active Mood: Indicative Person: third Number: Singular

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sho.

See SHEW.

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
21%do show
do show21% · 7×he showed15% · 5×will show9% · 3×show9% · 3×i will show9% · 3×shows6% · 2×i may show.’3% · 1×has shown3% · 1×other renderings24% · 8×

33 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 16 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
verb100%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 33 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
σύ
αὐτόςκἀκεῖνοςἄνDisj
καίand, even, also, nam
λίανvery, very much,ὧδεhereὑψηλόςhigh, lofty
λέγωI say, speak
οὗτοςσύ
σεαυτοῦ
ὑπάγωI go away, depar
αὐτός
ἀνάγωI lead up, put tἄγγελοςan angel, messen
δείκνυμιwill show33×
what comes after →
ἐγώ
Article theδηνάριονa denariusὅτιthat, since, bec
Article the
ἱερεύςa priestδοῦλος (II)μαθητήςa learner, disci
αὐτός
πᾶςall, the whole, Article theὅς
σύ
Article theκαλόςbeautiful, good,ἐν
ἀνάγαιονan upper room
μέγας

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceδείκνυμι · 33× in the New Testament
Revelation John Luke James Matthew Acts Mark 1 Corinthians 1 Timothy Hebrews
Across the New Testament10 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 61 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Philo of Alexandria Josephus The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome
Philo of AlexandriaAllegorical Interpretation of Genesis 1.2c. AD 40

ἡ γὰρ οὐρανοῦ κίνησις χρόνου φύσιν ἔδειξεν.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.141c. AD 75–95

θεασάμενος δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ νεώτατος τῶν παίδων τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ἐπιγελῶν δείκνυσιν·

Clement of RomeFirst Clement 10.3c. AD 96

Ἄπελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς σου καὶ ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας σου καὶ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρός σου εἰς τὴν γῆν ἣν ἄν σοι δείξω: καὶ ποιήσω σε εἰς ἔθνος μέγα καὶ εὐλογήσω σε καὶ μεγαλυνῶ τὸ ὄνομά σου, καὶ ἔσῃ εὐλογημένος: καὶ εὐλογήσω τοὺς εὐλογοῦντάς σε καὶ…

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
4th c. AD 3rd c. BC 6th c. AD 3rd c. AD 1st c. AD
PapCongr. IV (Firenze 1935) p. 61-Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)AD 158–AD 159

μετεπέμψατο τὸν Ἥρωνα καὶ αὐθαδῶς ἐχρήσατο καὶ ὁ στρατηγὸς περὶ αὐτοῦ ὑπεμνηματίσατο. ἡγεμὼν κύριε, ἔδειξά σοι τὴν αὐθαδίαν τοῦ ἀντιδίκου· δέομαι, κύριε τὸν σωτῆρα τῆς Αἰγύπτου, ἀκοῦσαί μου πρὸς

O.Petr. Mus. 523Theben (?)AD 201–AD 300

ε ιβ ἥμισυ … ὀγδοήκοντα … βίου δειξον … … πιος Πικῶτος … υηριος

P.Wisc. 1 3AD 256–AD 259

τῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Μουσσίου Αἰμιλιανοῦ τοῦ διασημοτάτου τεταγμένων, ἃς καὶ νῦν ὑμῖν δείξω, περὶ τοῦ ἐνοχλεῖν μοι μηκέτι περὶ λειτουργιῶν ἀδυνάτῳ καὶ τῷ σώματι ἀσθενεῖ ὄντι, τοῖς

And he himself you will show an upper room large furnished [and] ready; And there do prepare for us.
ἀνάγαιονanōgeon an upper room G508 Noun · accusative · singular · neuter
2× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Mark than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
An upper room is a space on the second floor of a building. In Mark 14:15 and Luke 22:12, Jesus and his disciples have the Last Supper in an upper room. It's a private space above the main floor.
Amplified meaning
on the upper floor
Tyndale gloss
an upper room
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word ἀνάγαιον (i.e., *anageon*) refers to an upper room or a space above ground, often associated with the second floor of a building. It is synonymous with ὑπερῷον and is used in the New Testament in Mark 14:15 and Luke 22:12. Variants in spelling include ἀνώγαιον and ἀνώγεον, with some lexicons noting these differences.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

* ἀνάγαιον (Rec. ἀνώγεον; on the form, v. Rutherford, NPhr., 357 f.; MM, VGT, s.v.), -ου, τό

(< ἀνά, γῆ),

an upper room: Mk 14:15, Lk 22:12.†

SYN.: ὑπερῷον.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

ἀνάγαιον, -ov, τό, (fr. ava and γαῖα i. 6. γῆ). prop. anything above the ground; hence a room in the upper part of a house: Mk. xiv. 15; Lk. xxii. 12,(in GL T Tr WH). Also written ἀνώγαιον (which Tdf. formerly adopted ; ef. Xen. an. 5, 4, 29 [where Dind. dvaxeiwv]), ἀνώγεον (Rece.), ἀνώγεων ; on this variety in writing cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 297 sq.; [Rutherford, New Phryn. p. 358]; Fritzsche on Mk. p. 611 sq.; Β. 18 (12); [WH. App. p- 151).

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ἀνώγεον (anōgeon) — an upper room.

Included with: ἀνώγαιον

or ἀνώγεον, τό, (ἄνω, γαῖα) anything raised from the ground: the upper floor of a house, used as a granary, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; as a dining-room, [NT]

2. prison, [Refs]; ἀνάγαιον and ἀνόκαιον are also found in codices,[Refs]

Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἀνάγαιον

anogeon

from 507 and 1093; above the ground, i.e. (properly) the second floor

of a building; used for a dome or a balcony on the upper story:--upper

room.

see GREEK for 507

see GREEK for 1093

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἀνώγεον, ου, τό

n.n.

an upper room

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Noun-ASN — Noun · accusative · singular · neuter
accusative — the one it is done to — the object.
Agrees with anything else marked singular neuter.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

N-ASN Part of Speech: Noun Case: Accusative Number: Singular Gender: Neuter

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

room.

See HOUSE.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

The references to "room" in (Matthew 23:6; Mark 12:39; Luke 14:7,8; 20:46) signify the highest place on the highest couch round the dinner or supper table --the "uppermost seat", as it is more accurately rendered in (Luke 11:43)

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Is sometimes synonymous with seat or place, as in Lu 14:8-10; 20:46.

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
100%upper room
upper room100% · 2×

2 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 1 different way. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
δείκνυμιI point out, show
σύ
ἀνάγαιονan upper room
what comes after →
μέγας
στρωννύωI spread, make a

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceἀνάγαιον · 2× in the New Testament
Luke Mark
Across the New Testament2 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
6th c. AD
P.Oxy. 79 5214OxyrhynchosAD 501–AD 600

τῆς πόλεως ἐπ’ ἀμφόδου Πραιτωρίου ἐν τῇ ῥύμῃ τῆς ἀποστάσεως τῶν μιμάδων ὁλόκληρον ἀνάγαιον τόπον

And he himself you will show an upper room large furnished [and] ready; And there do prepare for us.
μέγαmegas large G3173 Adjective · accusative · singular · neuter
243× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Mark as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
The Greek word for great, describing something big or intense, like a large stone in Matthew 2:60 or a strong wind in John 6:18. It's used to show importance or magnitude. In the Bible, it's often used to describe God's power and love.
Amplified meaning
great, spacious
Tyndale gloss
great
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

μέγας is an adjective meaning 'great' or 'large,' used to describe size, intensity, or importance. It can refer to physical dimensions, such as a stone or city, or to abstract qualities like love or fear. In the New Testament, it appears in various contexts, including Matthew 2:10 and Revelation 11:8. The word has comparative and superlative forms: μείζων (greater) and μέγιστος (greatest).

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

μέγας, μεγάλη, μέγα,

[in LXX chiefly for גָּדוֹל, also for רַב, מַרְבֶּה (incl. μείζων), רֹב (μέγιστος);]

great;

of external form, bodily size, measure, extent: λίθος, Mt 2:60; δράκων, Re 12:3; ἰχθῦς, Jo 21:11; πόλις, Re 11:8; μάχαιρα, Re 6:4, al.

Of intensity and degree: δύναμις, Ac 4:33; φόβος, Mk 4:41; ἀγάπη, Jo 15:13; ἄνεμος, Jo 6:18; κραυγή, Ac 23:9; φῶς, Mt 4:16; πυρετός,

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Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

μέγας, μεγάλη, μέγα, [(τοϊαϊοα to Lat. magnus, ADEE Goth. maist (cf. τὸ πλεῖστον), etc.; Vaniéek p. 682; Cur tius ὃ 462)], ace. μέγαν. μεγάλην, μέγα; plur. pokes ται, -a; comp. μείζων, -ον, (acc. πιᾶξο. and fem. μείζονα, once contr. μείζω, Jn. v. 36 [RG T WH, but L Tr μείζων (cf. Tdf. Proleg. p. 119)]; neut. plur. μείζονα, once contr. μείζω, Jn. i. 50 (51)) and pectorepos, 3 Jn. 4 (fr. the compar. μείζων), a poet. compar., on which see the remark quoted under ἐλαχιστότερος, cf. Matthiae § 136; superl. μέγιστος (found only in 2 Pet. i. 4); [fr. Hom. down]; Sept. for ὮΥΤΔ; also for 31; great; 1. predicated a. of the external form or sensible appearance of things (or of persons); in particular, of space and its dimensions, — as respects a. mass and weight: λίθος, Mt. xxvii. 60; Mk. xvi. 4; Rev. xviii. 21; ὄρος, Rey. viii. 8; ἀστήρ, ibid. 10; δράκων Rev. xii. 3,9; ἀετός, ibid. 14; δένδρον…

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μέγας (B.C. 112) (= Selections, p. 30) μεγαλοίυϊπρεπέστερον ἐγδεχθήτωι, ‘let him be received with special magnificence ” (Edd.), PSI V. 4818 (v/vi a.p.) Tavptvyos ὃ μεγαλοπρεπέστί(ατος), and P Amh II. 154° (vi/vii A.D.) τοῦ peyadoπρε(πεστάτου) χαρτουλαρίου, ‘the most magnificent secretary.” For the subst. as a title of address cf. P Oxy VIII. 1163* (v/a.D.) ἐρωτηθὶς παρὰ τῆς αὐτοῦ μεγαλοπρεπίας ὅσα ἐχρῆν ἀνεδίδαξα αὐ τ]ὸν περὶ τῆς ὑμετέρας μεγαλο| πρεπίας, ‘Son the inquiry of his magnificence I told him what was fitting about your magnificence,” 76. I. 155° (vi/A.D.) ἐπειδὴ αἱ προσκυνοῦσαι τὴν ὑμετέραν μεγαλοπρί(έπειαν) καὶ τὰ παιδία ἀρρωστοῦσιν, ὡς ἔθος ἔχει τὸ ὑμῶν μέγεθος χαρίζεσθαί μου τοῦ λογαρίου, ‘since your magnificence’s obedient servants and their children are ill, I hope your highness will excuse my account” (Edd.). | , μεγαλύνω. With the use of this verb in the pass. in Phil…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

μέγας (megas) — great.

μέγᾰς, μεγάλη [ᾰ], μέγα [ᾰ],

genitive μεγάλου, ης, ου, dative μεγάλῳ, ῃ, ῳ, accusative μέγᾰν, μεγάλην, μέγα [ᾰ]; dual μεγάλω, α, w; plural μεγάλοι, μεγάλαι, μεγάλα, etc.: the stem μεγάλο- is never used in singular nominative and accusative masculine and neuter, and only once in vocative masculine,

__A ὦ μεγάλε Ζεῦ [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__A.I big, of bodily size: frequently of stature, εἶδος.. μ. ἦν ὁράασθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φῶτα μέγαν καὶ καλόν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; φύσιν τίν᾽ εἶχε φράζ; Answ. μέγας [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__A.I.b full-grown, of age as shown by stature, νῦν δ᾽ ὅτε δὴ μ. εἰμί [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later, elder of two persons of the same name, Wilcken [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Σκιπίων ὁ…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

μέγας

megas

(including the prolonged forms, feminine megale, plural

megaloi, etc.; compare also 3176, 3187); big (literally or

figuratively, in a very wide application):--(+ fear) exceedingly,

great(-est), high, large, loud, mighty, + (be) sore (afraid), strong,

X to years.

see GREEK for 3176

see GREEK for 3187

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

μέγας, μεγάλη, μέγα

Adj. & Comp.adv.

large, great

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

μέγας megas 243x

great, large in size, Mt. 27:60; Mk. 4:32; great, much, numerous, Mk. 5:11; Heb. 11:26; great, grown up, adult, Heb. 11:24; great, vehement, intense, Mt. 2:10; 28:8; great, sumptuous, Lk. 5:29; great, important, weighty, of high importance, 1 Cor. 9:11; 13:13; great, splendid, magnificent, Rev. 15:3; extraordinary, wonderful, 2 Cor.…

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Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

μέγας Radic. sense, opp. to μικρός, σμικρός, big, great, of men's stature, tall, Hom.; of women, καλή τε μεγάλη τε Od.:—also, great, full-grown, of age as shewn by stature, id. Od., Aesch.

vast, high, οὐρανός, ὄρος, πύργος Hom.

vast, spacious, wide, πέλαγός, αἰγιαλός, etc., id. Hom.

of Degree, great, strong, mighty, of gods, id. Hom., etc.; μεγάλα θεά, of Demeter and Proserpine, Soph.; μέγας ηὐξήθη rose to greatness, Dem.; βασιλεὺς ὁ μέγας, i. e. the King of Persia, le grand monarque, Hdt.; βασιλεὺς μέγας Aesch.; ὁ μ. ἐπικληθεὶς Ἀντίοχος the Great, Polyb.

great, strong, violent, etc., ἄνεμος, λαῖλαψ Hom.; of properties, passions, etc., id. Hom., etc.

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Adj-ASN — Adjective · accusative · singular · neuter
accusative — the one it is done to — the object.
Agrees with anything else marked singular neuter.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

A-ASN Part of Speech: Adjective Case: Accusative Number: Singular Gender: Neuter

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
56%great
great56% · 137×greater15% · 36×loud14% · 34×greatest3% · 7×other renderings9% · 21×other renderings4% · 11×

246 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 27 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
subject27%adverbial26%predicate24%object22%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 243 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
Article the
πόλιςa cityκαίand, even, also,ΒαβυλώνBabylon
φωνήa sound, noise, voic
κράζωI cry aloud, shrἐνφωνέωI crow, shout, s
καίand, even, also, nam
ποιέωI do, makeἀποθήκηa repository, grτέDisj
γάρfor
τίςIrgεἰμίI am, exist
φόβοςfear, terror, revere
φοβέωI fear, am terriγίνομαιI come into beinὅτιthat, since, bec
μέγαςlarge243×
what comes after →
καίand, even, also, nam
Article theλέγωI say, speakθαυμαστόςwonderful, marve
Article the
κύριοςlord, Lord, mastἌρτεμιςthe Persian or EκάθημαιI sit, am seated
εἰμίI am, exist
Article theὧδεhereἐν
ἐν
Article theγεννητόςbegotten, bornσύ
ἐπί
Article theπᾶςall, the whole, ὅλοςall, the whole,

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceμέγας · 243× in the New Testament
Revelation Luke Acts Matthew John Mark Hebrews 1 Corinthians 1 John James 1 Timothy 2 Peter

Every reference is on the Strong's page.

Across the New Testament19 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 340 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome The Epistle of Barnabas
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 4c. AD 40

καὶ γὰρ λόγον καὶ ἀκοὴν ὑπερβάλλει μείζω καὶ σεμνότερα ὄντα ἢ ὡς θνητοῦ τινος ὀργάνοις ἐναρμοσθῆναι.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.7c. AD 75–95

ἀλλʼ ἐπειδὴ μείζων ἦν ἡ τοῦδε τοῦ λόγου περιβολή, κατʼ αὐτὸν ἐκεῖνον χωρίσας ταῖς ἰδίαις ἀρχαῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ τῷ τέλει τὴν γραφὴν συνεμέτρησα·

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 1.2c. AD 100

Μεγάλων μὲν ὄντων καὶ πλουσίων τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ δικαιωμάτων εἰς ὑμᾶς, ὑπέρ τι καὶ καθ̓ ὑπερβολὴν ὑπερευφραίνομαι ἐπὶ τοῖς μακαρίοις καὶ ἐνδόξοις ὑμῶν πνεύμασιν: οὕτως ἔμφυτον τῆς δωρεᾶς πνευματικῆς χάριν εἰλήφατε.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
2nd c. AD 2nd c. BC 6th c. AD 3rd c. AD 7th c. AD
P.Stras. 2 85Pathyris114 BC

καὶ θεοῦ Φιλοπάτορος Νέου καὶ θεοῦ Εὐεργέτου καὶ θεῶν Φιλομητόρων Σωτήρων, ἱεροῦ πώλου Ἴσιδος μεγάλης μητρὸς θεῶν, ἀθλοφόρου Βερενίκης Εὐεργέτιδος, κανηφόρου Ἀρσινόης Φιλαδέλφου, ἱερείας Ἀρσινόης Φιλοπάτορος τῶν ὄντων ἐν

μετὰ τὴν ἐκείνου τελευτὴν τῶν λοιπῶν κρατουσῶν, Ἀρίστων Ἀθηνοδότου τῶν ἀπὸ Διὸς πόλεως τῆς μεγάλης βιαιότερον ἐμβατεύσας εἰς τὸ δηλούμενον ἔδαφος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος καὶ εἰς τὰ συνκύροντα τούτωι ἐν

P.Grenf. 2 33Pathyris101 BC

μέρος ἧς ἐμισθώσατο σὺν Πακοίβι Σχώτου καὶ τοῖς μετόχοις γῆς σιτοφόρου λεγομένης Νεχθαραῦτι θεοῦ μεγάλου παρὰ τῶν ἱερέων ἐτῶν δέκα εἰς τὰ ἐνλιπόντα αὐτῷ ἑτέρων , τεσσάρων εἰς συμπλήρωσιν

And he himself you will show an upper room large furnished [and] ready; And there do prepare for us.
ἐστρωμένονstrōnnumi furnished G4766 Verb · perfect · passive · participle · accusative · singular · neuter
6× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Mark than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
To spread means to lay something out, like in Matthew 21:8 where people spread their clothes on the road for Jesus to walk on. It can also mean to make a bed or furnish a room, like in Mark 14:15.
Amplified meaning
with a table and seats
Tyndale gloss
to spread
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word στρωννύω (i.e., *stronnuo*) means to spread or strew, particularly in the context of making a bed or furnishing a room. It appears in the New Testament in passages like Matthew 21:8 and Mark 11:8, where it describes spreading garments on the road, as well as in Acts 9:34 regarding making a bed. The entries consistently emphasize its use for spreading or preparing surfaces.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

στρωννύω or στρώννυμι

(v. Bl., § 23, 1; Veitch, s.v.),

[in LXX for יצע hoph., etc. ;]

to spread: ἱμάτια ἐν τ. ὁδῷ (εἰς τ. ὁδόν), Mt 21:8, Mk 11:8; of making a bed, στρῶσον (sc. τ. κλίνην) σεαυτῷ, Ac 9:34; of furnishing a room, ἐστρωμένον, spread with carpets or carpeted couches (cf. Ez 23:41), Mk 14:15, Lk 22:12.†

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

στρωννύω, or στρώννυμι : impf. 3 pers. plur. ἐστρώννυον [ef. B. 45 (39)]; laor. ἔστρωσα; pf. pass. ptep. ἐστρωpevos; (by metathesis fr. στόρνυμι, στορέννυμι, and this fr. ΣΤΟΡΕΩ; [cf. Lat. sterno, struo, ete.; Eng. strew, straw, ete.]; see Curtius § 227) ; lo spread: ἱμάτια ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, Mt. xxi. 8; εἰς τ. ὁδόν, MK. xi. 8, (πέδον πεδάσμασι, Aeschyl. Ag. 909; εἴμασι πόρον, ib. 921). sc. τὴν κλίνην (which Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down often add, and also λέχος, λέκτρον, ete. [ef. W. 594 (552); Β. § 130, 5]) revi, Acts ix. 34 [A.V. make thy hed]; to spread with couches or divans τὸ ἀνάγαιον, pass. [A. V. furnished], Mk. xiv. 15; Lk. xxii. 12. [Comp.: xara-, ὗπο- στρώννυμι.

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

στρώννυμι (strōnnumi) — to spread.

στόρνῡμι,

[Refs 5th c.BC+]; imperative στόρνυ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle στορνύντες, στορνύντα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compound καστορνῦσα (={καταστ-}) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also στορνύω (variant{στρωννύω}), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; στρώννῡμι, [Refs 4th c.BC+] (written with one ν in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also στρωννύω, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: imperfect ἐστρώννυον [NT]: later στορεννύω, στορέννυμι, [Refs]; present participle στορεννύς (variant{στρωννύς}) [Refs 5th c.BC+]future στορῶ (παρα-) [LXX+5th c.BC+]; and στρωννύσω (ἐπι-) Ps.-[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Doric dialect infinitive στορεσεῖν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]aorist ἐστόρεσα, Epic dialect and Lyric poetry στόρεσα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect ἔστρωκα [LXX]: pluperfect ἐστρώκειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —middle, στόρνῠμαι (ὑπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect ἐστόρνυντο [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: future στρώσομαι [LXX]aorist ἐστορεσάμην…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

στρωννύω

stronnumi

stronnuo strone-noo'-o, prolongation from a still simpler

stroo stro'-o, (used only as an alternate in certain tenses)

(probably akin to 4731 through the idea of positing); to "strew," i.e.

spread (as a carpet or couch):--make bed, furnish, spread, strew.

see GREEK for 4731

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

στρωννύω

v.

I spread, make a bed

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

στρωννύω strōnnyō 6x

the thematic form of στρώννυμι, the μι form never being visible in the NT, to spread, to strew, Mt. 21:8; Mk. 11:8; to spread a couch, make your own bed, Acts 9:34; used of a supper-chamber, pass. to have the couches spread, to be prepared, furnished, Mk. 14:15; Lk. 22:12*

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Verb-RPP-ASN — Verb · perfect · passive · participle · accusative · singular · neuter
accusative — the one it is done to — the object.
Agrees with anything else marked singular neuter.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

V-RPP-ASN Part of Speech: Verb Tense: peRfect Voice: Passive Mood: Participle Case: Accusative Number: Singular Gender: Neuter

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
29%spread
spread29% · 2×spreading29% · 2×furnished29% · 2×do make the bed14% · 1×

7 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 4 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
verb67%object33%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 6 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
καίand, even, also, nam
δένδρονa treeἀνίστημιI raise up, set
μέγας
ἀνάγαιονan upper room
ὄχλοςa crowd
πολύςmuch, many, ofte
αὐτός
ἱμάτιονouter garment
στρωννύωfurnished
what comes after →
ἑαυτοῦ
Article the
ἐν
Article the
εἰς
Article the
ἕτοιμοςready, prepared
καίand, even, also,
ἐκεῖthere, yonder, thith
ἑτοιμάζωI make ready, pr

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceστρωννύω · 6× in the New Testament
Matthew Mark Acts Luke
Across the New Testament4 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
The Shepherd of Hermas
The Shepherd of HermasThe Shepherd of Hermas 26.11.7c. AD 140

ἔστρωσαν γὰρ αἱ παρθένοι τοὺς λινοῦς χιτῶνας ἑαυτῶν χαμαὶ καὶ ἐμὲ ἀνέκλιναν εἰς τὸ μέσον αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐδὲν ὅλως ἐποίουν εἰ μὴ προσηύχοντο: κἀγὼ μετ̓ αὐτῶν ἀδιαλείπτως προσηυχόμην καὶ οὐκ ἔλασσον ἐκείνων.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
3rd c. AD 6th c. AD

ἡμέρας τὸ ὑπάρχον αὐτῷ πλοῖον Ἑλληνικὸν ἀγωγῆς ἀρταβῶν υ πλειόνων ἢ ἐλασσόνων κεχαλατριωμένον καὶ ἐστρωμένον καὶ σεσανιδωμένον διὰ νέως σὺν ἱστῷ καὶ κέρατι καὶ λιναρμένῳ καὶ σχοινίοις καὶ κάδοις

P.Fouad 1 85AD 501–AD 700

ἐνταῦθα καὶ ἐκεῖθε. οὐθὲν λείπει εἰ μὴ τό σε ἐλθεῖν καὶ εὑρεῖν τὸ ἀκκούβιτον ἐστρωμένον. ἐὰν ἀπέλθῃς εἰς Ἀντινόου εὑρίσκεις τὴν Πεταμηναρίαν, ἐὰν εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν Σωσάνναν, ἐὰν εἰς Ἡρακλέους

And he himself you will show an upper room large furnished [and] ready; And there do prepare for us.
ἕτοιμον·hetoimos [and] ready; G2092 Adjective · accusative · singular · neuter
17× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Mark as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
In the Bible, this word means being ready or prepared for something, like when Jesus said his followers should be ready for his return. It is used in Matthew 22:4 and 1 Peter 1:5 to describe being prepared for a special event.
Amplified meaning
prepared, made available
Tyndale gloss
ready
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word ἕτοιμος (i.e., *hetoimos*) means 'ready' or 'prepared.' It is used for both things and people, indicating readiness for action or availability. In the New Testament, it appears in verses such as Matthew 22:4, 8 and 2 Corinthians 9:5. The word is derived from an older noun meaning 'fitness' and has a range of applications, including being ready at hand or prepared for a specific purpose.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ἕτοιμος, -ον also (in cl. after Thuc.) -η (II Co 9:5, I Pe 1:5), -ον,

[in LXX chiefly for כּוּן, מָכוֹן (cf. Hatch, Essays, 51 ff.) ;]

prepared, ready;

of things: Mt 22:4, 8, Mk 14:15, II Co 9:5 10:16, I Pe 1:5; ἔρχεσθε ὅτι ἤδη ἕτοιμά ἐστιν (Field, Notes, 67), Lk 14:17; ὁ καιρός, Jo 7:6;

of persons: Mt 24:44 25:10, Lk 12:40,

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Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

ἕτοιμος (on the accent cf. [Chandler ὃ 394]; W. 52 (51)), τ (2 Co. ix. 5; 1 Pet. i. 5), τον, and -os, τον (Mt. xxv. 10 [cf. WH. App. p. 151"; W. § 11,1; B. 25 (22)]); fr. Hom. down; prepared, ready; a. of things: Mt. xxii. 4, 8, [(Lk. xiv. 17)]; Mk. xiv. 15 [Lbr. ér.]; 2 Co. ix. 5; ready to hand: ra ἕτοιμα, the things (made) ready (in advance by others), i. e. the Christian churches already founded by them, 2 Co. x. 16; i. q. opportune, seasonable, ὁ καιρός, Jn. vii. 6; σωτηρία ἑτοίμη ἀποκαλυφθῆναι, on the point of being revealed, 1 Pet.i.5. Ὅ. of persons ; ready, prepared : to do something, Acts xxiii. 21; to receive one coming, Mt. xxiv. 44; xxv. 10; Lk. xii. 40; πρός τι, for (the doing of) a thing, Tit. iii. 1; 1 Pet. iii. 15; foll. by the inf. [ef. B. 260 (224)], Lk. xxii. 33; by rod with inf., Acts xxiii. 15 [B. § 140, 15; W. 8 44,4a.]; ἐν ἑτοίμῳ ἔχω, to be in readiness, foll. by…

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Moulton & Milligan, Vocabulary of the Greek Testament from a scan

ἕτοιμος. | cf. MGr (ἔφέτο( 9), ‘‘ this year.” With the | principles | For ἕτοιμος applied to ¢hings cf. P Oxy II. 2911} (a.D. | 25-26) ἕτο[ι]μα ποίησον... σιτικὰ Kal [ἀργυρικά, ‘‘ prepare the statements of corn and money” (Edd.), P Flor III. ” ετος 32610 (A.D. 117-8) τὰ ὑπογεγραμμένα ἐδάφη πάντα ποιήσιν αὐλακίσεσθαι, ὥστε ἕτοιμα εἶναι πρὸς κατασποράν, and 26. Il. 123" (A.D. 254) ἐκ τῶν ἑτοιμοτέρων οἴνου μονόχωρα ἑκατόν, of wine ripe or ready for drinking. For the adj. applied to Zersons cf. P Hib I. 447 (B.C. 253) τοὺς δὲ θεριστὰς ὡς ἂν ἑτοίμους ποιήσηις ἐπίστειλον ἡμῖν, ““ 45 soon as you can get the harvesters ready let me know”’ (Edd.), BGU IV. 120917 (B.C. 23) ἵνα πρὸς μὲν κατάπληξιν τῶν τολμησάντῶν ἔχωμεν αἱ ὑτο]ὺς ἑτοίμους πρὸς ἐντυχίαν, and P Tebt II. 4τοῖῦ (iii/A.D.) ἐὰν μὲν ἑτοίμη ἢν ἡ θυγάτηρ μου, ἀνερχέσθω διὰ τῆς ὄνου. For the phrase ἐν ἑτοίμῳ, as in 2 Cor 108, see P Gen I.…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ἕτοιμος (hetoimos) — ready.

ἑτοῖμος, ον,

also feminine ἑτοίμη [Refs 8th c.BC+], η, ον, or ος, ον, cf. Hdn.Gr. [Refs]:—at hand, ready, prepared, ὀνείαθ᾽ ἑτοῖμα προκείμενα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἕ. χρήματα money in hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+]in ready money, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; ἕ. ἀεὶ παρακείμενον ἐκμαγεῖον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕ. ποιήσασθαι to make ready, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἑτοίμου at once and without hesitation, immediately, offhand, ἐξ ἑ. λαμβάνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γίνεται ταῦτα ἐξ -οτάτου are most likely to attack, [NT+5th c.BC+]; ἑτοιμότερα γέλωτος λίβη tears that came more readily than.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ ἑ. that which is ready to hand, ἐπὶ τὰ ἑ. μᾶλλον τρέπονται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἑ.…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἕτοιμος

hetoimos

from an old noun heteos (fitness); adjusted, i.e. ready:--prepared,

(made) ready(-iness, to our hand).

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἕτοιμος, η, ον

Adj

ready, prepared

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἕτοιμος hetoimos 17x

ready, prepared, Mt. 22:4, 8; Mk. 14:15

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Adj-ASN — Adjective · accusative · singular · neuter
accusative — the one it is done to — the object.
Agrees with anything else marked singular neuter.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

A-ASN Part of Speech: Adjective Case: Accusative Number: Singular Gender: Neuter

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

red'-i (]~mahir]): Occurs twice in the sense of apt, skillful (Ezr 7:6; Ps 45:1). the Revised Version (British and American) gives "ready" for "fit" (Pr 24:27), for "asketh" (Mic 7:3), for "prepared" (Mr 14:15), for "not be negligent" (2Pe 1:12).

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
94%ready
ready94% · 16×readiness6% · 1×

17 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 2 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
predicate71%adverbial18%subject6%object6%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 17 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
γίνομαιI come into being, a
σύ
Article the
καίand, even, also,εἰς
σύ
μετάκαρδίαthe heart, inner
εἰμίI am, exist
πάντοτεalways, at all tνῦνnow, already, at
πᾶςall, the whole, ever
καίand, even, also,
ἕτοιμος[and] ready;17×
what comes after →
εἰμίI am, exist
Article theκαίand, even, also,οὕτωthus, so, in thi
ὅτιthat, since, because
ὅς
δεῦτεcome hither, come, h
εἰς
εἰσέρχομαιI go in, come in, en
μετά
καίand, even, also, nam
ἐκεῖthere, yonder, t

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceἕτοιμος · 17× in the New Testament
Matthew 2 Corinthians Luke 1 Peter Acts John Mark Titus
Across the New Testament8 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 21 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria Ignatius of Antioch The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Sacrifices of Abel and Cain 58c. AD 40

ἐὰν οὖν λήθην καὶ ἀχαριστίαν καὶ φιλαυτίαν καὶ τὴν γεννητικὴν τούτων κακίαν ἀνέλωμεν οἴησιν, οὐκέτι διαμέλλοντες ὑστεριοῦμεν γνησίου θεραπείας, ἀλλ’ ὑπερτροχάζοντες καὶ ὑπερπηδῶντες τὰ ἐν γενέσει, πρὶν ἀσπάσασθαί τι τῶν θνητῶν, ἐντευξόμεθα τῷ…

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 2.311c. AD 75–95

Ὁ δὲ θεὸς δηλώσας ἔτι μιᾷ πληγῇ τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους καταναγκάσειν ἀπολῦσαι τοὺς Ἑβραίους ἐκέλευε Μωυσῆν παραγγεῖλαι τῷ λαῷ θυσίαν ἑτοίμην ἔχειν παρασκευασαμένους τῇ δεκάτῃ τοῦ Ξανθικοῦ μηνὸς εἰς τὴν τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτην, ὃς παρὰ μὲν Αἰγυπτίοις Φαρμουθὶ…

Clement of RomeFirst Clement 2.7c. AD 96

ἀμεταμέλητοι ἦτε ἐπὶ πάσῃ ἀγαθοποιΐᾳ, ἕτοιμοι εἰς πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθόν.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
3rd c. AD 3rd c. BC 2nd c. AD 6th c. AD 1st c. AD
P.Fam.Tebt. 19ArsinoitesAD 118

ἀξιοῦμεν οὖν καὶ νῦν χωρὶς ὑπερθέσεως ἀπολαβεῖν τὸ ὀφείλημα καὶ τοὺς τόκους, ἐσμὲν δὲ ἑτοῖμοι ἀποκαταστῆσαι τὰς ἀρούρας πάσας αὐτοῖς. Ἰσιδώρα· προθεσμίας ὁριούμεθα. ὁ στρατηγός· ἀναγνωσθήτωσαν οἱ ὑπομνηματισμοὶ Κασκελίου

P.Flor. 2 172Theadelphia (Arsinoites)AD 253

ἀπὸ Εὐημερείας ἀνελθεῖν· ἀνερχέσθωσαν. μετέδωκεν γάρ μοι ὁ ἀδελφός μου Ὀφέλλιος ὅτι ἐκεῖνοι ἤδη ἕτοιμοι ἀνεληλύθασιν. Εἰρηναίῳ φροντιστῇ. γ ἔτους Τῦβι ιδ

P.Flor. 2 181Theadelphia (Arsinoites)AD 249–AD 268

περὶ τοῦ χρόνου μέχρι σήμερον β … καταρνειτε … συνήθη τὰς μ … πόλεως ἕτοιμον … εἶναι. ἔπεμψα οὖν εἰς δὶς πρός σε τὸν ὀνηλάτην Σωκρα καὶ ἀνῆλθεν μὴ

And he himself you will show an upper room large furnished [and] ready; And there do prepare for us.
καὶ And G2532
8,978× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Mark as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
And or also, a connecting word used to join ideas or words, like in Matthew 2:18 and Hebrews 1:1.
Tyndale gloss
and
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

καί (kai) is a conjunction meaning 'and,' used to connect words, phrases, and clauses. It serves various functions, including copulative and adjunctive uses, and can express cumulative ideas like 'also' or 'even.' The New Testament frequently employs it to link terms and sentences, as seen in verses like Matthew 2:18 and John 10:3. Abbott-Smith notes its use in both simple and complex structures, while Thayer emphasizes its role as the most common particle in the New Testament.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

καί,

conj.,

and.

Copulative.

Connecting single words;

in general: Mt 2:18 16:1, Mk 2:15, Lk 8:15, He 1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Mt 23:23, Lk 14:21, Ro 7:12 9:4, al.;

connecting numerals (WM, § 37, 4): Jo 2:20, Ac 13:20;

joining terms which are not mutually exclusive, as the part with the whole: Mt 8:33 26:59, Mk 16:17,

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καί, a conj., and; the most freq. by far of all the particles in the N. T. [On its uses see W. § 53, 3sqq.; B. 361 (310) sqq., and ef. Ellicott on Phil. iv. 12; on the difference between it and τέ see 8. v. τέ ad init. ] I. It serves as a copulative i.e. to connect (Lat. et, atque, Germ. und) ; 1. it connects single words or terms: a. univ., as of Φαρισαῖοι καὶ Σαδδουκαῖοι, Mt. xvi. 1; ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατήρ, he who is God and Father (see θεός, 3); ἐν καρδίᾳ καλῇ καὶ ἀγαθῇ, Lk. viii. 15; πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως, ΗΘ}. 1. 1; it is repeated before single terms, to each of which its own force and weight is thus given: ἡ υἱοθεσία καὶ ἡ δόξα καὶ ai διαθῆκαι καὶ ἡ νομοθεσία καὶ ἡ λατρεία καὶ αἱ ἐπαγγελίαι, Ro. ix. 4 ; ἁγία καὶ δικαία καὶ ἀγαθή, Ro. vii. 12; add, Mt. xxiii. 23; Lk. xiv. 21; Jn. xvi. 8; Acts xv. 20, 29; xxi. 25; Heb. ix. 10; Rey. v. 12; xviii. 12 sq.; ef. W. 519 sq. (484). b. it…

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και. In LAE p. 129 ff. Deissmann discusses the thoroughly popular character of the Johannine style with its short paratactic sentences, introduced by kal. . . καί. To illustrate this, he cites amongst other exx. a Dream from the Serapeum, P Par 51 (B.C. 160) (= Selections, p. 18 ff. : see especially the amended readings in Archiv vi. p. 204), which runs—** ὦμ[ην] βατί -- δ)ίζειν pe [ἀπ]ὸ λειβὸς ἕως ἀ[ πηλι]ώτου, καὶ ἀναπίπτομαι ἐπ᾿ ἄχυρον" καὶ [ἄν]θρωπ[ος9] ἀπὸ λιβός μου, ἐχόμενός μου’ ἀναπίπτει καὶ αὐτός, καὶ ὥσπερ κεκλειμμ[évot] μου ἦσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, καὶ ἐξαί[φνης] ἀνύγω τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς pov, καὶ ὁρῶ kTA., “ I dreamed that I was going from West to East, and I lie down upon chaff. And there | αὐτὸ (deleted in the original) Σεμφθεῖ. | ἐκ καινῆς ἐν Σομολ(ῶ)…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

καί (kai) — and.

καί,

conjunction, copulative, joining words and sentences,

__A and; also adverb, even, also, just, frequently expressing emphatic assertion or assent, corresponding as positive to the negative οὐ (μή) or οὐδέ (μηδέ). copulative, and,

__A.I joining words or sentences to those preceding, ἦ, καὶ κυανέῃσιν ἐπ᾽ ὀφρύσινεῦσε Κρονίων [Refs 8th c.BC+]: repeated with two or more Nouns, αἱ δὲ ἔλαφοι κ. δορκάδες κ. οἱ ἄγριοι οἶες κ. οἱ ὄνοι οἱ ἄγριοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; joining only the last pair, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ ὄχλος πλείων κ. πλείων ἐπέρρει more and more, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to add epithets after πολύς, πολλὰ κ. ἐσθλά [Refs 8th c.BC+]

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

καί

kai

apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also

a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in

connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and,

also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when,

yet.

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

καί

Cj.

and, even, also, namely

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

καί kai 9x

(1) and, Mt. 2:2, 3, 11; 4:22; (2) καί ... καί, both ... and; (3) as a cumulative particle, also, too, Mt. 5:39; Jn. 8:19; 1 Cor. 11:6; (4) emphatic, even, also, Mt. 10:30; 1 Cor. 2:10; in NT adversative, but, Mt. 11:19; also introductory of the apodosis of a sentence, Gal. 3:28; Jas. 2:4

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Into Englishhow translators actually render it
89%and
and89% · 8448×also8% · 714×other renderings2% · 191×other renderings1% · 124×

9,477 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 42 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
adverbial16%subject13%object10%predicate3%verb2%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 8,978 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
αὐτός
ἐνἐπίπρός
σύ
χάριςgrace, favor, kiπρόςπατήρfather, Father,
ἐγώ
πατήρfather, Father, πρόςθεόςGod, a god
εἰμίI am, exist
αὐτόςArticle theἐγώ
θεόςGod, a god
Article theθέλημαwill, wish, desiδέbut, on the othe
καίAnd8978×
what comes after →
Article the
ἀδελφόςa brotherπατήρfather, Father, μήτηρa mother
λέγωI say, speak
αὐτόςArticle theπρός
οὐNeg
εἰμίI am, existμήNegδύναμαιI am powerful, a
ὁράωI see, look upon, ex
Article theαὐτόςἀνήρa male human bei
ἐν
Article theπᾶςall, the whole, ὅλοςall, the whole,

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceκαί · 8,978× in the New Testament
Luke Matthew Revelation Acts Mark John 1 Corinthians Romans Hebrews 2 Corinthians Ephesians 1 John

3 inflected forms — one of the commonest words in the New Testament. Full distribution →

Across the New Testament27 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 1c. AD 40

Τῶν ἄλλων νομοθετῶν οἱ μὲν ἀκαλλώπιστα καὶ γυμνὰ τὰ νομισθέντα παρ’ αὐτοῖς εἶναι δίκαια διετάξαντο, οἱ δὲ πολὺν ὄγκον τοῖς νοήμασι προσπεριβαλόντες ἐξετύφωσαν τὰ πλήθη μυθικοῖς πλάσμασι τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐπικρύψαντες.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.argc. AD 75–95

ἡ τοῦ κόσμου σύστασις καὶ διάταξις τῶν στοιχείων.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 1.1c. AD 100

Χαίρετε, υἱοὶ καὶ θυγατέρες, ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντος ἡμᾶς, ἐν εἰρήνῃ.

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2nd c. AD 3rd c. AD 4th c. AD 1st c. AD 6th c. AD
P.Stras. 2 89Pathyris100 BC

r βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν Φιλομητόρων ἔτους ιε, ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν καὶ κανηφόρου τῶν

P.Adl. 11Pathyris99 BC

1 ἔτους ιζ Θῶυθ κη ἀπέδοτο Πετεσοῦχος Φίβιος καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τὸ ὕπαρχον αὐτοῖς ἥμισυ περιστερῶνος τοῦ ὄντος ἐν τῶι ἀπὸ βορρᾶ μέρει

P.Grenf. 2 35Pathyris99 BC

βασιλευόντων Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ἐπικαλουμένου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Βερενίκης τῆς ἀδελφῆς θεῶν φιλομητόρων ἔτους ιϛ, ἐφʼ ἱερέων καὶ ἱερειῶν καὶ κανηφόρου τῶν

And he himself you will show an upper room large furnished [and] ready; And there do prepare for us.
ἐκεῖekei there G1563 Adverb
95× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Mark as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This word means 'there' or 'to that place', as in Matthew 2:13. It's used to point to a location or direction. In the Bible, it helps describe where events happen.
Amplified meaning
in that place, at that location
Tyndale gloss
there
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word ἐκεῖ (i.e., *ekei*) is an adverb meaning 'there' or 'in that place.' It is often used in the New Testament to indicate location and can also imply direction when paired with verbs of motion, functioning similarly to 'thither.' The word appears in various contexts, including euphemistic references to the dead. Notably, Thayer's entry mentions its use in pleonastic constructions.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ἐκεῖ

adv.,

[in LXX chiefly for שָׁם ;]

properly, of place, there: Mt 2:13 5:24, al.; οἱ ἐ., Mt 26:71; οὗ . . . ἐ., Mt 6:21 18:20 24:28, Mk 6:10, Lk 12:34; pleonastic, ὅπου . . . ἐ. (= שָׁם אֲשֶׁר, De 4:5, al.), Re 12:6, 14 (cf. Bl., § 50, 4).

As often in cl. (Hdt., Thuc., al.), with verbs of motion, for ἐκεῖσε, thither: Mt 2:22 17:20 24:28 26:36, Mk 6:33,

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ἐκεῖ, adv. of place, there; a. properly: Mt. ii. 13, 15; v. 24, and freq. In LK. xiii. 28 ἐκεῖ is not used for ev ἐκείνῳ τῷ καιρῷ foll. by ὅταν (at that time... when etc.), but means in that place whither ye have been banished; cf. Meyer ad loc. οἱ ἐκεῖ, se. ὄντες, Standing there, Mt. xxvi. 71 [Tr mrg. αὐτοὶ ἐκεῖ]. It answers to a relative adv.: οὗ τὸ πνεῦμα, ἐκεῖ ἐλευθερία, 2 Co. iii. 17 ἑαυτὸν ἔκδ. διδόναι τῷ Rec.; Mt. vi. 21; xviii. 20; xxiv. 28; Mk. vi.10; Lk. xii. 34; Hebraistically, where a preceding adv. or rel. pron. has already attracted the verb, ἐκεῖ is added to this verb pleonastically: Rey. xii. 6 GT Tr WH (ὅπου ἔχει ἐκεῖ τόπον), 14 (ὅπου τρέφεται ἐκεῖ) ; cf. Deut. iv. 5, 14, 26; 1 Mace. xiv. 34, and what was said p. 86", 5 on the pron. αὐτός after a relative. b. by a negligent use common also in the classics it stands after verbs of motion for ἐκεῖσε, thither: so after…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ἐκεῖ (ekei) — there.

ἐκεῖ

(not in [Refs 8th c.BC+], Aeolic dialect κῆ [Refs 7th c.BC+]: Doric dialect τηνεῖ (which see):— adverb there, in that place, opposed to ἐνθάδε, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τἀκεῖ what is or happens there, events there, [LXX+5th c.BC+]

2. frequently as euphemistic for ἐν Ἅιδου, in another world, κἀκεῖ δικάζει τἀμπλακήματα Ζεὺς ἄλλος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐ. euphemistic for the dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. Philos., in the intelligible world, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

II. with Verbs of motion, for ἐκεῖσε, thither, ἐ. πλέομεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἀπικέσθαι variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. rarely, of Time, then, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἐκεῖ

ekei

of uncertain affinity; there; by extension, thither:--there,

thither(-ward), (to) yonder (place).

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἐκεῖ

Adv

there, yonder, thither

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἐκεῖ ekei 105x

there, in that place, Mt. 2:13, 15; to that place, Mt. 2:22; 17:20

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐκεῖ there, in that place, Lat. illic, attic

euphem. for ἐν Ἅιδου, in another world, Aesch., etc.; οἱ ἐκεῖ, i. e. the dead, id. Aesch.

with Verbs of motion, for ἐκεῖσε, as we say there for thither, ἐκεῖ πλέειν Hdt., etc.

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Adv — Adverb
adverb — it qualifies the verb, and never changes form.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

ADV ADVerb or adverb and particle combined

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
95%there
there95% · 95×other renderings5% · 5×

100 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 6 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
adverbial68%predicate31%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 95 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
εἰμίI am, exist
οὐNegκαίand, even, also,μόνοςonly, solitary,
δέbut, on the other ha
εἰμίI am, existεὑρίσκωI find
καίand, even, also, nam
ἵναin order that, sἕτοιμοςready, preparedμακρόςlong, distant
αὐτός
θεραπεύωI care for, atteτηρέωI keep, guard, oεἰμίI am, exist
σύ
θησαυρόςa treasure, storἐγώ
ἐκεῖthere95×
what comes after →
εἰμίI am, exist
Article theκαίand, even, also,ἐν
καίand, even, also, nam
Article theγίνομαιI come into beinμεταβαίνωI leave, depart,
ἄνθρωποςa man, one of the hu
οὐNegξηραίνωI dry up, parch,τὶς
μένωI remain, abide
ἕωςuntil, as far asκαίand, even, also,οὐNeg
ἕωςuntil, as far as
ἄνDisjArticle the

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Concordanceἐκεῖ · 95× in the New Testament
Matthew John Luke Mark Acts Revelation James Romans Hebrews Titus
Across the New Testament10 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 368 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Philo of Alexandria Ignatius of Antioch Clement of Rome The Shepherd of Hermas
Philo of AlexandriaAllegorical Interpretation of Genesis 1.43c. AD 40

καὶ ἔθετο ἐκεῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὃν ἔπλασε“ (Gen.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.argc. AD 75–95

Ἰακώβου φυγὴ εἰς τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν καὶ τὸν ἐκ τἀδελφοῦ φόβον, καὶ ὡς γήμας ἐκεῖ καὶ δώδεκα γεννήσας παῖδας πάλιν εἰς τὴν Χαναναίαν ἐπανῆλθεν.

Clement of RomeFirst Clement 28.3c. AD 96

ἐὰν ἀναβῶ εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, σὺ ἐκεῖ εἶ: ἐὰν ἀπέλθω εἰς τὰ ἔσχατα τῆς γῆς.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
3rd c. AD 2nd c. AD 3rd c. BC 4th c. AD 6th c. AD
P.Col. 4 87Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)245 BC

τούτοις τε καὶ τοῖς περὶ Ἀλέξανδρον οὐ συνήντηκα. μάλιστα μὲν γὰρ ἔδει μεθʼ ὑμῶν ἐκεῖ συντεθῆναι τοὺς σιτικοὺς λόγους ὅπως ἐάν τι βέλτιον δοκιμάζητε οὕτως ποιῶμεν. ἀλλὰ τοὺς Σύρους

P.Cair. Zen. 3 59368Memphis (?)242 BC

ἐνθάδε παραγενέσθαι, γράψαι αὐτῶι ἀποστεῖλαι τοὺς μελισσουργοὺς καὶ τὸν κριθησόμενον ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ, ὅπως μὴ ἐκεῖ καταστασιασθῶμεν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐκ τῶν καθʼ ἡμᾶς αἰσθήσει πῶς τοὺς λοιποὺς τοὺς ἐκ

P.Lond. 2 p. 297-298 no. 239Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)AD 346

οὕτως γὰρ ἐγὼ εἶπα ὅτι τινὸς ἐὰν χρείαν ἔχῃς ὁ δεσπότης μου παρέχεταί σοι ἐκεῖ. ἀπέστειλά σοι δὲ διὰ Ἀμμωνίου σκυτέως χεννίων βίκους β, γάρου μαυρα α, γλυκυδίων ὀμφακηρὰν

And he himself you will show an upper room large furnished [and] ready; And there do prepare for us.
ἑτοιμάσατεhetoimazō do prepare G2090 Verb · aorist · active · imperative · second person · plural
41× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Mark than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
To make ready means to prepare something or someone, as seen in Mark 14:15 and Luke 9:52. It is about getting things ready for a specific purpose or event.
Amplified meaning
get ready, prepare
Tyndale gloss
to make ready
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word ἑτοιμάζω (hetoimazō) means to prepare or make ready. It is derived from the root ἕτοιμος and is used in various contexts, including hospitality and divine preparation for events. In the New Testament, it appears in passages like Matthew 22:4 and Mark 14:15, often relating to preparing meals or arrangements.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ἑτοιμάζω

(< ἕτοιμος),

[in LXX chiefly for כּוּן hi. (Hatch, Essays, 51 ff.) ;]

to prepare, make ready;

absol., of hospitable preparation: Mk 14:15, Lk 9:52 12:47 22:9, 12; c. inf., Mt 26:17; ἵνα, Mk 14:12;

c. acc rei: Mt 22:4 26:19, Mk 14:16, Lk 12:20 17:8 22:8, 13 23:56 24:1, Jo 14:2-3, Phm 22, Re 9:7 16:12; seq. εἰς, II Ti 2:21; of God's ordaining coming events (Dalman, Words, 128)…

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ἑτοιμάζω ; fut. ἑτοιμάσω ; 1 aor. ἡτοίμασα ; pf. ἡτοίμακα (Mt. xxii. 4 LT Tr WH); Pass., pf. ἡτοίμασμαι; 1 aor. ἡτοιμάσθην; (ἔτοιμος) ; fr. Hom. down; Sept. very often for }213 and 7.33; to make ready, prepare: absol. to make the necessary preparations, get everything ready, Lk. xii. 47; of preparing a feast, Lk. xxii. 9, 12, (Gen. xliii. 15; 1 Chr. xii. 39); w. dat. of pers.,for one: of preparing a lodging, Lk. ix. 52 [W. 594 (552); B. § 130, 5]; a supper, Mk. xiv. 15; also w. a telic inf. added, Mt. xxvi. 17; foll. by ἵνα [ef. B. 237 (205)], Mk. xiv. 12; w. ace. of the thing: ἃ ἡτοίμασας the things which thou hast prepared (as a store), Lk. xii. 20; [ri δειπνήσω, Lk. xvii. '8]; τὸ ἄριστον, Mt. xxii. 4; τὸ πάσχα, Mt. xxvi. 19; Mk. xiv. 16; Lk. xxii. 8,13; ἀρώματα, Lk. xxiii. 56; xxiv. 1; τόπον Twi, In. xiv. 2 sq.; ξενίαν, Philem. 22; [συμβούλιον, Mk. xv. 1 TWH mrg., cf. cupB.]; τὴν…

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ἑτοιμάζω. P Petr II. 4o(a)!® (11118.6.} (= Witkowski’, p. 41) ἑτοιpaterar yap ἡ διαδοχή, ‘‘the relief is being equipped,” P Lille I. 264 (iii/B.c.) τὴν δὲ λοιπὴν γῆν ἑτο]ιμάζω, of preparing land by cultivation, PSI 1V. 43417 (B.c. 261-0) ἑτοιμάζονται θηρεύειν, P Hib I. 479 (B.c. 256) καὶ ὄλυραν δὲ κ[αὶ κρ]ιθὴν ἑτοίμαζε ἵνα [παραμ]ετρήσωμεν εἰς τὸ βασιλικόν, ‘prepare both olyra and barley in order that we may measure it to the State” (Edd.). The verb is almost a ¢.4 for preparations in view of an approaching visit, e.g. P Tebt 11. 592 (iii/a.D.) ἐπιστολ]ήν σοι ἔπεμψα ὡς σοῦ ταχὺ ἐρχομέν[ο]υ καὶ ἑτοιμάκιν (1. ἡτοιμάκειν) σοι πάντα, P Oxy Χ. 1299° (iv/A.D.) ἑτυμάσο αὐτὼ (/. ἑτοιμάσω αὐτὸ) ἕως ἔρχῃ, “1 will prepare it for your coming ᾿ (Edd.), 76. XII. 14907 (late iii/a.D.) ἐπίστειλον τί θέλεις ἑτοιμασθῆναι, ‘ give instructions as to what preparations you wish to be made” (Edd.): cf. Philem…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ἑτοιμάζω (hetoimazō) — to make ready.

ἑτοιμ-άζω,

perfect ἡτοίμακα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]perfect passive ἡτοίμασμαι both in middle and passive sense see below): (ἑτοῖμος):—get ready, prepare, ἐμοὶ γέρας αὐτίχ᾽ ἑτοιμάσατ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; [νέας] [NT+5th c.BC+]; δάκρυα δ᾽ ἑτοιμάζουσι to those furnishing them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑαυτὸν ἵνα.. [NT]

II. middle, cause to be prepared, ὄφρ᾽ ἱρὸν ἑτοιμασσαίατ᾽ Ἀθήνῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.2. with perfect passive ἡτοίμασμαι, prepare for oneself, τἄλλα ἡτοιμάζετο made his other arrangements, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. prepare oneself, make oneself ready, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἑτοιμάζω

hetoimazo

from 2092; to prepare:--prepare, provide, make ready. Compare 2680.

see GREEK for 2092

see GREEK for 2680

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἑτοιμάζω

v.

I make ready, prepare

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἑτοιμάζω hetoimazō 40x

to make ready, prepare, Mt. 22:4; 26:17

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἑτοιμάζω ἑτοιμάζω, ἑτοῖμος to make or get ready, prepare, provide, Il., Hdt., attic; c. inf., κάπρον ἑτοιμασάτω ταμέειν Il.

Mid. to cause to be prepared, id. Il.

with perf. pass. ἡτοίμασμαι, to prepare for oneself, τἄλλα ἡτοιμάζετο made his other arrangements, Thuc.; ἡτοιμασμένοι Xen.

to prepare oneself, c. inf., id. Xen.

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Verb-AAM-2P — Verb · aorist · active · imperative · second person · plural
aorist active imperative — a completed action, viewed as a whole.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

V-AAM-2P Part of Speech: Verb Tense: Aorist Voice: Active Mood: iMperative Person: second Number: Plural

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
23%do prepare
do prepare23% · 9×prepared23% · 9×they prepared8% · 3×it has been prepared5% · 2×we may prepare5% · 2×make ready5% · 2×prepare5% · 2×has prepared3% · 1×other renderings25% · 10×

40 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 18 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
verb100%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 41 occurrences — a word inside a phrase counts towards whatever that phrase is doing.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
καίand, even, also, nam
αὐτόςἸησοῦςJesusπορεύομαιI travel, journe
ὅς
ἀλλάbut, exceptφέρωI carry, bear, b
ἔρημοςdeserted, desolate,
Article the
Article the
κληρονομέωI inherit, obtaiαἰώνιοςeternal, unendinἄγγελοςan angel, messen
αὐτός
εἶπονI say, speakἐπικαλέωI call by an addγυνήa woman, wife, m
ἑτοιμάζωdo prepare41×
what comes after →
Article the
ὁδόςa way, road, jouπάσχαAramταῦροςa bull, an ox
ἐγώ
Article theξενίαlodging, hospita
σύ
βασιλείαkingship, sovereἐσθίωI eat
τίςIrg
εἰμίI am, existδειπνέωI dine
ἄρωμαspice, perfume
καίand, even, also,

branches are dictionary forms, so endings do not split one phrase into five; the number on a branch is how many times the New Testament takes that path

Concordanceἑτοιμάζω · 41× in the New Testament
Luke Matthew Revelation Mark John 1 Corinthians 2 Timothy Acts Hebrews Philemon
Across the New Testament10 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 91 Old Testament verses where this Greek word stands: which Hebrew word keeps standing there too. A correspondence of verses rather than a word-by-word alignment, so read the percentage as strength of evidence, not as a claim about any single verse.

Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus Clement of Rome The Epistle of Barnabas The Didache The Shepherd of Hermas
Philo of AlexandriaOn Noah's Work as a Planter 47c. AD 40

„εἰσαγαγὼν καταφύτευσον αὐτοὺς εἰς ὄρος κληρονομίας σου, εἰς ἕτοιμον κατοικητήριόν σου ὃ κατειργάσω, κύριε, ἁγίασμα, κύριε, ὃ ἡτοίμασαν αἱ χεῖρές σου·

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 17.73c. AD 75–95

κεκόμισται γὰρ ἐκ τῆς Αἰγύπτου τὸ φάρμακον ὑπʼ Ἀντιφίλου, ἀδελφὸς δʼ ἐκείνῳ ἰατρὸς ὢν ἐπόρισεν, καὶ Θευδίωνος ὡς ἡμᾶς κομίσαντος ἐφύλασσον αὐτὴ παρὰ Φερώρου λαβοῦσα ἐπὶ σὲ ἡτοιμασμένον ὑπὸ Ἀντιπάτρου.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 3.6c. AD 100

εἰς τοῦτο οὖν, ἀδελφοί, ὁ μακρόθυμος προβλέψας, ὡς ἐν ἀκεραιοσύνῃ πιστεύσει ὁ λαός, ὃν ἡτοίμασεν ἐν τῷ ἠγαπημένῳ αὐτοῦ, προεφανέρωσεν ἡμῖν περὶ πάντων, ἵνα μὴ προσρησσώμεθα ὡς ἐπήλυτοι τῷ ἐκείνων νόμῳ.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
3rd c. AD 2nd c. AD 1st c. AD 3rd c. BC 4th c. AD
P. Cairo Cat. 10532 descr.Arsinoites (?)AD 1–AD 50

τοῦ τόκου ἃς ὀφείλει Πανουβᾶς οὐ δέδωκε Κιεύριος. ἐν ὅσῳ ἀναπλεῖς εἰς τὸν διαλογισμόν, ἡτοίμακά σοι τὸ ἱμάτιον. εὐχαριστῶ σοι διʼ Ἀννούβιδος θεοῦ μεγίστου τῶν θεῶν πάντων.

π … ρον τὸν βαστάζοντα ὑμεῖν … … πάσχεις τὴν … … στην … ἑτοίμασόν τι τῇ θυγατρὶ … γαμεῖ Π … … πει. ἀσπάζομαί σε

σῖτον. λοιπὸν εἰ ἐκδημήσῃ, οὐ δύναμαι ἐλθεῖν πρὸς σέ. ἄρτους γὰρ αὐτῷ ποιῶ καὶ ἑτοιμάζω αὐτόν. ἀσπάζομαι Ταπεῆιν καὶ Ἀπλωνάριν καὶ ὑποδησμεύετε αὐτὴν διὰ σκορπίον. ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς Ἰουλᾶς. ἐὰν

And he himself you will show an upper room large furnished [and] ready; And there do prepare for us.
ἡμῖν.egō for us. G3165 Personal pronoun · first person · dative · plural
1,872× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
In plain English
Tyndale gloss
I/we
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ἐγώ, gen, etc., ἐμοῦ, ἐμοί, ἐμέ (enclitic μου, μοι, με), pl. ἡμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς,

pers. pron.

I.

The nom. is usually emphatic, when expressed as subjc, as in Mt 3:11, Mk 1:8, Lk 3:16, al. But often there is no apparent emphasis, as Mt 10:16, Jo 10:17; ἰδοὺ ἐ. (= Heb. הִנֵּנִי, cf. I Ki 3:8), Ac 9:10; ἐ. (like Heb. אֲנִי), I am, Jo 1:23 (LXX), Ac 7:32 (LXX).

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Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament from a scan

ἐγώ, gen. ἐμοῦ, enclitic pod; dat. ἐμοί, enclitic μοί; acc. ἐμέ, enclitic μέ; plur. ἡμεῖς, ete.; personal pronoun, J. 1. The nominatives ἐγώ and ἡμεῖς, when joined to a verb, generally have force and emphasis, or indicate antithesis, as Mt. iii. 11; Mk.i. 8; Lk. iii. 16 (ἐγὼ pev... ὁ δέ); Mt. iii. 14 (ἐγὼ... ἔχω, καὶ σύν ; V. 22, 28, 39, and often; ἡμεῖς, contrasted with God, Mt. vi. 12; ἡμεῖς x. of Φαρισαῖοι, Mt. ix. 14; cf. W. § 22,6. But sometimes they are used where there is no emphasis or antithesis in them, as Mt. x. 16; Jn. x. 17; and in many edd. in Mk. i. 2; Lk. vii. 27; οἵ. B. §129, 12. ἰδοὺ ἐγώ, 1397, behold me, hereamT: Acts ix.10 (1S. iii. 8). ἐγώ, like 38, Jam: Jn. i. 23; Acts vii. 32, [ef. W.585 (544); B. 125 (109)]. 2. The enclitic (and monosyllabic) gen., dat., and ace. are connected with nouns, verbs, adverbs, but not with prepositions: ἔμπροσθέν pov, Jn. i. 15; ὀπίσω…

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Moulton & Milligan, Vocabulary of the Greek Testament from a scan

ἐγώ. Deissmann (ZAZ p. 134 ff.) has drawn attention to the parallels to the solemn use of the first personal pronoun in the Fourth Gospel that may be adduced from inscriptions and magical texts. Thus in an inscr. in honour of Isis from Ios, written in ii/iii A.p., the contents of which are preChristian, we find —Elows ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ τ[ύρανν]ος πάσης χόρας.. ἐγὼ νόμους ἀνθρώποις ἐθέμην . . ἐγώ εἰμι Kpdvov θυγάτηρ πρεσβυτάτη α΄. And similarly in the magical papyrus P Lond 4645 (iv/a.p.) (=I. p. 69) ἐγώ εἰμι ὃ ἀκέφαλος δαίμων . . ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἀλήθεια ὁ μεισῶν ἀδικήματα γείνεσθαι ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ α΄. With the construction of the phrase τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί ; in Jn 24 we may compare BGU IV. 1141°8 (n.c. 14) ἐδίδουν αὐτῷ διαστολὰς μηδὲν αὐτῶι καὶ ἐκείνωι εἶναι : for its meaning see Ε΄. C. Burkitt in 77:5 xiii. p- 594f., where it is rendered, ‘‘ What have I and thou to do with that ?” On the difficult…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

μέ (me) — me.

ἐγώ,

I: pronoun of the first person:—Epic dialect mostly ἐγών before vowels (so in Doric dialect, before consonants, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect ἱών [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:— strengthened ἔγωγε, I at least, for my part, indeed, for myself (more frequently in Attic dialect than in [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Doric dialect ἐγώνγα [Refs 7th c.BC+]: Boeotian dialect ἱώνγα [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἱώνει [Refs]; ἰώγα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: Laconian dialect and Tarentum dialect ἐγώνη, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. oblique cases from a different root, genitive ἐμοῦ, enclitic μο; Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ἐμέο, ἐμεῦ, μευ, also ἐμέθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect ἔμεθεν [Refs 7th c.BC+]; Doric dialect ἐμέος, ἐμεῦς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect ἐμοῦς [Refs 6th c.BC+] — _dative_ ἐμοί, enclitic μοι (which may be compared with Sanskrit…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἐγώ

me

a shorter (and probably originally) from of 1691; me:--I, me, my.

see GREEK for 1691

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἐγώ egō 2x

I, gen., ἐμοῦ [μου], dat., ἐμοί [μοι], acc., ἐμέ [με]

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Pron-1DP — Personal pronoun · first person · dative · plural
dative — to, for, with — the one it is done to or by.
Agrees with anything else marked plural.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

P-1DP Part of Speech: Personal pronoun Person: first Case: Dative Number: Plural

English usagewhat the translators’ English meant
Webster's Dictionary (1828), Webster's Unabridged (1913), Webster's Dictionary (1806)

US, pronoun objective case of we.

Give us this day our daily bread.

Us , pron. [OE. us, AS. s; akin to OFries. & OS. s, D. ons, G. uns, Icel. & Sw. oss, Dan. os, Goth. uns, L. nos we, us, Gr. we, Skr. nas us. . Cf. Nostrum, Our.] The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; — the objective case of we. See We. “Tell us a tale.” Chaucer.

Give us this day our daily bread. Matt. vi. 11.

Us, pron. oblique case of we

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
35%us
us35% · 717×me32% · 644×mine20% · 402×we ourselves6% · 124×my2% · 45×other renderings5% · 97×

2,029 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 27 different ways. The commonest English word for it is not its meaning — it is one translator's decision, repeated.

Sources on this page. Lexicons and dictionaries imported from the CrossWire SWORD modules — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, Dodson, the Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones, Robinson and Packard, Webster and Cawdrey. Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Harper, 1889 — Grimm’s Wilke’s Clavis Novi Testamenti, translated, revised and enlarged by Joseph Henry Thayer) is public domain and is set here from the Internet Archive page scan greekenglishlex00grim; it is uncorrected OCR, marked as such on the entry itself, and the Strong’s numbers — which Thayer’s own edition does not carry — were matched by lemma against the other modules on this page. Trench’s Synonyms of the New Testament (Macmillan, 1880) and Moulton and Milligan’s Vocabulary of the Greek Testament (Hodder & Stoughton, 1930, which entered the United States public domain on 1 January 2026) are set from Internet Archive page scans synonymsofnewtes00treniala and vocabularyofgree00mouluoft, and are likewise uncorrected OCR matched to Strong’s numbers by lemma. Trench treats a group of words at once, so the same essay stands on the page of each word it compares. The Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary is © 1993 and is used here by permission for non-commercial use, www.teknia.com/greek-dictionary. The full Liddell-Scott-Jones and the Hebrew word data (TAHOT) come from STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Brown-Driver-Briggs is the OpenScriptures digitisation, public domain. Syntax analysis is the Nestle 1904 Lowfat treebank (biblicalhumanities.org); the concordance and morphology are built from the tagged Nestle 1904 text. Septuagint occurrences use the Open Scriptures Septuagint lemma index, derived from CCAT (University of Pennsylvania) and the Rahlfs 1935 dataset by Eliran Wong, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — used here on a non-commercial ministry site. Greek of Josephus and Barnabas from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA 4.0. Commentaries and the Ante-Nicene Fathers are public-domain texts hosted on this site. Everyday Greek from the Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri, CC BY 3.0, with dates and provenance from the Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis. Philo and the Apostolic Fathers from Open Greek and Latin (First1KGreek), CC BY-SA 4.0. The apparatus and the fifth Greek column are the SBL Greek New Testament, © 2010 SBL and Logos Bible Software, CC BY 4.0. The Latin is the Clementine Vulgate (public domain); the Syriac New Testament is the ETCBC edition (MIT licence). The Hebrew behind the Greek is computed here from the Septuagint index and TAHOT, not taken from any aligned edition. The translation spread and the per-word edition marks come from the Translators Amalgamated Greek NT (STEPBible, CC BY 4.0); clause roles from the Nestle 1904 Lowfat treebank (CC BY-SA 4.0); place identifications and their confidence from OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding (CC BY 4.0), with map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Gospel parallels are computed here from shared uncommon vocabulary, not taken from any printed harmony. Cross references are the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and the subject headings are Nave’s Topical Bible, both public domain. Works under Creative Commons licences are used unchanged apart from markup removal.

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