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N1904κάλαμον συντετριμμένον οὐ κατεάξει καὶ λίνον τυφόμενον οὐ σβέσει ἕως ἂν ἐκβάλῃ εἰς νῖκος τὴν κρίσιν.

BSAA reedkalamos bruisedsuntribō [crushed, damaged] notou He will breakkatagnumi [shatter, crush completely] andkai a wicklinon smolderingtuphō [smoking, barely burning] notou He will quenchsbennumi [put out, quench] untilheōs whenan He shall leadekballō [guides, brings forth] toeis victorynikos [triumph, conquest] <the>ho justice.krisis [righteous judgment, verdict]

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Matthew 12:20quick helps
In a sentenceJesus will not break a fragile reed or extinguish a dim wick; He will instead bring justice to victory.
Who is speakingThis is a prophecy about Jesus, emphasizing His gentle nature.
Where we areThis verse is part of a larger narrative illustrating Jesus' compassion and mission.
The hard wordσυντετριμμένον
Take awayJesus cares for the weak and broken.
8 commentators on this verse Gill, Jamieson, Poole, Trapp & more — read them › clause verbσυντρίβω The sentence as the grammar sees it Open the tree ›
How rare are these words?in the New Testament

1 of 16 occurs nowhere else in the New Testament — a word chosen on purpose.

Bars are logarithmic — , the commonest word in the Greek New Testament, stands 19,867 times, so a linear scale would leave everything else invisible. Click a row to open that word.

Deep Study — Matthew 12:20

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Context — Jesus' Compassionate Missiongenerated

19He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear His voice in the streets.
20A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.
21In His name the nations will put their hope.”
22Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see.

Matthew 12:20 illustrates Jesus' gentle approach towards the broken and weak. This verse follows a description of His character, highlighting that He does not seek to harm the vulnerable but instead aims to bring about justice and righteousness. The surrounding verses build a picture of Jesus as a compassionate leader who fulfills the prophecies of the Old Testament, such as those found in Isaiah 42:3.


Cross References

ReferenceText (BSB)
1Matthew 11:28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
22 Kings 18:21Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
3Psalm 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
4Psalm 147:3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
5Isaiah 40:11He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

The Key Word συντετριμμένον, suntribōgenerated

The word συντετριμμένον is a perfect passive participle of συντρίβω, which means to crush or break completely. It emphasizes a state of being broken, highlighting the fragility of the reed.

In this context, it conveys the idea that Jesus will not destroy those who are already suffering or damaged. Instead, He offers hope and restoration, contrasting with the harsh treatment often given to the weak.


How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated

The verse is rendered in the Berean Standard Bible as 'A bruised reed He will not break,' which aligns with the KJV and ASV in emphasizing the gentleness of Jesus' actions.

However, there are variations in how translations express certain terms. For example, smoldering (BSB) is contrasted with smoking (KJV, ASV), and justice (BSB) is rendered as judgment (KJV, ASV).


Sentence Structuregenerated

The main verb in this verse is κατεάξει, meaning 'He will break,' which governs two clauses describing what He will not do: break a bruised reed and extinguish a smoldering wick. The structure shows a clear contrast between His gentle actions and the expectations of forceful leadership.

The phrase 'till He leads justice to victory' serves as a purpose clause, indicating the ultimate goal of His mission. This highlights the overall theme of hope and restoration.


Septuagint Backgroundgenerated

κρίσις in this verse corresponds to the Hebrew מִשְׁפָּט, meaning 'judgment' or 'justice.' This connection emphasizes the continuity of God's justice from the Old Testament into the New Testament.

κάλαμος is also found in the Septuagint, where it often describes a measuring rod or a fragile plant, reinforcing the imagery used in this verse.


In plain words — the whole versegenerated

Matthew 12:20 tells us that Jesus will not break a bruised reed or put out a smoldering wick. This means He cares for those who are weak and suffering. Instead of destroying them, He will lead justice to victory, showing His mission is one of hope and restoration.


Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated

What does it mean that Jesus will not break a bruised reed?

This phrase indicates that Jesus is gentle and compassionate, especially towards those who are fragile or suffering.

How does this verse reflect Jesus' character?

It shows that Jesus does not seek to harm or destroy the weak; rather, He aims to restore and uplift them.

What is the significance of leading justice to victory?

It signifies that Jesus' mission includes establishing true justice and righteousness, ultimately triumphing over injustice.

How does this verse connect to Old Testament prophecies?

This verse echoes the prophecies found in Isaiah, which describe the gentle and just nature of the coming Messiah.


Reflection Questionsgenerated

  1. In what ways can I show compassion to those who are struggling or broken in my life?
  2. How does understanding Jesus' gentle nature change my perspective on His authority?
  3. What does it mean for me to trust in Jesus to lead justice to victory in my own circumstances?
  4. How can I actively participate in bringing hope and restoration to others?

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

Early Church Fathers comment on this verse to illustrate Jesus' gentle nature and His fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies.

Hilary of PoitiersCommentary on Matthew 12.10 c. 310–367
But even amid this desire to keep silent about himself, the purpose of Jesus’ words was fulfilled through Isaiah. About his prophecy I now give you the following important reminder: Jesus was loved by God and was pleasing in his Father’s…
Early Church Fathers on Matthew 12 →
Theodore StratelatesFRAGMENT 85 d. 319
He did not eagerly contend with the folly of the rulers, nor did he scream and provoke them to anger against himself. Rather, with gentleness Jesus withdrew slowly so that he might not, in confuting them,
Early Church Fathers on Matthew 12 →
JeromeCOMMENTARY ON Matthew 2.12.20 c. 347–420
The one who does not stretch out a hand to a sinner and does not carry a brother’s load breaks the crushed reed. And the one who despises the small spark of faith in children extinguishes the smoking wick. Christ did neither of these.
Early Church Fathers on Matthew 12 →

Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse

Each of these wrote on Matthew 12:20 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.

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

A bruised reed shall he not break,.... Various are the thoughts of interpreters, about what is meant by this, and by the smoking flax shall he not quench.

Read John Gill on Matthew 12 →
Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary

A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

Read Robert Jamieson on Matthew 12 →
Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He shall carry on his work with so little noise, that if he trod upon a bruised reed he should not break it. Or, he shall not despise the afflicted, that are as bruised reeds and smoking flax. But the best expositors interpret it of Christ’ s kindness to people’ s souls; he will not discourage those that are weak in faith, or weak in hope. Smoking flax signifieth flax in the kindling of which the fire had not prevailed, and so is a very apt metaphor to express such as believe, but are full of doubts and fears, or such as have a truth of grace, but yet much corruption; Christ is prophesied of as one that will encourage, not discourage, such souls. Until he hath brought forth judgment unto…

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

20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. Ver. 20. A bruised reed shall he not break] A reed shaken with the wind is taken for a thing very contemptible at the best, how much more when bruised, Matthew 11:7. The wick of a candle is little worth; and yet less when it smokes, as yielding neither light nor heat, but only stench and annoyance. This men bear not with, but tread out: so doth not Christ, who yet hath a sharp nose, a singular sagacity, and soon resents our provocations. He hath also feet like burning brass to tread down all them that wickedly depart from his statutes, Psalms 119:118. But so do not any of…

Read John Trapp on Matthew 12 →
Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(20) A bruised reed shall he not break.—The prophet’s words described a character of extremest gentleness. The “bruised reed” is the type of one broken by the weight of sorrow, or care, or sin. Such a one men in general disregard or trample on. The Christ did not so act, but sought rather to bind up and strengthen. The “smoking flax” is the wick of the lamp which has ceased to burn clearly, and the clouded flame of which seems to call for prompt extinction. Here (as afterwards, in Matthew 25:1-8) we read a parable of the souls in which the light that should shine before men has grown dim. Base desires have clogged it; it is no longer fed with the true oil. For such the self-righteous…

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AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Verse 20. A bruised reed shall he not break] A reed is, in Scripture, the emblem of weakness, Ezekiel 29:6; and a bruised reed must signify that state of weakness that borders on dissolution and death. And smoking flax shall he not quench] λινοντυφομενον. λινος means the wick of a lamp, and τυφομενον is intended to point out its expiring state, when the oil has been all burnt away from it, and nothing is left but a mere snuff, emitting smoke. Some suppose the Jewish state, as to ecclesiastical matters, is here intended, the prophecy declaring that Christ would not destroy it, but leave it to expire of itself, as it already contained the principles of its own destruction. Others have…

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CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

20. till he send forth judgment unto victory] Until He shall make (1) the Gospel or (2) His judgment victorious.

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

20. A bruised reed — He shall be the tenderest of all conquerors to those who desire to submit to his authority. The spirit, bruised like a bruised reed, shall receive no crushing blow from him.

Read Daniel Denison Whedon on Matthew 12 →

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

A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.

WEBWorld English Bible2000

He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory.

MSBMajority Standard Bible2022

A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.

NETBNew English Translation2006

He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory.

Tyndale line

KJVKing James Version1611

A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

ASVAmerican Standard Version1901

A bruised reed shall he not break, And smoking flax shall he not quench, Till he send forth judgment unto victory.

RVARevised Version, American1894

A bruised reed shall he not break, And smoking flax shall he not quench, Till he send forth judgment unto victory.

NWBWebster's Bible1833

A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he shall send forth judgment to victory.

GNVGeneva Bible1599

A bruised reede shall he not breake, and smoking flaxe shall he not quenche, till he bring forth iudgement vnto victorie.

Strictly literal

DBYDarby Translation1890

a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory;

YLTYoung's Literal Translation1862

a bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he may put forth judgment to victory,

LSVLiteral Standard Version2020

A bruised reed He will not break, || And smoking flax He will not quench, || Until He may put forth judgment to victory,

ULBUnlocked Literal Bible2017

He will not break any bruised reed; he will not quench any smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory,

From the Latin

DRADouay-Rheims (Challoner)1899

The bruised reed he shall not break: and smoking flax he shall not extinguish: till he send forth judgment unto victory.

Simplified

FBVFree Bible Version2020

He won't break a damaged reed, And he won't extinguish a smoking wick, Until he has proved that his judgment is right,

BBEBible in Basic English1949

The crushed stem will not be broken by him; and the feebly burning light will he not put out, till he has made righteousness overcome all.

Word by word, the decisions they made

συντετριμμένονsuntribō bruised G4937 3 different renderings
bruisedASV BSB DBY DRA GNV KJV LSV MSB NETB NWB RVA ULB WEB YLT
damagedFBV
crushedBBE
τυφόμενονtuphō smoldering G5188 2 different renderings
smokingASV DBY DRA FBV GNV KJV LSV NWB RVA ULB WEB YLT
smolderingBSB MSB NETB
σβέσειsbennumi He will quench G4570 2 different renderings
quenchASV DBY KJV LSV NWB RVA ULB WEB YLT
put outBBE
ἕωςheōs until G2193 2 different renderings
untilDBY FBV LSV NETB ULB WEB
untoASV DRA KJV RVA
κρίσιν.krisis justice. G2920 2 different renderings
judgmentASV DBY DRA FBV KJV LSV NWB RVA YLT
justiceBSB MSB NETB ULB WEB

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.

clauseclauseclausenoun phrase · objectκάλαμονA reedσυντετριμμένονbruisedadverbialοὐnotverbκατεάξειHe will breakκαὶandclausenoun phrase · objectλίνονa wickτυφόμενονsmolderingadverbialοὐnotverbσβέσειHe will quenchclauseἕωςuntilclauseἂν-clauseverbἐκβάλῃHe leadsprepositional phrase · adverbialεἰςtoνῖκοςvictorynoun phrase · objectτὴν-κρίσινjustice

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

arundinem quassatam non confringet,/ et linum fumigans non extinguet,/ donec ejiciat ad victoriam judicium :/

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

ܩܢܝܐ ܪܥܝܥܐ ܠܐ ܢܬܒܪ ܘܫܪܓܐ ܕܡܛܦܛܦ ܠܐ ܢܕܥܟ ܥܕܡܐ ܕܢܦܩ ܕܝܢܐ ܠܙܟܘܬܐ

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

κάλαμον συντετριμμένον οὐ κατεάξει καὶ λίνον τυφόμενον οὐ σβέσει ἕως ἂν ἐκβάλῃ εἰς νῖκος τὴν κρίσιν.

The standard critical text of the New Testament.

Nestle-Aland 27th edition1993 · Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft

κάλαμον συντετριμμένον οὐ κατεάξει καὶ λίνον τυφόμενον οὐ σβέσει ἕως ἂν ἐκβάλῃ εἰς νῖκος τὴν κρίσιν.

The previous edition, still widely cited.

SBL Greek New Testament2010 · Michael Holmes

κάλαμον συντετριμμένον οὐ κατεάξει καὶ λίνον τυφόμενον οὐ σβέσει ἕως ἂν ἐκβάλῃ εἰς νῖκος τὴν κρίσιν.

The Society of Biblical Literature edition, freely licensed.

Westcott–Hort1881 · Westcott and Hort

κάλαμον συντετριμμένον οὐ κατεάξει καὶ λίνον τυφόμενον οὐ σβέσει ἕως ἂν ἐκβάλῃ εἰς νῖκος τὴν κρίσιν.

The edition that turned scholarship toward the earliest manuscripts.

Tregelles1857–1879 · Samuel Prideaux Tregelles

κάλαμον συντετριμμένον οὐ κατεάξει καὶ λίνον τυφόμενον οὐ σβέσει ἕως ἂν ἐκβάλῃ εἰς νῖκος τὴν κρίσιν.

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

Tyndale House Greek NT2017 · Tyndale House, Cambridge

κάλαμον συντετριμμένον οὐ κατεάξει καὶ λίνον τυφόμενον οὐ σβέσει ἕως ἂν ἐκβάλῃ εἰς νῖκος τὴν κρίσιν.

A recent critical edition following documentary evidence closely.

Byzantine majority text2018 · Robinson–Pierpont

κάλαμον συντετριμμένον οὐ κατεάξει καὶ λίνον τυφόμενον οὐ σβέσει ἕως ἂν ἐκβάλῃ εἰς νῖκος τὴν κρίσιν.

The reading of the majority of surviving manuscripts.

Textus Receptus1550/1894 lineage

κάλαμον συντετριμμένον οὐ κατεάξει καὶ λίνον τυφόμενον οὐ σβέσει ἕως ἂν ἐκβάλῃ εἰς νῖκος τὴν κρίσιν.

The printed tradition behind the King James Version.

Every witness on this verse all agree
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

Every edition agrees. All 8 printed editions — Nestle-Aland 28, Nestle-Aland 27, SBLGNT, Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Tyndale House 2017, Textus Receptus (KJV), Byzantine majority — carry every word of this verse, in the same order, with no difference that any translator would render differently.


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.

Matthew 12:20κάλαμοςA reedA reedκάλαμοςσυντρίβωbruisedbruisedσυντρίβωοὐnotnotοὐκατάγνυμιHe will breHe will breakκατάγνυμικαίandandκαίλίνονa wicka wickλίνοντύφωsmolderingsmolderingτύφωοὐnotnotοὐσβέννυμιHe will queHe will quenchσβέννυμιἕωςuntiluntilἕωςἄνwhenwhenἄνἐκβάλλωHe shall leHe shall leadἐκβάλλωεἰςtotoεἰςνῖκοςvictoryvictoryνῖκος<the><the>κρίσιςjustice.justice.κρίσιςσύνPrep. withPrep. withσύνμήNeg.prt. nNeg.prt. not, lμήκατάPrep. downPrep. down fromκατάἐκPrep. fromPrep. from out,ἐκνίκηn.f. victon.f. victoryνίκηἐάνCond. ifCond. ifἐάνοὐNeg.prt. nNeg.prt. no, noοὐἔξεστι(ν)v. it is pv. it is permitἔξεστι(ν)μόνοςAdv alone,Adv alone, but,μόνοςὄξοςn.n. vinegn.n. vinegar, sὄξοςπεριτίθημιv. I put av. I put aroundπεριτίθημισκέλοςn.n. the ln.n. the legσκέλοςπῦρn.n. fire,n.n. fire, triaπῦρἄρτιAdv now, jAdv now, just nἄρτιπότεIrg.prt. wIrg.prt. when, πότεδέχομαιv. I take,v. I take, receδέχομαιἐχθρόςAdj hated,Adj hated, hostἐχθρόςκάρφοςn.n. a dryn.n. a dry stalκάρφος
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 Matthew 12:20

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.

A reed bruised not He will break and a wick smoldering not He will quench until when He shall lead to victory <the> justice.
κάλαμονkalamos A reed G2563 Noun · accusative · singular · masculine
12× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Matthew than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This word refers to a reed or a stick, like a plant that grows in the water. It's used in Matthew 11:7 to describe a fragile reed that can be broken. This word can also mean a pen or a writing instrument.
Tyndale gloss
reed/stick/pen
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

κάλαμος (kalamos) means a reed and can refer to various uses such as a reed-pipe, a staff, a measuring rod, or a writing instrument. It appears in several New Testament verses, including Matthew 11:7 and Revelation 11:1. The word encompasses both the plant itself and items made from it, reflecting its versatility in ancient contexts.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

κάλαμος, -ου, ὁ,

[in LXX chiefly for קָנֶה, Is 42:3, Ez 40:3 ff., al.;]

a reed: Mt 11:7 12:20(LXX), Lk 7:24; hence, acc. to its various uses,

a reed-pipe, flute;

a reed-staff, staff (cf. IV Ki 18:21, ῥάβδος καλαμίνη): Mt 27:29, 30, 48, Mk 15:19, 36;

a measuring reed or rod (Ez 40:3 ff.): Re 11:1 21:15, 16;

a writing reed, a pen: III Jo 13 (cf. Milligan, NTD, 9, 7).†

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

κάλαμος, -ov, 6, fr. Pind. down, Lat. calamusi.e. a.a reed: Mt. xi. 7; xii. 20 (fr. Is. xlii. 3) ; Lk. vii. 24. b. a staff made of a reed, a reed-staff, (as in 2 K. xviii. 21): Mt. xxvii. 29 sq. 48; Mk. xv. 19, 36. c. a measuring reed or rod: Rey. xi. 1; xxi. 15 sq., (Ezek. xl. 3-6; xlii. 16-19). ἃ. a writer’s reed, a pen: 3 Jn. 13; [see Gardthausen, Griech. Palaeogr. p. 71 sq. ].

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

κάλαμος. P Tebt II. 37589 (A.D. 140) παραδώσω πάσας τὰς ἀρούρας καθαρὰ (1. —ds) ἀπὸ θρύου καλάμου δί[σ]ης πάσης, “1 will deliver up the arourae free from rushes, reeds, and dirt of all sorts’’ (Edd.): and so P Fay 345 (A.D. 139-40), P Amh II. go” (a.p. 159), 917° (A.D. 159). In place of ἄχυρον, κάλαμος is used for heating purposes according to P Giss I. go 15 (A.D, 212) κάλαμον πρ[ὸδ]ς Td ὑποκαίειν τὰ Badal[vet]a καταφέρουσι. From the close connexion between the cultivation of κάλαμος and vine-growing, to which the papyri witness, GH in their note on P Oxy IV. 7298 (a.p. 137) have shown the probability that a crop of reeds was planted between or under the vines. The collective use of κάλαμος in the above citations and in P Oxy IV. 742° (B.c. 2) παράλαβε παρὰ IId0ov τὸν κάλαμ[ο]ν πανα[ρ]ιθμῶι Kal ἀπόστειλόν plo]. πόσας δέσμας παρείληφες, ‘take over from Pothus the reeds all together, and…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

κάλαμος (kalamos) — reed/stick/pen.

κάλᾰμος [κᾰ], ὁ,

reed, used for thatching or wattling, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; various species, κ. εὐώδης, ἀρωματικός, sweet flag, Acorus Calamus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. αὐλητικός pole-reed, Arundo Donax, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. εἰλετίας marram, Ammophila arundinacea, [Refs]; κ. ἐπίγειος bush-grass, Calamagrostis epigeios, [Refs]; κ. Ἰνδικός bamboo, Bambusa arundinacea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. Ἰνδικὸς ὁ ἄρρην male bamboo, Dendrocalamus strictus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. κύπριος, ={δόναξ}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κ. πλόκιμος spear-grass, Phragmites communis, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. Χαρακίας, Arundo Donax, [Refs]

II. applied to various uses,

II.1. reed-pipe, flute, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. fishing-rod, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

κάλαμος

kalamos

or uncertain affinity; a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a

similar plant); by implication, a pen:--pen, reed.

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

κάλαμος, ου, ὁ

n.m.

a reed, reed-pen

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

κάλαμος kalamos 12x

a reed, cane, Mt. 11:7; 12:20; Lk. 7:24; a reed in its various appliances, as, a wand, a staff, Mt. 27:29, 30, 48; Mk. 15:19, 36; a measuring-rod, Rev. 11:1; 21:15f.; a writer’s reed, 3 Jn. 13*

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

κάλαμος κ^άλα^μος, ὁ, a reed, larger than the δόναξ, Lat. arundo, being used for thatching houses or even for making the walls, Hdt.; for making mats or crates, id. Hdt., Thuc.

anything made of reed or cane:

a reed-pipe, flute, Pind., Eur.

a fishing-rod, Theocr.

an arrow, Hor.

collectively, of plants, which are neither bush (ὕλη), nor tree (δένδρον), Xen.

a mat of reeds, Plat.

= καλάμη, the stalk of wheat, Xen.

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

N-ASM Part of Speech: Noun Case: Accusative Number: Singular Gender: Masculine

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

red:

(1) achu, translated "reed-grass" (Ge 41:2,18; Job 8:11 margin). See FLAG.

(2) 'ebheh, translated "swift," margin "reed" (Job 9:26). The "ships of reed" are the light skiffs made of plaited reeds used on the Nile; compare "vessels of papyrus" (Isa 18:2).

(3) 'aghammim, translated "reeds," margin "marshes," Hebrew "pools" (Jer 51:32); elsewhere "pools" (Ex 7:19; 8:5; Isa 14:23, etc.). See POOL.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Reed

(1.) “Paper reeds” (Isa. 19:7; R.V., “reeds”). Heb. ‘aroth, properly green herbage growing in marshy places.

(2.) Heb. kaneh (1 Kings 14:15; Job 40:21; Isa. 19:6), whence the Gr. kanna, a “cane,” a generic name for a reed of any kind.

The reed of Egypt and Palestine is the Arundo donax, which grows to the height of 12 feet, its stalk jointed like the bamboo, “with a magnificent panicle of blossom at the top, and so slender and yielding that it will lie perfectly flat under a gust of wind, and immediately resume its upright position.” It is used to illustrate weakness (2 Kings 18:21;

Under this name may be noticed the following Hebrew words: Agmon occurs in (Job 40:12,16; Isaiah 9:14) (Authorized Version "rush"). There can be no doubt that it denotes some aquatic reed-like plant, probably the Phragmitis communis , which, if it does not occur in Palestine and Egypt, is represented by a very closely-allied species, viz., the Arundo isiaca of Delisle. The drooping panicle of this plant will answer well to the "bowing down the head" of which Isaiah speaks. (Isaiah 58:5) Gnome , translated "rush" and "bulrush" by the Authorized Version, without doubt denotes the celebrated paper-reed of the ancients, Papyrus antiquorum , which formerly was common in some parts of Egypt. The papyrus reed is not now found in Egypt; it grows however, in Syria. Dr. Hooker saw it on the banks of Lake Tiberias, a few miles north of the…

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Sometimes a stalk or rod of any plant, as of the hyssop, Mt 27:48 Joh 19:29.

Usually, however, the word reed denotes a reed or cane growing in marshy grounds, Job 40:21 Isa 19:6; slender and fragile, and hence taken as an emblem of weakness, 1Ki 18:21 Isa 36:6 Eze 29:6; and of instability, Mt 11:7. "A bruised reed," Isa 42:3 Mt 12:20, is an emblem of a…

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
67%reed
reed67% · 8×pen8% · 1×measuring rod8% · 1×a reed8% · 1×on a reed8% · 1×

12 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 5 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
object50%adverbial33%indirect object8%subject8%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 12 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
θεάομαιI see, behold, conte
ἔρημοςdeserted, desola
καίand, even, also, nam
αὐτόςμέλαςink
Article the
λαμβάνωI receive, takeπόλιςa city
περιτίθημιI put around, bestow
καίand, even, also,ὄξοςvinegar, sour wi
κεφαλήthe head
Article the
κάλαμοςA reed12×
what comes after →
ὑπό
ἄνεμοςthe wind
καίand, even, also, nam
τύπτωI beat, strike, ἐμπτύωI spit upon
ποτίζωI cause to drink, gi
αὐτός
συντρίβωI break by crushing
οὐNeg
ἐν
Article the

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

Concordanceκάλαμος · 12× in the New Testament
Matthew Revelation Mark 3 John Luke
Across the New Testament5 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 17 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
JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 3.197c. AD 75–95

σμύρνης ἐπιλέκτου σίκλους πεντακοσίους καὶ ἴρεως ἴσους, κινναμώμου δὲ καὶ καλάμου, ἔστι δὲ καὶ τοῦτο εἶδος θυμιάματος, ἡμίσειαν τῶν πρότερον ὁλκὴν κεκομμένα δεύειν ἐκέλευσεν, ἐλαίου τε ἐλαΐνου εἴν, μέτρον δʼ ἐστὶ τοῦτο ἐπιχώριον δύο χόας Ἀττικοὺς…

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 1st c. AD 3rd c. BC 2nd c. BC
P.Fam.Tebt. 8ArsinoitesAD 103–AD 114

μέρους ἀμπελῶνος ἀναδενδραδικοῦ ἀρούρης μίας τετάρτου ὀγδόου σὺν τῷ ἐπιβάλλοντι τούτῳ ἡμίσει μέρει καλαμίας καλάμου ἑλληνικοῦ καὶ … … τος καὶ ὑποδοχείου ἐφʼ ὧι συκάμινος καὶ ἐν ἑτέρᾳ σφραγῖδι

P.Fay. 345 descr.Theadelphia (Arsinoites)AD 139–AD 140

κλῆρ καθαρὸν ἀπὸ θρύου καλάμου ἀγρώστεως δείσης πάσης

BASP 28 (1991), p. 153-ArsinoitesAD 149–AD 150

ἐν κώμῃ … καὶ μετὰ τὸν χρόνον παραδώσω τὸ ἔδαφος καθαρὸν ἀπὸ θρύου καὶ καλάμου δείσης πάσης κατα … … … σοι … ι … … τουκαι … ορ

A reed bruised not He will break and a wick smoldering not He will quench until when He shall lead to victory <the> justice.
συντετριμμένονsuntribō bruised G4937 Verb · perfect · passive · participle · accusative · singular · masculine
7× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Matthew as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
To break means to shatter or crush something completely, like breaking a vessel or a person's spirit, as seen in Matthew 12:20 and Revelation 2:27.
Amplified meaning
crushed, damaged
Tyndale gloss
to break
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word συντρίβω (*suntribō*) means to crush or break into pieces, both literally and figuratively. It is formed from the prefix συν (together) and a root meaning to rub or grind. The New Testament uses it in contexts such as breaking a reed (Mt 12:20) and crushing strength (Lk 9:39). There is some variation in how lexicons describe its nuances, especially regarding its metaphorical uses.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

συν-τρίβω

[in LXX chiefly for שׁבר ;]

to shatter, break in pieces: Mt 12:20 (LXX), Mk 5:4 14:3, Jo 19:36 (LXX), Re 2:27; of persons and parts of the body, to break, crush, bruise: Lk 9:39; fig., Ro 16:20.†

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

συν-τρίβω, ptep. neut. -rpiBov Lk. ix. 39 RG Tr, -rpiBov |, T WH (cf. Veitch 8. v. τρίβω, fin.) ; fut. συντρίψω; 1 aor. συνέτριψα ; Pass., pres. συντρίβομαι ; pf. inf. σὺυντετρίφθαι [RG Tr WH; but -τρῖφθαι LT (cf. Veitch τι. s.)], ptep. συντετριμμένος ; 2 fut. συντριβήσομαι; fr. Hat. [(?), Eurip.] down; Sept. very often for 12t; to break, to break in meces, shiver, [ef. σύν, 11. 3]: κάλαμον, Mt. xii. 20; ras πέδας, pass. Mk. v. 4; τὸ ἀλάβαστρον (the sealed orifice of the vase [cf. BB. DD. s. v. Alabaster]), Mk. xiv. 3; ὀστοῦν, pass. Jn. xix 86 (Ex. xii. 46; Ps. XXXxiii. (kxxiv.) 21); τὰ σκεύη, Rev. ii. 27; to tread down: tov Σατανᾶν ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας (by a pregn. constr. [W. § 66, 2 d.]), to put Satan under foot and (as a conqueror) trample on him, Ro. xvi. 20; to break down, crush : τινά, to tear one’s body and shatter one’s strength, Lk. ix. 39. Pass. to suffer extreme sorrow and be, as…

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

συντρίβω is used figuratively ‘‘ bruise,” ‘‘crush,” as in Rom τό, in P Petr II. 4(3)° (B.c. 255-4), where certain workmen complain, ἐλθόντων ἡμῶν ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα συνετριβόμεθα. For the meaning ‘‘break down,” ‘‘shatter,’”’ as in Mk 58, cf. P Par 3558 (B.c. 163) (= UPZ i. p. 30) ἐσκύλησεν τὸν ναὸν ὥστε κινδυνεῦσαι kal συντρῖψαι αὐτόν, and P Tebt I. “5 (B.C. 113) οὐδενὶ κόσμωι χρησάμενοι συντρίψαντες τὴν παρόδιον θύραν, ““ throwing off all restraint knocked down the street door” (Edd.), and so 471% 18, We may add from the inscrr. Sy// 807 (=*1173)!® (after A.D. 138) where a blind soldier is enjoined to take blood of a white cock, together with honey, and συντρῖψαι καὶ ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἐπιχρεῖσαι ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς, ‘rub them into an eye-salve and anoint his eyes three days”’ (see Deissmann ZA£Z?*, p. 135), and 26. 802 (= %1168)*® (c. A.D, 320) τὰ συντετριμμένα σ[κε]ύη. See also Menander…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

συντρίβω (suntribō) — to break.

συντρίβω [ῑ]

rub together, σ. τὰ πυρεῖα rub dry sticks together to procure a light, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; grind, φάρμακα (for paints) [Refs 1st c.AD+]; κολλύριον [Refs]

II. shatter, shiver to atoms, τοὺς χόας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. [τὰς ναῦς] stave them in, by running them aground, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ δόρατα, τὴν ἀσπίδα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ποτήρια [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, συντρῐβέντων τῶν σκευῶν, of a ship, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; [νῆες] συντετριμμέναι, opposed to τελέως διεφθαρμέναι, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II.2. of persons, beat to a jelly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of parts of the body, crush, shiver, λίθῳ σ. τὸ μέτωπον, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τὰ.. τοῦ σώματος μέρη συντετρῖφθαι [Refs 5th…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

συντρίβω

suntribo

from 4862 and the base of 5147; to crush completely, i.e. to shatter

(literally or figuratively):--break (in pieces), broken to shivers (+

-hearted), bruise.

see GREEK for 4862

see GREEK for 5147

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

συντρίβω

v.

I break by crushing

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

συντρίβω syntribō 7x

to rub together; to shiver, Mk. 14:3; Rev. 2:27; to break, break in pieces, Mk. 5:4; Jn. 19:36; to break down, crush, bruise, Mt. 12:20; met. to break the power of any one, deprive of strength, debilitate, Lk. 9:39; Rom. 16:20*

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

συντρίβω fut. ψω Pass., fut. -τρι^βήσομαι aor2 -ετρίβην to rub together, ς. τὰ πυρεῖα to rub dry sticks together to procure a light, Luc.

to shiver to atoms, Ar., etc.; ς. τὰς ναῦς to stave them in, by running them aground, Thuc.

of persons, to beat to a jelly, crush, Lat. contundere, Eur.:—c. gen. partis, συντρίβειν τῆς κεφαλῆς Isocr.; and in Pass., συντριβῆναι τῆς κεφαλῆς to have one's head broken, Ar.

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

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

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
25%bruised
bruised25% · 2×will crush13% · 1×broken in pieces13% · 1×have been shattered13% · 1×having broken13% · 1×bruising13% · 1×will be broken13% · 1×

8 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 7 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
verb86%object14%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 7 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
κάλαμοςa reed, reed-pen
πέδηa shackle
Article the
πολυτελήςvery costly, very pr
πιστικόςgenuine, pure
αὐτός
ἀπό
οὐNeg
ὀστέονa bone
συντρίβωbruised
what comes after →
Article the
ἀλάβαστροςan alabaster phiΣατανᾶςan adversary, Sa
αὐτός
οὐNeg
κατάγνυμιI break in piece
καίand, even, also, nam
οὐδείςno one, none, no

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

Concordanceσυντρίβω · 7× in the New Testament
Mark John Luke Matthew Revelation Romans
Across the New Testament6 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 129 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
Clement of Rome Philo of Alexandria
Philo of AlexandriaOn Rewards and Punishments 93c. AD 40

ἢ τὸ παράπαν οὖν, φησίν, οὐ διελεύσεται πόλεμος διὰ χώρας εὐσεβῶν, ἀλλ’ αὐτὸς καταρρυήσεται καὶ συντριβήσεται πρὸς ἑαυτόν, πρὸς οἵους ἔσοιτο ὁ ἀγὼν αἰσθανομένων τῶν ἀντιπάλων, ἅτε χρωμένους ἀνανταγωνίστῳ συμμαχίᾳ τοῦ δικαίου·

Clement of RomeFirst Clement 18.17c. AD 96

θυσία τῷ θεῷ πνεῦμα συντετριμμένον: καρδίαν συντετριμμένην καὶ τεταπεινωμένην ὁ θεὸς οὐκ ἐξουθενώσει.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
1st c. AD 3rd c. BC

ν ἔγραφον τὴν ἐπιστολὴν … οτερον ἐνέτυχον … τον παρʼ ἡμῶν Θεόφιλον … ην συντετρίφθαι … η αὐτῶι λόγον εἶναι … τηι ι ἵνα μὴ ἐμοὶ … … ρχιειον

P.Oxy. 50 3555OxyrhynchosAD 1–AD 200

τινος παιδαρίου Πολυδεύκους ἀκολουθοῦντος ὄνῳ καταβεβλῆσθαι ταύτην, ὡς ἐκ τούτου ὅλην αὐτῆς τὴν χεῖρα συντετρῖφθαι καὶ τὰ πλεῖστα μέρη λελωβῆσθαι, τὰ δʼ ἄλλα ἀχανῆ εἶναι. καὶ τότε μὴ ἔχουσα

A reed bruised not He will break and a wick smoldering not He will quench until when He shall lead to victory <the> justice.
οὐou not G3756 Particle · negative
1,622× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Matthew as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This is a strong 'no', used to deny something completely. It appears in the New Testament, such as in Matthew 13:29 and John 1:21. It is a negative answer to a question.
Tyndale gloss
no
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word οὐ (transliterated as ou) is a primary negative particle meaning 'not' or 'no.' It is used to negate verbs or statements, often appearing in various forms depending on the following sound. In the New Testament, it frequently serves to deny facts and is distinct from another negative particle, μή (transliterated as ), which is used for prohibitions or wishes.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

οὐ, before a vowel with smooth breathing οὐκ, before one with rough breathing οὐχ (but improperly οὐχ ἰδού, Ac 2:7, WH, mg.; cf. WH, Intr., § 409; M, Pr., 44, 244),

[in LXX for לֹא, אַיִן, אֵין;]

neg. particle,

not, no, used generally c. indic. and for a denial of fact (cf . μή);

absol. (accented), οὔ, no: Mt 13:29, Jo 1:21 21:5; οὒ οὔ, Mt 5:37, Ja 5:12.

Most freq. negativing a verb or other word, Mt 1:25 10:26, 38, Mk 3:25 9:37, Jo 8:29, Ac 7:5, Ro 1:16, Phl 3:3, al.; in…

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

οὐ before a consonant, οὐκ before a vowel with a smooth breathing, and ody before an aspirated vowel ; but sometimes in the best codd. οὐχ occurs even before a smooth breathing; accordingly LT WH mrg. have adopted οὐχ ἰδού, Acts ii. 7; LT οὐχ ᾿Ιουδαϊκῶς, Gal. ii. 14 (see WH. Introd. § 409); L οὐχ ὀλίγος, Acts xix. 23; οὐχ ἠγάπησαν, Rev. xii. 11; and contrariwise οὐκ before an aspirate, as οὐκ ἕστηκεν, Jn. viii. 44 T; [οὐκ ἕνεκεν, 2 Co. vii. 12 T]; (οὐκ εὗρον, Lk. xxiv. 3; [οὐκ ὑπάρχει, Acts iii. 6] in cod. x [alsoC*; ef. cod. Alex. in 1 ἔβαν. iv. 2,12; Job xix. 16; xxxviiil. 11, 26]); cf. W. $5, 14d. 14; Β. τ; [A. v. Schiitz, Hist. Alphab. Att., Berol. 1875, pp: 54-58 ; Sophocles, Hist. of Grk. Alphab., 1st ed. 1848, p- 64 sq. (on the breathing); Tdf Sept., ed. 4, Proleg. pp: Xxxiii. xxxiv.; Scrivener, Collation ete., 2d ed., p. lv. no. 9; id. cod. Bezae p. xlvii. no. 11 (ef. p. xlii.…

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

ου to make the voyage” (Edd.), and P Amh II. 78?! (a.p. 184) τοιαύτης ο[ὖ]ν αὐθαδίας ἐν αὐτῷ οὔσης οὐ δυνάμενος [ἐν]καρτερεῖν ἐπιδίδωμι, ‘“ his audacity having reached this pitch I can endure no longer and present this petition.” See further Proleg. p. 231 f. In support of the translation ‘‘ I determined not to know” in 1 Cor 2, we may cite P Par 2657 (B.c. 163) (= UPZi. Ρ-. 248) οὐκ ἐκρίναμεν καταχωρῆσαι, ‘we determined not to record,” P Tebt I. 124° (c. B.c. 118) οὐκ (ἐκδρίναμεν ἐξαρ[ιθ]μεῖ[σθαι, “we determined not to be counted,” and the classical formula in P Hamb I. 27° (B.c. 250 (249)) οὐκ ἔφη εἰδέναι, ‘he said that he did not know.” The origin of the double negative οὐ μή is fully discussed by Moulton Pro/eg. p. 187 ff. When we pass to its actual occurrences in the NT, we find that these for the most part are found in passages derived from the OT and in the Sayings of our Lord…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

οὐ (ou) — no.

οὐ,

the negative of fact and statement, as μή of will and thought; οὐ denies, μή rejects; οὐ is absolute, μή relative; οὐ objective, μή subjective. —The same differences hold for all compounds of οὐ and μή, and some examples of οὐδέ and οὐδείς are included below.—As to the Form, see infr. G. USAG[Refs 5th c.BC+]

I. as the negative of single words,

II. as the negative of the sentence.

I. οὐ adhering to single words so as to form a quasi-compound with them:—with Verbs: οὐ δίδωμι withhold, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐκ εἰῶ prevent, [Refs]; οὐκ ἐθέλω refuse, [Refs]; οὔ φημι deny, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but sometimes οὐ is retained, εἰ δ᾽ ἂν.. οὐκ ἐθέλωσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐάντε.. οὐ (variant{μή}) φῆτε ἐάντε φῆτε [Refs 8th c.BC+] —On the use of οὐ in contrasts, see below [Refs 5th…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

οὐ

ou

ouk ook, and (before an aspirate)

ouch ookh

a primary word; the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or

not:--+ long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, +

nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also

3364, 3372.

see GREEK for 3361

see GREEK for 3364

see GREEK for 3372

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

οὐ

Neg.prt.

no, not

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

οὐ ou 1x

negative adverb, originally the gen. of ὅς, spelled οὐκ if followed by a word beginning with a vowel and a smooth breathing, οὐχ if followed by a vowel and rough breathing, not, no, Mt. 5:37; 12:43; 23:37; for the peculiarities of its usage (especially as distinct from μή) consult a grammar

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Particle-N — Particle · negative
particle — a small word colouring the clause; it does not decline.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

PRT-N PaRTicle, disjunctive particle Negative

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
82%not
not82% · 1383×certainly6% · 96×surely4% · 70×no longer3% · 50×no2% · 39×other renderings3% · 51×

1,689 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 17 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
adverbial82%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 1,622 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
εἰμίI am, existἐγώαὐτός
ὅς
ἐγώθερίζωI reap, gatherδέbut, on the othe
ὅτιthat, since, because
σύαὐτόςἐγώ
αὐτός
λέγωI say, speakἐνἐπί
σύ
λέγωI say, speakγάρforὅς
οὐnot1622×
what comes after →
εἰμίI am, exist
ἐκArticle theἐγώ
μήNeg
παρέρχομαιI pass byεἰσέρχομαιI go in, come inπίνωI drink, imbibe
οἶδαI know, remember
ὅτιthat, since, becArticle theτίςIrg
γάρfor
εἰμίI am, existθέλωI will, wish, deArticle the
δύναμαιI am powerful, am ab
ἔρχομαιI come, goσῴζωI save, healArticle the

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

Concordanceοὐ · 1,622× in the New Testament
John Matthew Luke 1 Corinthians Romans Mark Acts 2 Corinthians Revelation Hebrews 1 John Galatians

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

Across the New Testament26 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Philo of Alexandria Josephus The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 6c. AD 40

ὡς γὰρ τῶν κολοσσιαίων μεγεθῶν τὰς ἐμφάσεις καὶ ἡ βραχυτάτη σφραγὶς τυπωθεῖσα δέχεται, οὕτως τάχα που καὶ τὰ τῆς ἀναγραφείσης ἐν τοῖς νόμοις κοσμοποιίας ὑπερβάλλοντα κάλλη καὶ ταῖς μαρμαρυγαῖς τὰς τῶν ἐντυγχανόντων ψυχὰς ἐπισκιάζοντα βραχυτέροις…

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.11c. AD 75–95

ὁ δὲ τῶν παρʼ ἡμῖν ἀρχιερέων οὐδενὸς ἀρετῇ δεύτερος Ἐλεάζαρος τῷ προειρημένῳ βασιλεῖ ταύτης ἀπολαῦσαι τῆς ὠφελείας οὐκ ἐφθόνησε πάντως ἀντειπὼν ἄν, εἰ μὴ πάτριον ἦν ἡμῖν τὸ μηδὲν ἔχειν τῶν καλῶν ἀπόρρητον.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 1.8c. AD 100

ἐγὼ δὲ οὐχ ὡς διδάσκαλος, ἀλλ̓ ὧς εἰς ἐξ ὑμῶν ὑποδείξω ὀλίγα, δἰ ὧν ἐν τοῖς παροῦσιν εὐφρανθήσεσθε.

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 3rd c. BC 4th c. AD 6th c. AD

δὲ γενόμεναι κατὰ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον κληρονομήσασαι ταξάμεναι τὰ καθήκοντα τέλη θεᾶι Βερενίκηι κυριεύομεν. ὅθεν οὐκ ἀποδιδόντων τὰ ἡμέτερα ἐπεδώκαμεν ἐν τῶι λ ἔτει προσανγελίαν Ἡρακλείδει γενομένωι ἀρχιφυλακίτηι τοῦ Παθυρίτου

C.Erbstreit16Diospolis Magna (Theben)135 BC

ι ἀρουρῶν πρόκτησιν … ένου αὐτὸν ἐν συνεδρίωι καὶ συγχώρησιν … ειν, ἐν ἧι οὐκ εὐδοκεῖ ὁ πατήρ. ὅθεν καταβεβραβευμένοι … ήρου συνεριου ἀξιοῦμεν, ἐὰν φαίνηται, συντάξαι γράψαι, οἷς

P.Adl. 2Pathyris125 BC

ὠνῆς ἐν πίστει διὰ τῶν περὶ τὸν Πανεβχοῦνιν ἐκτελειωθεῖσαν τῶι … ἔτει ἀντὶ ὀφειλημάτων, οὐκ ἐπελευσομένους τὸν Πανερέα καὶ τὴν Σενενοῦπιν περὶ ὀφειλημάτων μηδὲ περὶ ἄλλου μηδενός. ταῦτα δὲ

A reed bruised not He will break and a wick smoldering not He will quench until when He shall lead to victory <the> justice.
κατεάξειkatagnumi He will break G2608 Verb · future · active · indicative · third person · singular
4× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Matthew than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
To break means to crack or shatter something, like in Matthew 12:20. It involves splitting or separating something into pieces, as seen in John 19:31-33. This word describes a physical action.
Amplified meaning
shatter, crush completely
Tyndale gloss
to break
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word κατάγνυμι (katagnumi) means 'to break' or 'to shatter.' It is formed from the prefix κατά and a root meaning 'to break.' This term appears in the New Testament in contexts related to breaking or shattering, such as in Matthew 12:20 and John 19:31-33. The lexicons do not present significant disagreement about its meanings.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

κατ-άγνυμι,

[in LXX for נחת pi., etc.;]

to break: c. acc. rei, Mt 12:20(LXX), Jo 19:31-33.†

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

κατ-άγνυμι : fut. κατεάξω ; 1 aor. κατέαξα (impv. κάταξον, Deut. xxxiii. 11); Pass., 2 aor. kareaynv, whence subjune. 3 pers. plur. κατεαγῶσιν ; 1 aor. κατεάχθην in Sept. Jer. xxxi. (xlviii.) 25; (on the syllabic augment of these forms οἵ. Bitm. Ausf. Spr. ii. p. 97 sq., ef. i. p. 323 sq.; Matthiae i. p- 520 sq.; W. $12, 2; [Curtius, Das Verbum, i. p. 118; Veitch 5. v.; Kuenen and Cobet, N. T., Praef. p. lxxix.]) ; fr. Hom. down; to break: ri, Mt. xii. 20; Jn. xix. 31-33. [Syn. see Schmidt ch. 115, 5 and ef. ῥήγνυμι.}

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

κατάγνυμι. The curious forms κατεάξω, etc. (Blass Gr. p. 52, Radermacher Gy. p. 69f.) can now be illustrated from BGU III. go8*° (time of Trajan) karéatav ἐνίων οἰκιῶν τὰς θύρας, P Flor II. 1857 (A.D. 254) τὰ δὲ κανθήλεια (‘ pack-saddles”’) . κατεαγμένα kal ἄχρηστα : cf. 75. 1757 (A.D. 255) and Syll 588'° (c. B.c. 180) κατεαγότες. The subst. occurs dzs in connexion with a wound in the head, BGU II. 647125. (A.D. 130) ὑπὲρ τὸν ἀριστερὸν κρόταφον τῆς κεφαλῆς τραῦμα κατέαγμα ἐπὶ βάθους, ἐν ᾧ εὗρον μι[κρ]ὰ κατεάγματα Χ[.θ[ο]ν : cf. P Amh IT. 9319 (Α.Ὁ. 181) ἐὰν δέ τις ἐπισκευῆς ἢ ἀνοικοδομῆς ἢ καταιάγματος ξυλικῶν ἢ ἀργαλίων ὁμοίως ὄντων πρὸ (1. πρὸς) σὲ τὸν Στοτοῆτιν, “1 any repairs or rebuilding or breakage of wood-work or tools occur you, Stotoétis, shall be responsible’’ (Edd.). See also Moulton Gr. ii. § 83. 1. 3…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

κατάγνυμι (katagnumi) — to break.

κατ-άγνῡμι,

infinitive -ύναι [ῠ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καταγνύω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; late present κατάσσω, κατεάσσω (which see): future κατάξω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist κατέαξα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect κατῆξα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive κατάξει [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle κατάξας (Dobree for κατεάξας) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect optative καυάξαις ={καϝϝάξαις} for κατ-ϝάξαις, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, κατάγνῠμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect κατεάγνυτο [Refs 4th c.BC+]aorist 2 κατεάγην[Refs 5th c.BC+]subjunctive κατ-ᾱγῶ (contraction from κατᾰ-ϝᾰγ-) [Refs]; participle καταγείς [probably ᾱ] [Refs]: future καταγήσομαι[Refs].129: perfect κατέᾱγα, Ionic dialect κατέηγα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle κατεαγώς, written κατειαγώς [Refs] Phoenix5.1: perfect passive κατέαγμαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist 1 κατεάχθην [LXX]…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

κατάγνυμι

katagnumi

from 2596 and the base of 4486; to rend in pieces, i.e. crack

apart:--break.

see GREEK for 2596

see GREEK for 4486

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

κατάγνυμι

v.

I break in pieces

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

κατάγνυμι katagnymi 4x

to break in pieces, crush, break in two, Mt. 12:20; Jn. 19:31, 32, 33*

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

κατάγνυμι inf. -ύναι καταγνύω fut. κατάξω aor1 κατέαξα part. κατάξας Pass., aor2 κατεάγην opt. κατα_γείην perf. κατέα_γα ionic κατέηγα perf act in passive sense to break in pieces, shatter, shiver, crack, Hom., attic

to break up, weaken, enervate, Eur., Plat.

Pass. with perf. act. to be broken, δόρατα κατεηγότα Hdt.; κατεαγέναι or καταγῆναι τὴν κεφαλήν to have the head broken, Ar., etc.; c. gen., τῆς κεφαλῆς κατέαγε he has got a bit of his head broken, id. Ar.

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

brak: shabhar = "break" (down, off, in pieces, up), "destroy," "quench" (Isa 14:25; Jer 19:10,11; Eze 4:16; Am 1:5); paraq = "to break off" or "craunch"; figuratively "to deliver" (Ge 27:40 the King James Version); `araph = "to break the neck," hence, "to destroy" (Ex 13:13); harac = "to break through" (Ex 19:21,24); parats = "to break" (forth, away), occurs in Ex 19:22,24; 1Sa 25:10; "breaking faith,"…

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
25%he will break
he will break25% · 1×may be broken25% · 1×broke25% · 1×they did break25% · 1×

4 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
verb100%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 4 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
οὐNeg
συντρίβωI break by crushθνῄσκωI am dying, am d
ἵναin order that, so th
ΠιλᾶτοςPilate
πρῶτοςfirst, before
μένDisj
κατάγνυμιHe will break
what comes after →
αὐτός
Article the
καίand, even, also, nam
λίνονflax, linen
Article the
σκέλοςthe leg

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

Concordanceκατάγνυμι · 4× in the New Testament
John Matthew
Across the New Testament2 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 8 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.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
2nd c. AD
BGU 3 908Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)AD 101–AD 102

ἐπελθόντες σὺν τῷ τῆς κώμης ἀρχεφόδωι εἰς τὰς ὑπαρχούσας ἡμῖν ἐν τῆι κώμῃ οἰκίας κατέαξαν ἐνίων οἰκιῶν τὰς θύρας, ἐνίων δὲ καὶ τὰ ταμιεῖα ἐπὶ σφραγίδων ἐποιήσαντο ἐπιχειροῦντες ἀπαιτῆσαι

BGU 15 2461Karanis (?) (Arsinoites)AD 174

ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ … ἐν κώμῃ Καρανίδι … ἐπῆλθάν τινες τῇ νυκτὶ … τὰς θύρας κατέαξαν … μ … τι … … ἀπὸ κέλλης … … ἐνέτυχον τη

A reed bruised not He will break and a wick smoldering not He will quench until when He shall lead to victory <the> justice.
καὶkai and G2532 Conjunction
8,978× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Matthew 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,

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.

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 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

A reed bruised not He will break and a wick smoldering not He will quench until when He shall lead to victory <the> justice.
λίνονlinon a wick G3043 Noun · accusative · singular · neuter
2× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Matthew than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This word refers to flax or linen, like the kind used in Revelation 15:6. It can also mean a wick, as in Matthew 12:20.
Tyndale gloss
linen/wick
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

λίνον (linon) refers to flax and items made from it, such as linen cloth and fishing lines. The New Testament uses it in contexts related to linen garments (Revelation 15:6) and a wick (Matthew 12:20). The term also appears in various ancient texts, illustrating its broad application in both practical and metaphorical senses.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

λίνον

(Tr. λῖνον), -ου, τό,

[in LXX: Ex 9:31 (פִּשְׁתָּה), al.;]

flax: Mt 12:20(LXX).

linen: Re 15:6 (R, mg., v.s. λίθος).†

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

λίνον (Treg. λῖνον [so R Gin Mt. as below], incorrectly, for « is short; [cf. Lipsews, Gramm. Untersuch. p. 427), του, τό, Sept. several times for NWI, in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down, flax: Ex. ix. 31; linen, as clothing, Rev. xv.6 RG T Trmrg.; the wick of alamp, Mt. xii. 20, after Is. xlii. 3.

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

λίνον is used with reference to ‘‘linen” cloths or garments, as in Rev 15° PQ (see contra WH WNotes?, p. 139), in such passages as P Oxy X. 12816 (A.D. 21) τὴν τειμὴν τῶν ἑκατὸν λίνων Σινυραιτικῷν, “the price of the hundred cloths of Sinaru,” P Tebt II. 31418 (ii/a.p.) καλῶς π[ο]ιήσις διαπεμψάμενός μοι τὰ λίνα, ‘you will oblige me by sending the cloths,” 26. 406! (6. A.D. 266) λίνα λευκὰ ἀριθμῷ {{β], ‘““white linen cloths twelve in number,” P Leid Wviis (ii/iii a.p.) στώλισον αὐτὸν λίνῳ καθαρῷ, *V4 σὺ δ᾽ ἐν λίνοις ἴσθι καθαροῖς ἑστημμένος, BGU II. 45017 (ii/iii A.D.) περὶ τῶν λίνων, ὧν χρείαν ἔλεγες ἔχειν, δήλωσόν μοι, a/.: cf. P Oxy IV. 73675 (c. A.D. 1) λίνου καὶ ῥαφίδος (ὀβολός), “a needle and thread 1 ob.” (Edd.). As illustrating Rev Zc. Moffatt (26 7᾽ ad /.) aptly cites Plutarch de /szde, 3, 4, where it is explained that the linen surplice was affected by Egyptian votaries of Isis…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

λίνον (linon) — linen/wick.

λίνον [ῐ], τό,

anything made of flax (see. near the end)

1. cord, fishingline, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; thread spun from a distaff, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; thread for stringing jewels, ὅρμον χρυσείοισι λίνοισιν ἐερμένον [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; thread used as a ligature, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

2. metaphorically, thread of destiny spun by the Fates, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑπὲρ τὸ λ., ={ὑπὲρ μόρον}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

3. proverbial, with or without negative, λίνον λίνῳ συνάπτειν, i. e. join like with like, deal with matters of like kind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. fishing-net, ἀψῖσι λίνου ἁλόντε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, hunting-net, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; for catching birds, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; λ. δορκάδεια hunting-nets for gazelles, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

λίνον

linon

probably a primary word; flax, i.e. (by implication) "linen":--linen.

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

λίνον, ου, τό

n.n.

flax, linen

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

λίνον linon 2x

flax; by meton. a flaxen wick, Mt. 12:20; linen, Rev. 15:6*

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

λίνον λί^νον, ου, τό, anything made of flax:

a cord, fishing-line, Il.: the thread spun from a distaff, Eur., etc.; and in pl., id. Eur.:—metaph. the thread of destiny spun by the Fates, Hom., Theocr.:—proverb., λίνον λίνῳ συνάπτειν, i. e. to join like with like, to deal with matters of like kind, Plat.

a fishing-net, Il.:— a hunting-net, Theocr.

linen, linen-cloth, Hom.: sail-cloth, Ar.

flax for spinning, id. Ar.

the plant that produces flax, Lat. linum, Hdt., etc.; λίνου σπέρμα lint-seed, Thuc.

on λίνον ἄειδεν, v. Λίνος II.

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

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
50%linen
linen50% · 1×wick50% · 1×

2 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.

The phrases it lives inwhat stands either side of it, across the New Testament
← what comes before
καίand, even, also, nam
κατάγνυμιI break in piece
ἐνδύωI put on, clothe
ναόςa temple, shrine
λίνονa wick
what comes after →
τύφωI raise smoke
οὐNeg
καθαρόςclean, pure, unstain
λαμπρόςshining, magnifi

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

Concordanceλίνον · 2× in the New Testament
Matthew Revelation
Across the New Testament2 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Josephus
JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 3.183c. AD 75–95

ἥ τε γὰρ βύσσος τὴν γῆν ἀποσημαίνειν ἔοικε διὰ τὸ ἐξ αὐτῆς ἀνεῖσθαι τὸ λίνον, ἥ τε πορφύρα τὴν θάλασσαν τῷ πεφοινῖχθαι τῶν ἰχθύων τῷ αἵματι, τὸν δὲ ἀέρα βούλεται δηλοῦν ὁ ὑάκινθος, καὶ ὁ φοῖνιξ δʼ ἂν εἴη τεκμήριον τοῦ πυρός.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
3rd c. AD 4th c. AD 3rd c. BC 1st c. BC 2nd c. AD
BGU 16 2663Herakleopolites10 BC

Σωτήριχος μετῆλθε ἔσται βουλεῦσαί πως ἐὰν δύνῃ προἀποστεῖλαί τινα πρὸς ειασερον τὸν … λινον χάριν τῶν ἐδαφῶν τοῦ οἴκου· ὁ παρʼ ἐμὲ ἐκλήμπτωρ ἐπʼ ἐμβάσει ἐστίν· φοβοῦμαι αὐτὸν

O.Heid. 260Ta Memnoneia (Theben)AD 199

Καλλίμαχος καὶ Ψενθώτης τελῶναι ν Μεμνονείων. Ἁρβῆθις ἐξάγων λίνον ἁλιευτικὸν α, ἔτους η Ἁθὺρ ζ. ὁμοίως ἄλλο λίνον ἕν .

P.Oxy. 6 929 VoOxyrhynchosAD 176–AD 300

τοῦτό μοι ὑπηρετήσεις. καλῶς ποιήσεις ἀπαιτήσας Τιθόιν τὸν ναυτικὸν δύμα καρυΐνου χιτῶνος ἐν ᾧ λίνον καὶ λέντιον τριβακόν, καὶ ἔρια, ταῦτα δὲ πάντα συνενῆν εἰς τὸν χιτῶνα τὸν καρύϊνον

A reed bruised not He will break and a wick smoldering not He will quench until when He shall lead to victory <the> justice.
τυφόμενονtuphō smoldering G5188 Verb · present · passive · participle · accusative · singular · neuter
1× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Matthew than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This word means to smolder or produce smoke, as in Matthew 12:20. It can describe a slow-burning fire or a situation that is simmering just below the surface.
Amplified meaning
smoking, barely burning
Tyndale gloss
to smoulder
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

τύφω is a verb meaning to raise or emit smoke, often used in a passive sense to indicate smoldering or smoking without flame. The New Testament references it in Matthew 12:20, where it describes something that smokes. The word is built from the root related to smoke and covers both literal and metaphorical uses, such as consuming slowly or being concealed.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

* τύφω

(< τῦφος, smoke

to raise a smoke; pass., to smoke: Mt 12:20 (LXX, καπνιζόμενον).†

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

τύφω: (τῦφος, smoke); fr. Hdt. down; to cause or emit smoke (Plaut. fumifico), raise a smoke; pass. (pres. ptep. τυφόμενος) to smoke (Vulg. fumigo): Mt. xii. 20.

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

τύφω (tuphō) — to smoulder.

τύφω [ῡ],

[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist infinitive θῦψαι [Refs 5th c.AD+]perfect τέθῠφα uncertain conjecture in [Refs 4th c.BC+] (ὑπο-): —passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]future τῠφήσομαι (ἐκ-) [Refs 4th c.BC+]aorist ἐτύφην (ἐπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect τέθυμμαι (ἐπι-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—raise a smoke, [Refs 4th c.BC+] Hdt.[same place]: absolutely, smoke, ἐπὶ σποδῷ μυδῶσα κηκὶς μηρίων ἐτήκετο κἄτυφε κἀνέπτυε [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. transitive, smoke, τῦφε πολλῷ τῷ καπνῷ (i.e. τοὺς σφῆκας) [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [μέλισσαι] καπνῷ τυφόμεναι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τυφόμεθα (variant{-ούμεθα}) ὑπὸ τοῦ καπνοῦ [Refs 4th c.AD+]

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

τύφω

tupho

apparently a primary verb; to make a smoke, i.e. slowly consume

without flame:--smoke.

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

τύφω

v.

I raise smoke

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

τύφω typhō 1x

to raise a smoke; pass. to emit smoke, smoke, smoulder, Mt. 12:20*

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

τύφω to raise a smoke, καπνὸν τ. Hdt.:—absol. to smoke, Soph.

trans. to smoke out, τοὺς σφῆκας Ar.

metaph., καπνῶι τ. πόλιν to fill the town with smoke, id. Ar.

to consume in smoke, to burn slowly, Eur.:—Pass. to smoulder, id. Eur.:—metaph., τυφόμενος πόλεμος smouldering, but not yet broken out, Plut.; so of concealed love, Anth.

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Verb-PPP-ASN — Verb · present · 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-PPP-ASN Part of Speech: Verb Tense: Present Voice: Passive Mood: Participle Case: Accusative Number: Singular Gender: Neuter

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
100%smoldering
smoldering100% · 1×

1 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.

Concordanceτύφω · 1× in the New Testament
Matthew
Across the New Testament1 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Philo of Alexandria
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Cherubim 42c. AD 40

ἐκείνοις δὲ οὐχ ἱεροφαντήσομεν κατεσχημένοις ἀνιάτῳ κακῷ, τύφῳ ῥημάτων καὶ ὀνομάτων γλισχρότητι καὶ τερθρείαις ἐθῶν, ἄλλῳ δὲ οὐδενὶ τὸ

A reed bruised not He will break and a wick smoldering not He will quench until when He shall lead to victory <the> justice.
οὐou not G3756 Particle · negative
1,622× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Matthew as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This is a strong 'no', used to deny something completely. It appears in the New Testament, such as in Matthew 13:29 and John 1:21. It is a negative answer to a question.
Tyndale gloss
no
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word οὐ (transliterated as ou) is a primary negative particle meaning 'not' or 'no.' It is used to negate verbs or statements, often appearing in various forms depending on the following sound. In the New Testament, it frequently serves to deny facts and is distinct from another negative particle, μή (transliterated as ), which is used for prohibitions or wishes.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

οὐ, before a vowel with smooth breathing οὐκ, before one with rough breathing οὐχ (but improperly οὐχ ἰδού, Ac 2:7, WH, mg.; cf. WH, Intr., § 409; M, Pr., 44, 244),

[in LXX for לֹא, אַיִן, אֵין;]

neg. particle,

not, no, used generally c. indic. and for a denial of fact (cf . μή);

absol. (accented), οὔ, no: Mt 13:29, Jo 1:21 21:5; οὒ οὔ, Mt 5:37, Ja 5:12.

Most freq. negativing a verb or other word, Mt 1:25 10:26, 38, Mk 3:25 9:37, Jo 8:29, Ac 7:5, Ro 1:16, Phl 3:3, al.; in…

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

οὐ before a consonant, οὐκ before a vowel with a smooth breathing, and ody before an aspirated vowel ; but sometimes in the best codd. οὐχ occurs even before a smooth breathing; accordingly LT WH mrg. have adopted οὐχ ἰδού, Acts ii. 7; LT οὐχ ᾿Ιουδαϊκῶς, Gal. ii. 14 (see WH. Introd. § 409); L οὐχ ὀλίγος, Acts xix. 23; οὐχ ἠγάπησαν, Rev. xii. 11; and contrariwise οὐκ before an aspirate, as οὐκ ἕστηκεν, Jn. viii. 44 T; [οὐκ ἕνεκεν, 2 Co. vii. 12 T]; (οὐκ εὗρον, Lk. xxiv. 3; [οὐκ ὑπάρχει, Acts iii. 6] in cod. x [alsoC*; ef. cod. Alex. in 1 ἔβαν. iv. 2,12; Job xix. 16; xxxviiil. 11, 26]); cf. W. $5, 14d. 14; Β. τ; [A. v. Schiitz, Hist. Alphab. Att., Berol. 1875, pp: 54-58 ; Sophocles, Hist. of Grk. Alphab., 1st ed. 1848, p- 64 sq. (on the breathing); Tdf Sept., ed. 4, Proleg. pp: Xxxiii. xxxiv.; Scrivener, Collation ete., 2d ed., p. lv. no. 9; id. cod. Bezae p. xlvii. no. 11 (ef. p. xlii.…

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

ου to make the voyage” (Edd.), and P Amh II. 78?! (a.p. 184) τοιαύτης ο[ὖ]ν αὐθαδίας ἐν αὐτῷ οὔσης οὐ δυνάμενος [ἐν]καρτερεῖν ἐπιδίδωμι, ‘“ his audacity having reached this pitch I can endure no longer and present this petition.” See further Proleg. p. 231 f. In support of the translation ‘‘ I determined not to know” in 1 Cor 2, we may cite P Par 2657 (B.c. 163) (= UPZi. Ρ-. 248) οὐκ ἐκρίναμεν καταχωρῆσαι, ‘we determined not to record,” P Tebt I. 124° (c. B.c. 118) οὐκ (ἐκδρίναμεν ἐξαρ[ιθ]μεῖ[σθαι, “we determined not to be counted,” and the classical formula in P Hamb I. 27° (B.c. 250 (249)) οὐκ ἔφη εἰδέναι, ‘he said that he did not know.” The origin of the double negative οὐ μή is fully discussed by Moulton Pro/eg. p. 187 ff. When we pass to its actual occurrences in the NT, we find that these for the most part are found in passages derived from the OT and in the Sayings of our Lord…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

οὐ (ou) — no.

οὐ,

the negative of fact and statement, as μή of will and thought; οὐ denies, μή rejects; οὐ is absolute, μή relative; οὐ objective, μή subjective. —The same differences hold for all compounds of οὐ and μή, and some examples of οὐδέ and οὐδείς are included below.—As to the Form, see infr. G. USAG[Refs 5th c.BC+]

I. as the negative of single words,

II. as the negative of the sentence.

I. οὐ adhering to single words so as to form a quasi-compound with them:—with Verbs: οὐ δίδωμι withhold, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐκ εἰῶ prevent, [Refs]; οὐκ ἐθέλω refuse, [Refs]; οὔ φημι deny, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but sometimes οὐ is retained, εἰ δ᾽ ἂν.. οὐκ ἐθέλωσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐάντε.. οὐ (variant{μή}) φῆτε ἐάντε φῆτε [Refs 8th c.BC+] —On the use of οὐ in contrasts, see below [Refs 5th…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

οὐ

ou

ouk ook, and (before an aspirate)

ouch ookh

a primary word; the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or

not:--+ long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, +

nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also

3364, 3372.

see GREEK for 3361

see GREEK for 3364

see GREEK for 3372

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

οὐ

Neg.prt.

no, not

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

οὐ ou 1x

negative adverb, originally the gen. of ὅς, spelled οὐκ if followed by a word beginning with a vowel and a smooth breathing, οὐχ if followed by a vowel and rough breathing, not, no, Mt. 5:37; 12:43; 23:37; for the peculiarities of its usage (especially as distinct from μή) consult a grammar

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Particle-N — Particle · negative
particle — a small word colouring the clause; it does not decline.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

PRT-N PaRTicle, disjunctive particle Negative

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
82%not
not82% · 1383×certainly6% · 96×surely4% · 70×no longer3% · 50×no2% · 39×other renderings3% · 51×

1,689 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 17 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
adverbial82%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 1,622 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
εἰμίI am, existἐγώαὐτός
ὅς
ἐγώθερίζωI reap, gatherδέbut, on the othe
ὅτιthat, since, because
σύαὐτόςἐγώ
αὐτός
λέγωI say, speakἐνἐπί
σύ
λέγωI say, speakγάρforὅς
οὐnot1622×
what comes after →
εἰμίI am, exist
ἐκArticle theἐγώ
μήNeg
παρέρχομαιI pass byεἰσέρχομαιI go in, come inπίνωI drink, imbibe
οἶδαI know, remember
ὅτιthat, since, becArticle theτίςIrg
γάρfor
εἰμίI am, existθέλωI will, wish, deArticle the
δύναμαιI am powerful, am ab
ἔρχομαιI come, goσῴζωI save, healArticle the

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

Concordanceοὐ · 1,622× in the New Testament
John Matthew Luke 1 Corinthians Romans Mark Acts 2 Corinthians Revelation Hebrews 1 John Galatians

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

Across the New Testament26 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
Outside the New Testamentthe same word in the Greek of its own century
Philo of Alexandria Josephus The Shepherd of Hermas Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 6c. AD 40

ὡς γὰρ τῶν κολοσσιαίων μεγεθῶν τὰς ἐμφάσεις καὶ ἡ βραχυτάτη σφραγὶς τυπωθεῖσα δέχεται, οὕτως τάχα που καὶ τὰ τῆς ἀναγραφείσης ἐν τοῖς νόμοις κοσμοποιίας ὑπερβάλλοντα κάλλη καὶ ταῖς μαρμαρυγαῖς τὰς τῶν ἐντυγχανόντων ψυχὰς ἐπισκιάζοντα βραχυτέροις…

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.11c. AD 75–95

ὁ δὲ τῶν παρʼ ἡμῖν ἀρχιερέων οὐδενὸς ἀρετῇ δεύτερος Ἐλεάζαρος τῷ προειρημένῳ βασιλεῖ ταύτης ἀπολαῦσαι τῆς ὠφελείας οὐκ ἐφθόνησε πάντως ἀντειπὼν ἄν, εἰ μὴ πάτριον ἦν ἡμῖν τὸ μηδὲν ἔχειν τῶν καλῶν ἀπόρρητον.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 1.8c. AD 100

ἐγὼ δὲ οὐχ ὡς διδάσκαλος, ἀλλ̓ ὧς εἰς ἐξ ὑμῶν ὑποδείξω ὀλίγα, δἰ ὧν ἐν τοῖς παροῦσιν εὐφρανθήσεσθε.

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 3rd c. BC 4th c. AD 6th c. AD

δὲ γενόμεναι κατὰ τὸ ἀναγκαῖον κληρονομήσασαι ταξάμεναι τὰ καθήκοντα τέλη θεᾶι Βερενίκηι κυριεύομεν. ὅθεν οὐκ ἀποδιδόντων τὰ ἡμέτερα ἐπεδώκαμεν ἐν τῶι λ ἔτει προσανγελίαν Ἡρακλείδει γενομένωι ἀρχιφυλακίτηι τοῦ Παθυρίτου

C.Erbstreit16Diospolis Magna (Theben)135 BC

ι ἀρουρῶν πρόκτησιν … ένου αὐτὸν ἐν συνεδρίωι καὶ συγχώρησιν … ειν, ἐν ἧι οὐκ εὐδοκεῖ ὁ πατήρ. ὅθεν καταβεβραβευμένοι … ήρου συνεριου ἀξιοῦμεν, ἐὰν φαίνηται, συντάξαι γράψαι, οἷς

P.Adl. 2Pathyris125 BC

ὠνῆς ἐν πίστει διὰ τῶν περὶ τὸν Πανεβχοῦνιν ἐκτελειωθεῖσαν τῶι … ἔτει ἀντὶ ὀφειλημάτων, οὐκ ἐπελευσομένους τὸν Πανερέα καὶ τὴν Σενενοῦπιν περὶ ὀφειλημάτων μηδὲ περὶ ἄλλου μηδενός. ταῦτα δὲ

A reed bruised not He will break and a wick smoldering not He will quench until when He shall lead to victory <the> justice.
σβέσειsbennumi He will quench G4570 Verb · future · active · indicative · third person · singular
6× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Matthew than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
To extinguish means to put out a fire or to stop something from happening. It's used in Matthew 12:20 and Ephesians 6:16 to describe stopping evil.
Amplified meaning
put out, quench
Tyndale gloss
to extinguish
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

σβέννυμι is a verb meaning to extinguish or quench, often used in relation to fire. It can also have metaphorical meanings, such as suppressing or stifling, particularly in spiritual contexts, as seen in 1 Thessalonians 5:19. The word is built from a primary verb and has a range of uses in classical literature, covering both literal and figurative applications.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

σβέννυμι

[in LXX chiefly for כּבה ;]

of fire or things on fire, to quench: c. acc, Mt 12:20, Eph 6:16, He 11:34; pass., Mt 25:8, Mk 9:[44, 46], 48, Metaph. (cf. Ca 8:7, IV Mac 16:4): τὸ πνεῦμα, I Th 5:19.†

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

σβέννυμι (ζβέννυμι, 1 Th. v. 19 Tdf. [ef. 3, σ, s]) and [in classics] σβεννύω ; fut. σβέσω ; 1 aor. éo8eca; Pass., pres. σβέννυμαι: fr. Hom. down; Sept. for 7323 and 37, to extinguish, quench ; a. prop.: τί, fire or things on fire, Mt. xii. 20; Eph. vi. 16; Heb. xi. 34; pass. (Sept. for 713) to be quenched, to go out: Mt. xxv. 8; Mk. ix. 44, 46, [both which vss. T WH om. Tr br.], 48. b. metaph. to quench i.e. to suppress, stifle: τὸ πνεῦμα, divine influence, 1 Th. v. 19 (ἀγάπην, Cant. viii. 7; τὰ πάθη, 4 Mace. xvi. 4; χύλον, Hom. Il. 9, 678; ὕβριν, Plat. lege. 8, 835 d.; τὸν θυμόν, ibid. 10, 888 a.).

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

σβέννυμι, ‘“extinguish,” ‘* put out,” of fire εἴς. : cf. P Leid Wvii 34 σεβέσθητι (1. σβέσθητι). For the metaph. use in 1 Thess 518 cf. Kazbel 2044 (i/B.C.) ἀμφοτέροις ἡμῖν ἔσβεσας ἠέλιον, and for the meaning ‘‘wash out,’’ ‘‘erase,” cf. the late P Mon I. 148 ἐσβέσθαι πᾶν σπέρμα δίκης, and 74. 1487 (both vi/A.D.). MGr σβήνω, “extinguish,” and intrans. ‘Sam extinguished.’’ See also s.v. ζβέννυμι.

Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

σβέννυμι (sbennumi) — to extinguish.

σβέννῡμι,

[Refs 5th c.BC+]; σβεννύω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect ἐσβέννυον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]future σβέσω App [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect σβέσσω Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔσβεσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect infinitive σβέσσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect infinitive κατα-ς βῶσαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]perfect and aorist 2, see below:—middle, future σβήσομαι (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist σβέσαντο [Refs 4th c.AD+]:—passive, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future σβεσθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἐσβέσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect συν-έσβετο [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect ἔσβεσμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—besides these, aorist 2 and perfect and pluperfect active are used intransitive, ἔσβην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; imperative σβῆτε (transitive) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle ἀπο-σβείς [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ἔσβηκα (ἀπ-) [Refs 5th…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

σβέννυμι

sbennumi

a prolonged form of an apparently primary verb; to extinguish

(literally or figuratively):--go out, quench.

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

σβέννυμι

v.

I extinguish, suppress

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

σβέννυμι sbennymi 6x

to extinguish, quench, Mt. 12:20; 25:8; Mk. 9:44, 46, 48; Eph. 6:16; Heb. 11:34; met. to quench, damp, hinder, thwart, 1 Thess. 5:19*

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

σβέννυμι to quench, put out, Lat. extinguere, Hdt., Pind.

generally, to quench, quell, check, σβ. χόλον, μένος Il.; ὕβριν Simon.; κύματα Ar., etc.

Pass. σβέννυμαι (with intr. tenses of Act., v. supr.), to be quenched, go out, Lat. extingui, of fire, Il.: metaph. of men, to become extinct, die, Anth.

generally, to be quelled or lulled, of wind, Od.

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

kwench, kwensh: Where the word is used of fire or of thirst it has the usual meaning: "to allay," "to extinguish," "to suppress," "to cool." In the Old Testament it is frequently applied to the affections and passions (see 2Ki 22:17; So 8:7; Isa 42:3; Jer 4:4; 21:12). Quenching the coal or the light of Israel may mean slaying a dear one or a brilliant leader. In the New Testament it is also used figuratively, as in Eph 6:16 the shield of faith quenches the fiery darts of the evil one. In Mr 9:48, sbennumi, and its derivative are applied with reference to Gehenna…

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
38%quenched
quenched38% · 3×quench13% · 1×do quench13% · 1×he will quench13% · 1×going out13% · 1×quenched.’13% · 1×

8 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
verb100%

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
οὐNeg
τύφωI raise smokeπῦρfire, trials
ἐγώ
λαμπάςa torch, lamp, l
πυρόωI burn, am purified
Article the
μήNeg
πνεῦμαwind, breath, sp
σβέννυμιHe will quench
what comes after →
ἕωςuntil, as far as
ἄνDisj
δύναμιςmight, power, marvel
πῦρfire, trials

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

Concordanceσβέννυμι · 6× in the New Testament
Matthew 1 Thessalonians Ephesians Hebrews Mark
Across the New Testament5 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 27 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
Philo of AlexandriaAllegorical Interpretation of Genesis 1.46c. AD 40

οὐ γὰρ δύεται καὶ σβέννυται, ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ πέφυκεν ἀνατέλλειν ὁ ὀρθὸς λόγος, καὶ ὥσπερ, οἶμαι, ἀνατείλας ἥλιος τὸν ζόφον τοῦ ἀέρος φωτὸς ἐνέπλησεν, οὕτως καὶ ἀρετὴ ἀνατείλασα ἐν ψυχῇ τὴν ἀχλὺν αὐτῆς ἐναυγάζει καὶ τὸν πολὺν σκότον σκεδάννυσι.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 3.209c. AD 75–95

τῶν γὰρ υἱῶν αὐτοῦ τεσσάρων ὄντων, ὡς προεῖπον, δύο οἱ πρεσβύτεροι Νάβαδος καὶ Ἀβιοῦς κομίσαντες ἐπὶ τὸν βωμὸν οὐχ ὧν προεῖπε Μωυσῆς θυμάτων, ἀλλʼ οἷς ἐχρῶντο πρότερον, κατεκαύθησαν τοῦ πυρὸς ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς τὴν ὁρμὴν βαλόντος καὶ τὰ στέρνα καὶ τὰ…

A reed bruised not He will break and a wick smoldering not He will quench until when He shall lead to victory <the> justice.
ἕωςheōs until G2193 Adverb
147× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Matthew than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
A Greek word for until, showing when something continues or ends. It is used in Matthew 2:9 and 5:18 to indicate a time or place. It helps show when events happen or stop.
Tyndale gloss
until
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word ἕως (i.e., *heōs*) means 'until' or 'while,' serving as a conjunction, preposition, and adverb of continuance. It marks a limit in time or place and can be used with various grammatical constructions, including the indicative and subjunctive. In the New Testament, it appears in contexts like Matthew 2:9 and John 9:4, indicating the duration or endpoint of an action.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

Ζ, ζ, ζῆτα, τό,

zeta, the sixth letter. As a numeral, ζ́ʹ = ἑπτά, ἕβδομος (the obsol. ϛ, Ϝ, vau, "digamma," representing ἕξ), ζ́͵ = 7000.

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

ἕως, a particle marking a limit, and I. as a ConsuNcTION signifying 1. the temporal terminus ad quem, (ill, until, (Lat. donec, usque dum); asin the best writ. a. with an indie. pret., where something is spoken of which continued up to a certain time: Mt. ii. 9 (€s. . . ἔστη [ἐστάθη L T TrW11)) ; xxiv. 39, (1 Mace. x. 50; Sap. x. 14, ete.). ὍὌ. with ἄν and the aor. subjune. (equiv. to the Lat. fut. perf.), where it is left doubtful when that will take place till which it is said a thing will continue [ef. W. § 42, 5]: ἴσθι ἐκεῖ, ἕως ἂν εἴπω σοι, Mt. ii. 13; add, v. 18; x. 11; xxii. 44; Mk. vi. 10; xii. 36; Lk. xvii.8; xx.43; Actsii.35; Heb. i. 13; after a negative sentence: Mt. v. 18, 26; x. 23 [T WH om. ἄν]; xii. 20; xvi. 28; xxiii. 39; xxiv. 34; Mk. ix. 1; Lk. ix. 27; xxi. 32; 1 Co.iv.5; with the aor. subj. without the addition of dv: Mk. vi. 45 RG; xiv. 32 [here Tr mrg.fut.]…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ἕως (heōs) — until.

ἕως,

__BEpic dialect εἵως, ἧος (see. entry near the end), Doric dialect ἇς, Aeolic dialect ἆς (which see), Boeotian dialect ἇς [Refs], and ἅως [Refs] Relat. Particle, expressing the point of Time up to which an action goes, with reference to the end of the action, until, till; or to its continuance, while:

__B.I until, till,

__B.I.1 with Ind., of a fact in past time, θῦνε διὰ προμάχων, ἧος φίλον ὤλεσε θυμόν [Refs 8th c.BC+]imperfect with ἄν in apodosi, of an unaccomplished action, ἡδέως ἂν Καλλικλεῖ διελεγόμην, ἕ. ἀπέδωκα I would have gone on conversing till I had.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__B.I.2 ἕ. ἄν or κε with Subj. (mostly of aorist), of an event at an uncertain future time, μαχήσομαι.. ἧός κε τέλος πολέμοιο κιχείω till I find, [Refs 8th c.BC+] is sometimes…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἕως

heos

of uncertain affinity; a conjunction, preposition and adverb of

continuance, until (of time and place):--even (until, unto), (as) far

(as), how long, (un-)til(-l), (hither-, un-, up) to, while(-s).

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἕως

Adv

until, as far as

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἕως heōs 146x

can function as an improper prep., while, as long as, Jn. 9:4; until, Mt. 2:9; Lk. 15:4; as also in NT ἕως οὗ, ἕως ὅτου, Mt. 5:18, 26; ἕως ἄρτι, until now, Mt. 11:12; ἕως πότε, until when, how long, Mt. 17:17; ἕως σήμερον, until this day, to this time, 2 Cor. 3:15; as a prep. of time, until, Mt. 24:21; of place, unto, even to, Mt. 11:23; Read the full entry →

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἕως until, till, Lat. donec, dum, Hom.:—in Hom. sometimes used = τέως, for a time:—to express a fact, ἕως is foll. by Ind., εἷος φίλον ὤλεσε θυμόν Il.; when the event is uncertain, by the opt., ἕως ὅ γε μιγείη till he should reach, Od.

ἕως ἄν or κε with Subj., relating to an uncertain event in future time, μαχήσομαι, εἵως κε κιχείω till I find, Il.

while, so long as, εἵως πολεμίζομεν Od.; ἕως ἔτι ἐλπίς [ἦν] Thuc.

as adv., Lat. usque, mostly with Advs. of Time, ἕως ὅτε, Lat. usque dum, till the time when, Xen.; so, ἕως οὗ Hdt.; ἕως ὀψέ till late, Thuc.:—c. gen., ἕως τοῦ ἀποτῖσαι till he made payment, ap. Aeschin.

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
80%until
until80% · 119×to7% · 10×as far as3% · 5×up to3% · 5×unto3% · 4×while2% · 3×other renderings1% · 2×

148 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 8 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
adverbial75%subject5%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 147 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
γινώσκωI come to know, προάγωI lead forth, goἀφίημιI send away, rel
ἐγώ
δεξιόςon the right hanψυχήthe soul, life, πατήρfather, Father,
μένωI remain, abide
θέλωI will, wish, deκἀκεῖἐκεῖthere, yonder, t
σύ
λέγωI say, speakδίδωμιI offer, giveβεβαιόωI confirm, ratif
εἰμίI am, exist
σύοὐNegσκοτίαdarkness
ἕωςuntil147×
what comes after →
Article the
ἡμέραa dayνῦνnow, already, atσήμερονtoday, now
ἄνDisj
τίθημιI put, placeπᾶςall, the whole, ὁράωI see, look upon
ὅς
ζυμόωI leaven, fermenArticle theἀποκτείνωI put to death,
ἄρτιnow, just now
Article theἐργάζομαιI word, trade, dοὐNeg
πότεIrg
ἀνέχωI endure, bear wArticle theμετά

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

Concordanceἕως · 147× in the New Testament
Matthew Luke Acts Mark John 1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Hebrews James Revelation Romans 1 John

Every reference is on the Strong's page.

Across the New Testament15 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 598 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 Clement of Rome The Shepherd of Hermas The Didache
Philo of AlexandriaAllegorical Interpretation of Genesis 1.82c. AD 40

ἕως δὲ ἑαυτὸν ὑποτίθεται ὡς αἴτιόν τινος, μακρὰν ἀφέστηκε τοῦ παραχωρεῖν θεῷ καὶ ὁμολογεῖν αὐτῷ·

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.122c. AD 75–95

κατοικοῦσι δὲ οὗτοι ἀπὸ Ταύρου καὶ Ἀμάνου τῶν ὀρῶν ἀρξάμενοι καὶ προῆλθον ἐπὶ μὲν τῆς Ἀσίας ἄχρι ποταμοῦ Τανάιδος, ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς Εὐρώπης ἕως Γαδείρων γῆν ἣν ἔτυχον καταλαμβάνοντες, καὶ μηδενὸς προκατῳκηκότος τὰ ἔθνη τοῖς αὑτῶν ἐκάλουν ὀνόμασιν.

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 12.10c. AD 100

ἐπεὶ οὖν μέλλουσιν λέγειν, ὅτι Χριστὸς υἱὸς Δαυείδ ἐστιν, αὐτὸς προφητεύει Δαυείδ, φοβούμενος καὶ συνίων τὴν πλάνην τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν: Εἷπεν κύριος τῷ κυρίῳ μου: Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου.

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. BC 3rd c. AD 6th c. AD 2nd c. BC
P.Corn. 4Pathyris112 BC

Νεχούτου τοῦ Ἀγατρέους Πέρσηι τῆς ἐπιγονῆς εἶ μὴν κατασκεῦσαι ζυγὸν ἁμαξικὸν καὶ κόφινον ἄρεστα ἕως Τῦβι γ τοῦ ζ ἔτους. ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ποιῇ καθότι προγέγραπται ἀποτισάτω παραχρῆμα χ

P.Adl. 4Ptolemais (Oberägypten)110 BC

ἃ προσωφείλετό σοι πρὸς τὴν συνγραφὴν Ταΐσεως τῆς θυγατρός σου, ἃ καὶ ἀποδώσω σοι ἕως Παχὼν λ τοῦ θ ἔτους ἄνευ κρίσεως καὶ δίκης· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀποδῶ σοι

P.Amh. 2 48Pathyris107 BC

ἔτους παρὰ ληνὸν μέτρῳ τῶι Πελαίου, χορηγῶν κενώματα ἀρεστά, καὶ παρεχέτω τὸν οἶνον μόνιμον ἕως Ἁθὺρ λ τοῦ δεκάτου ἔτους, καὶ ἀποκαταστησάτω εἰς οἶκον πρὸς αὐτὴν τοῖς ἰδίοις. ἐὰν

A reed bruised not He will break and a wick smoldering not He will quench until when He shall lead to victory <the> justice.
ἂνan when G302 Particle
164× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Matthew than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
The Greek word for 'if' is used to show a condition. It appears in Luke 7, where Jesus says what would happen if a certain condition were met.
Tyndale gloss
if
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word ἄν, a conditional particle, indicates supposition or possibility and is often untranslatable in English. It is used in various grammatical constructions, particularly in hypothetical sentences, to express what would occur under certain conditions. The New Testament employs it in verses like Luke 7:39 and Galatians 1:10, illustrating its role in conditional statements.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ἄν,

conditional particle,

which cannot usually be separately translated in English, its force depending on the constructions which contain it (see further, LS, s.v.; WM, §xlii; M, Pr., 165 ff.; MM, VGT, s.v.).

In apodosis,

c. indic, impf. or aor., expressing what would be or would have been if (εἰ c. impf., aor. or plpf.) some condition were or had been fulfilled: Lk 7:39 17:6, Jo 5:46, Ga 1:10, Mt 12:7 24:43, I Co 2:8, Ac 18:14, I Jo 2:19, al. The protasis is sometimes understood (as also in cl.): Mt 25:27, Lk…

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

ἄν, a particle indicating that something can or could occur on certain conditions, or by the combination of certain fortuitous causes. In Lat. it has no equivalent ; nor do the Eng. haply, perchance, Germ. wohl (wol), etwa, exactly and everywhere correspond to it. The use of this particle in the N. T., illustrated by copious exx. fr: Grk. writ., is shown by W. § 42; [ef. B. 216 (186) 544. Its use in classic Grk. is fully exhibited (by Prof. Goodwin) in L. and S. s. v.]. It is joined 1. in the apodoses of hypothetical sentences 1. with the Impf., where the Lat. uses the impf. subjunctive, e. g. Lk. vii. 39 (ἐγίνωσκεν ἄν, sciret, he would know) ; Lk. xvii. 6 (ἐλέγετε ἄν ye would say) ; Mt. xxiii. 80 (non essemus, we should not have been); Jn. v. 46; vili.42; ix. 41; xv. 19; xviii. 36; 1 Co. xi. 31; Gal. i. 10; iii. 21 [but WH mrg. br.]; Heb. iv. 8; viii. 4, 7.. 2. with the indic. Aor.…

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

ἊΝ ἢ το Teil i., von E. Mayser. Berlin u. Leipzig, 1926. Meecham Lefters...... = Light from Ancient Letters. By Henry G. Meecham. London, [1923]. Meisterhans Gy....... = Grammatik der attischen Inschrifzen, von K. Meisterhans. Dritte Auflage von E, Schwyzer. Berlin, 1900. Meél, Chatelain........ = Mélanges offerts ἃ M. Emile Chatefain. Paris, 1910. πα ECOL Cen nesac ene = Mélanges... offerts a Jules Nicole. Geneva, 1905. = Comicorum Atticorum Fragmenta, Ill. Ed. Th. Kock. Leipzig, 1888. Selections = Selections from Menander, edited Menander Fragm. ... ” by W. G. Waddell, M.A. Oxford, 1927. Menandred...........6. = Menandrea ex papyris et membrants vetustissimis. Ted. A. Korte. Leipzig, 1912. WEAN EZ τοῦτος = Griechtsche Grammatik®, von Gustav Meyer. Leipzig, 1896. Meyer Heerwesen.... = Das Heerwesen der Plolemder und Romer in Agypten, von Paul M. Meyer. Leipzig, 1900. Jur, Pap. ..... =…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ἄν (an) — if.

ἄν, [ᾰ],

Epic dialect, Lyric poetry, Ionic dialect, [Refs 4th c.AD+], Attic dialect; also κεν) Epic dialect, Aeolic dialect, Thess., κᾱ Doric dialect, Boeotian dialect, El.; the two combined in Epic dialect (below [Refs 4th c.BC+], εἰκ ἄν[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—modal Particle used with Verbs to indicate that the action is limited by circumstances or defined by conditions. In [Refs 8th c.BC+] κε is four times as common as ἄν, in Lyric poetry about equally common. No clear distinction can be traced, but κε as an enclitic is somewhat less emphatic; ἄν is preferred by [Refs 8th c.BC+] in negative clauses, κε (ν) with the relative.

__A In Simple Sentences, and in the Apodosis of Compound Sentences; here ἄν belongs to the Verb, and denotes that the assertion made by the Verb is dependent on a condition, expressed or implied: thus ἦλθεν he came, ἦλθεν…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἄν

an

a primary particle, denoting a supposition, wish, possibility or

uncertainty:--(what-, where-, wither-, who-)soever. Usually

unexpressed except by the subjunctive or potential mood. Also

contracted for 1437.

see GREEK for 1437

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἄν

Disj.prt.

an untranslatable word that makes a statement contingent

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἄν an 166x

For the various constructions of this particle, and their significance, consult a grammar. At the beginning of a clause, it is another form of ἐάν, if, Jn. 20:23

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Particle — Particle
particle — a small word colouring the clause; it does not decline.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

PRT PaRTicle, disjunctive particle

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
55%maybe
maybe55% · 101×then would19% · 35×when16% · 29×would3% · 6×then2% · 4×other renderings2% · 4×other renderings2% · 3×

182 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 9 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
subject20%adverbial11%object8%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 164 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
ὅς
καίand, even, also,λέγωI say, speakὅτιthat, since, bec
δέbut, on the other ha
ὅςὅστις
ἕωςuntil, as far as
θάνατοςdeathἐγώμένωI remain, abide
οὐNeg
ὧδεhereθυσίαa sacrificeἐγώ
τίςIrg
Article theἀλλήλωνπυνθάνομαιI ask, inquire
ἄνwhen164×
what comes after →
λέγωI say, speak
Article theσύμωρόςstupid, foolish
εἰμίI am, exist
Article theαὐτόςμέγας
τὶς
χρείαneed, necessity,πέμπωI sendαἰτέωI ask, request,
μήNeg
δέχομαιI take, receive,ἔχωI have, hold, poτὶς
Article the
ἐμόςσυκάμινοςa sycamore treeἴδιοςone’s own, priva

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

Concordanceἄν · 164× in the New Testament
Matthew Luke John Mark Acts Romans 1 Corinthians Hebrews 1 John 2 Corinthians Galatians Revelation

Every reference is on the Strong's page.

Across the New Testament13 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
A reed bruised not He will break and a wick smoldering not He will quench until when He shall lead to victory <the> justice.
ἐκβάλῃekballō He shall lead G1544 Verb · second aorist · active · subjunctive · third person · singular
81× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Matthew than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
To expel means to forcefully drive or send something out, as seen in Matthew 7:22 and Mark 1:34. Jesus used this word when describing casting out demons. It can also mean to send away or put out, as in Matthew 15:17.
Amplified meaning
guides, brings forth
Tyndale gloss
to expel
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word ἐκβάλλω, transliterated as ekballō, is composed of the prefix ἐκ (out) and βάλλω (to throw). It means to drive out, cast out, or expel, and is used in various contexts, including banishing individuals or sending forth. In the New Testament, it appears in passages like Matthew 15:17 and Mark 1:12, often relating to the expulsion of demons or sending out workers.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ἐκ-βάλλω

[in LXX chiefly for גָּרַשׁ pi., also for שָׁלַךְ hi., יָצָא hi., יָרַשׁ hi., etc. ;]

to drive, cast or send out, to expel: c. acc rei, mid. (σῖτον), seq. εἰς, Ac 27:38; pass., Mt 15:17; c. acc pers., Mt 21:12, Mk 11:15, al.; δαιμόνια, Mt 7:22, Mk 1:34, al.; id. seq. ἐκ, Mk 7:26; παρά, Mk 16:9; ἐν, Mk 3:22; (ἐν) τ. ὀνόματι, Read the full entry →

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

ἐκβάλλω. In P Ryl II. 80! (i/a.p.), in view of danger threatening the Nile banks, the village elders are ordered—é«Bdadere εἰς τὰ χώματα [τοῦ Tlareplrov]”Avwr ὑδροφύλακας, “send out irrigation-guards on to the banks of the Upper Patemite district” (Edd.). With its use, no fewer than 11 times in Mk, in connexion with the driving out of demons may be compared the heading of the magical incantation in P Par 5741? (iii/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 113) πρᾶξις γενναία ἐκβάλλουσα δαίμονας, and for the literal usage, as in Mt 2112, cf. the early P Lond 887® (iii/.c.) (= III. Ρ- 1 ἐγβέβληκέ με ἐκ τῶν ἐμῶν μερῶν τῆς αὐλῆς τῆι βίαι χρώμένος, P Magd 12}} (B.C. 217) ἐγβαλεῖν με ἐκ τῶν κλήρων, and P Flor III. 3195 (Α.. 132--7) ὧν (sc. ἀρουρῶν) ἐξέβαλόν με οἱ ἐν γιτνίᾳ μου ὄντες. The sense of banishment from a family or society, as in Gal 450 (from Gen 2119), 3 Jn!°, may be paralleled from BGU IV. 10501…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ἐκβάλλω (ekballō) — to expel.

ἐκβάλλω,

[Refs 4th c.AD+] ἐσδέλλω [Refs 4th c.BC+]future -βᾰλῶ: aorist -έβαλον: perfect -βέβληκα: passive, future -βεβλήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]:— throw or cast out of, with genitive, Ὀδίον μέγαν ἔκβαλε δίφρου [Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely, throw out, ἐκ δ᾽ εὐνὰς ἔβαλον [Refs]; καὶ τὴν μὲν..ἰχθύσι κύρμα γενέσθαι ἔκβαλον threw her overboard, [Refs 8th c.BC+]passive:

1. throw ashore, τὸν δ᾽ ἄρ᾽..νεὸς ἔκβαλε κῦμ᾽ ἐπὶ χέρσου [Refs 8th c.BC+] carry out to sea; ἐξέβαλεν ἄνεμος ἡμᾶς drove us out of our course, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, put ashore, ἵππους ἐξεβάλλοντο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; jettison, Syngr. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ἐκβάλλω

ekballo

from 1537 and 906; to eject (literally or figuratively):--bring forth,

cast (forth, out), drive (out), expel, leave, pluck (pull, take,

thrust) out, put forth (out), send away (forth, out).

see GREEK for 1537

see GREEK for 906

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ἐκβάλλω

v.

I throw, cast, put out, banish, bring forth, produce

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ἐκβάλλω ekballō 81x

pluperfect, ἐκβεβλήκειν, to cast out, eject by force, Mt. 15:17; Acts 27:38; to expel, force away, Lk. 4:29; Acts 7:58; to refuse, Jn. 6:37; to extract, Mt. 7:4; to reject with contempt, despise, contemn, Lk. 6:22; in NT to send forth, send out, Mt. 9:38; Lk. 10:2; to send away, dismiss, Mt. 9:25; Read the full entry →

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐκβάλλω fut. -βα^λῶ perf. -βέβληκα aor2 ἐξέβα^λον to throw or cast out of a place, c. gen., Il., etc.; or absol. to throw out, throw overboard, Od.: also, like Lat. ejicere, to throw ashore, id. Od., Hdt.; but, ἐκβ. ἐς τὸ πέλαγος carry out to sea, id. Hdt.:—Mid. to put ashore, id. Hdt.

to cast out of a place, banish, id. Hdt., etc.

to expose on a desert island, Soph.; to expose a dead body, id. Soph.

to divorce a wife, Dem.

to cast out of his seat, depose a king, Aesch., etc.

to strike out of, Lat. excutere, χειρῶν ἔκβαλλε κύπελλα Od.;—absol., δοῦρα ἐκβ. to fell trees (properly, to cut them out of the forest), id. Od.

to strike open, break in, πύλας Eur.

to let fall, χειρὸς ἔκβαλεν ἔγχος Il.:—metaph., ἔπος ἐκβ. to let fall a word, Hom., etc.; so, δάκρυα ἔκβ. Od.; ἐκβ. ὀδόντας to cast one's teeth…

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Verb-2AAS-3S — Verb · second aorist · active · subjunctive · third person · singular
second aorist active subjunctive — a completed action, viewed as a whole.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

V-2AAS-3S Part of Speech: Verb Tense: second Aorist Voice: Active Mood: Subjunctive Person: third Number: Singular

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

led (`ophereth): Lead was one of the first metals to be used in the free state, probably because it was so easily obtained from its ores. Lead was found in ancient times in Egypt and the Sinaitic peninsula. There is no lead found in Palestine proper, but in Northern Syria and Asia Minor it occurs in considerable quantities, usually associated with silver. These sources no doubt furnished an important supply in Bible times. It was also brought by the Phoenicians from Spain (Tarshish) (Eze 27:12) and the British Isles.

Lead was used, as it still is, all along the Mediterranean shores for sinkers. Pieces of Egyptian fishnets probably dating from 1200 BC are now preserved in the British Museum, with their lead sinkers still attached. Since lead was the heaviest metal known to the ancients, gold excepted, it was generally used for…

Smith's Bible Dictionary

This is one of the most common of metals, found generally in veins of rocks, though seldom in a metallic state, and most commonly in combination with sulphur. It was early known to the ancients, and the allusions to it in Scripture indicate that the Hebrews were well acquainted with its uses. The rocks in the neighborhood of Sinai yielded it in large quantities, and it was found in Egypt. In (Job 19:24) the allusion is supposed to be to the practice of carving inscriptions upon stone and pouring molten lead into the cavities of the letters, to render them legible and at the same time preserve them from the action of the air.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

There are early allusions to this well-known metal in Scripture. The Egyptians "sank as lead" in the Red Sea, Ex 15:10; Nu 31:22; Eze 27:12. Job refers to its use in preserving a permanent record of events, by being melted and poured into letters deeply cut in a rock, Job 19:24. Leaden tablets also were used by the ancients for similar records. This metal was employed, before the use of quicksilver was known, in purifying silver; and the process by which these metals are purged from their dross, illustrates God’s discipline of his people, Jer 6:29,30; Eze…

→ A mineral Ex 15:10

→ Purified by fire Nu 31:22; Jer 6:29; Eze 22:18,20

→ Used in making inscriptions on stone Job 19:24

→ Lead foundry Jer 6:29; Eze 22:18,20

→ Trade in Eze 27:12

→ Used for weighing Zec 5:7,8

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
17%cast out
cast out17% · 14×do cast out9% · 7×casting out7% · 6×he casts out5% · 4×puts forth4% · 3×they cast4% · 3×they may cast out4% · 3×i may cast out2% · 2×other renderings49% · 40×

82 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
verb100%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 81 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
πολύςmuch, many, ofteἱερόςa templeαὐτός
δαιμόνιονan evil-spirit, demo
Article theὄνομαname, character,καθαρίζωI make clean
σύ
ὄνομαname, character,σκανδαλίζωI cause to stumbἀδελφόςa brother
δέbut, on the other ha
ὅτεwhenαὐτόςσύ
ΒεελζεβούλProp
ἐν
ἐκβάλλωHe shall lead81×
what comes after →
Article the
δαιμόνιονan evil-spirit, κάρφοςa dry stalk, chiπωλέωI sell
αὐτός
ἔξωwithout, outsideκαίand, even, also,εἰς
εἰς
Article theνῖκοςvictory
ἔξωwithout, outside
Article the
καίand, even, also, nam
οὐNegArticle theἀλείφωI anoint

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

Concordanceἐκβάλλω · 81× in the New Testament
Matthew Luke Mark John Acts 3 John Galatians James Revelation
Across the New Testament9 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 57 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
Philo of AlexandriaOn the Creation of the World 104c. AD 40

Παῖς μὲν ἄνηβος ἐὼν ἔτι νήπιος ἕρκος ὀδόντων φύσας ἐκβάλλει πρῶτον ἐν ἕπτ’ ἔτεσιν·

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.58c. AD 75–95

τῆς μὲν οὖν ἐπὶ τῷ φόνῳ τιμωρίας αὐτὸν ἠφίει θυσίαν ἐπιτελέσαντα καὶ διʼ αὐτῆς ἱκετεύσαντα μὴ λαβεῖν ὀργὴν αὐτῷ χαλεπωτέραν, ἐπάρατον δʼ αὐτὸν ἐτίθει καὶ τοὺς ἐγγόνους αὐτοῦ τιμωρήσεσθαι κατὰ τὴν ἑβδόμην ἠπείλησε γενεάν, καὶ τῆς γῆς αὐτὸν ἐκείνης…

The Shepherd of HermasThe Shepherd of Hermas 18.1.6c. AD 140

βλέπε οὖν σύ: ὡς ἐπὶ ξένης κατοικῶν μηδὲν πλέον ἑτοίμαζε σεαυτῷ εἰ μὴ τὴν αὐτάρκειαν τὴν ἀρκετήν σοι, καὶ ἕτοιμος γίνου, ἵνα, ὅταν θέλῃ ὁ δεσπότης τῆς πόλεως ταύτης ἐκβαλεῖν σε ἀντιταξάμενον τῷ νόμῳ αὐτοῦ, ἐξέλθῃς ἐκ τῆς πόλεως αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπέλθῃς ἐν…

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
2nd c. AD 6th c. AD 3rd c. AD 1st c. AD 3rd c. BC
BGU 4 1156 Vo descr.Schreibort: Alexandria; Fundort: Abusir el-Melek15 BC–14 BC

καὶ ὠλενῶν στεγνώσεων καὶ κ … ν οὐσῶν πρὸς τὴν Νικάριον, ἣν καὶ μὴ ἐκβαλεῖν τὴν Χαρὰν μηδὲ τοὺς παρ’ αὐτῆς ἐντὸς τοῦ χρόνου, τούτου διελθόντος ἀποδώσειν τὰς τοῦ

ἀκολούθως, οὐκ οὔσης ἐξουσίας μοι τῆι ὁμολογούσηι οὔτʼ ἄλλωι οὐδενὶ ἐκβάλλειν τὸν Ἁρμιῦσιν ἐκ τοῦ ἐνοικισμοῦ μέχρι τοῦ τὸν χρόνον πληρωθῆναι, ἐφʼ οἷς καὶ βεβαιῶ

P.Oxf. 12ArsinoitesAD 153–AD 154

κατὰ τὸ τέταρτον μέρος, οὐκ οὔσης μοι ἐξουσίας προλείπειν τὴν μίσθωσιν, ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ ὑμῖν ἐκβάλλειν με ἐξ αὐτῆς διὰ τὸ ἐκ προτροπῆς ὑμῶν προσελθεῖν τῇ μισθώσει ἐφʼ ᾧ ε

A reed bruised not He will break and a wick smoldering not He will quench until when He shall lead to victory <the> justice.
εἰςeis to G1519 Preposition
1,766× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Matthew as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
This word means toward or into, indicating direction or purpose, as seen in Matthew 8:23 and Mark 1:45. It can also imply a sense of movement or action. The KJV translates it in various ways.
Tyndale gloss
toward
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

εἰς is a preposition meaning 'into' or 'to,' used with the accusative case. It indicates direction, entrance, or limit, applicable to place, time, and figurative purposes. The New Testament frequently employs it to express movement toward locations or states, as seen in passages like Matthew 8:23. It can also denote relationships or results, such as 'for' or 'among.'

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

εἰς,

prep. c. acc.,

expressing entrance, direction, limit, into, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among (Lat. in, c. acc.).

Of place.

After verbs of motion;

of entrance into: Mt 8:23 9:7, Mk 1:45, Lk 2:15 8:31, al.;

of approach, to or towards: Mk 11:1, Lk 6:8 19:28, Jo 11:31 21:6, al.;

before pl. and collective nouns, among: Mk 4:7 8:19, 20, Lk 11:49, Jo 21:23, al.;

Of a limit reached, unto, on, upon: Mt 8:18, 21:1, Mk…

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

εἰς, a Prep. governing the Accusative, and denoting entrance into, or direction and limit: into, to, towards, for, among. It is used A. Property I. of Place, after verbs of going, coming, sailing, flying, falling, living, leading, carrying, throwing, sending, etc. ; 1. of a place entered, or of entrance into a place, into; and 8. it stands before nouns designating an open place, a hollow thing, or one in which an object can be hidden: as εἰς (τὴν) πόλιν, Mt. xxvi. 18; xxviii. 11; Mk. i. 45, and often; εἰς r. οἶκον, Mt. ix. 7; συναγωγήν, Acts xvii. 10; πλοῖον, Mt. viii. 23; Jn. vi. 17; Acts xxi. 6; θάλασσαν, Mt. xvii. 27; ἄβυσσον, Lk. viii. 31; οὐρανόν, Lk. ii. 15; κόσμον, In. 1. 9; iii. 19, ete.; τὰ ἴδια, Jn. i. 11; xvi. 32; Acts xxi. 6; ἀποθήκην, Mt. iii. 12; εἰς ra ὦτα, Lk. i. 44; εἰς τὰς ζώνας or ζώνην, Mt. x. 9; Mk. vi. 8, etc.; εἰς ἀέρα, 1 Co. xiv. 9; eis πῦρ, Mk. ix. 22, ete.…

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

εἰς ἁλιέων εἰς ᾿Αλεξάνδριί[αν (P Oxy II. 2943 = Selections, Ρ- 34): see further Pro/eg. pp. 234 f., 245. For εἰς in the wide sense in which we use ‘‘for” we may cite such passages as P Lille I. 261 (iii/B.c.) ἔγραψάς μοι περὶ τῆς εἰς THY σησαμείαν γῆς, 20." ἕως ἂν] μάθωμεν περὶ τῶν κ[εχρ]ηματισμένων εἰς τὸν νομόν, P Petr II. 11 (1)" (mid. iii/B.c.) (= Witkowski*, p. 8) ἀπὸ τούτου τὸ μὲν ἥμυσυ εἰς τὰ δέοντα ὑπελιπόμην, τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν εἰς τὸ δάνειον κατέβαλον, P Lond 43? (ii/B.c.) (=I. p. 48, Witkowski’, p- 110) ἕξεις ἐφόδιον εἰς τὸ γῆρας, P Tebt I. 577 (8.6. 118) προστε]τάχασι δὲ καὶ τὰ els τὴν ταφὴν τοῦ “Amos, P Oxy I. 379 (A.D. 149) (= Selections, p. 49) ἐγένετο ἐνθάδε ἡ τροφεῖτις εἰς υἱὸν tod ΤΠεσούριος, ‘‘there was concluded here the nursing-contract for the son of Pesouris”; and the recurring formulae in a private account of ς. A.D. 15 τό. 1V. 736° θρύων εἰς τοὺς ἄρτους (ὀβολοὶ δύο)…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

εἰς (eis) — toward.

ἐν εἰς

or ἐς, PREP. WITH ACC. ONLY:—both forms are found in [Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect poets, and early metrical Inscrr.; ἐς is best attested in [Refs 5th c.BC+], and is found in nearly all early Ionic dialect Inscrr. (except [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and usually in Attic dialect Prose (except [Refs 5th c.BC+] is used before vowels for the sake of meter; ἐς was retained in the phrases ἐς κόρακας (whence the Verb σκορακίζω), ἐς μακαρίαν. Aeolic dialect poets have εἰς before vowels, ἐς before consonants, and this is given as the rule in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; compare ἐν, ἰν. The diphthong is genuine in Aeolic dialect εἰς, but spurious in Attic dialect-Ionic dialect) Radical sense into, and then more loosely, to:

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

εἰς

eis

a primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or

entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.);

also in adverbial phrases:--(abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at,

(back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more

exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore,

+ forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the

intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at

one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the

end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often

used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs

(etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

εἰς

Prep.

into, in, among, till, for

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

εἰς

into, to c. acc.

PREP. WITH ACC. ONLY. Radical sense, into, and then to:

OF PLACE, the commonest usage, εἰς ἅλα into or to the sea, Hom., etc.:—properly opposed to ἐκ, ἐς σφυρὸν ἐκ πτέρνης from head to foot, Il.; εἰς ἔτος ἐξ ἔτεος from year to year, Theocr.:—then, with all Verbs implying motion or direction, ἰδεῖν εἰς οὐρανόν Il.; εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι to look in the face, id. Il.:—in Hom. and Hdt. also c. acc. pers., where the attic use ὡς, πρός, παρά.

with Verbs which express rest in a place, when a previous motion into or to it is implied, ἐς μέγαρον κατέθηκε, i. e. he brought it into the house, and put it there, Od.; παρεῖναι ἐς τόπον to go to a place and be there, Hdt.

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Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Prep — Preposition
preposition — its sense depends on the case of the word it governs.
Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes

PREP PREPosition

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
33%into
into33% · 595×to32% · 570×for10% · 185×in9% · 160×unto4% · 69×toward2% · 44×other renderings8% · 145×other renderings2% · 29×

1,797 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
adverbial95%predicate3%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 1,766 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
βάλλωI cast, throw, rεἰσέρχομαιI go in, come inδέbut, on the othe
εἰσέρχομαιI go in, come in, en
καίand, even, also,μήNegαὐτός
ἔρχομαιI come, go
καίand, even, also,αὐτόςοὗτος
καίand, even, also, nam
αὐτόςἐκκόπτωI cut out, cut oπόλιςa city
ἐγώ
εἰμίI am, existκαίand, even, also,δίδωμιI offer, give
εἰςto1766×
what comes after →
Article the
αἰώνan age, a cycle οἶκοςa house, househoοὐρανόςthe sky, the hea
αὐτός
Article theκαίand, even, also,οὗτος
ἹεροσόλυμαJerusalem
καίand, even, also,εἰςὅτιthat, since, bec
ὅς
καίand, even, also,δέbut, on the otheἄνDisj
σύ
καίand, even, also,μήNegἐν

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

Concordanceεἰς · 1,766× in the New Testament
Acts Luke Matthew John Mark Romans Revelation 2 Corinthians Hebrews 1 Peter 1 Corinthians Ephesians

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 9c. AD 40

τὸ δὲ παθητὸν ἄψυχον καὶ ἀκίνητον ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ, κινηθὲν δὲ καὶ σχηματισθὲν καὶ ψυχωθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ νοῦ μετέβαλεν εἰς τὸ τελειότατον ἔργον, τόνδε τὸν κόσμον·

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

ὅτι λιμοῦ τὴν Χαναναίαν καταλαβόντος εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἀπῆρε καὶ διατρίψας ἐν αὐτῇ τινα χρόνον ὑπέστρεψεν ὀπίσω.

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 3rd c. BC 6th c. AD 2nd c. BC
P.Grenf. 2 33Pathyris101 BC

καὶ τοῖς μετόχοις γῆς σιτοφόρου λεγομένης Νεχθαραῦτι θεοῦ μεγάλου παρὰ τῶν ἱερέων ἐτῶν δέκα εἰς τὰ ἐνλιπόντα αὐτῷ ἑτέρων , τεσσάρων εἰς συμπλήρωσιν ἐτῶν πέντε , ὥστε γεωργῆσαι ἧς

BGU 3 999Pathyris100 BC

καὶ ἀπηλιώτου τὸ λοιπὸν τῆς Εὐνόου οἰκίας λιβὸς ῥύμη ἐφ ᾧ ἀνοίξει τὴν θύραν εἰς τὴν Ὀρσηοῦς οἰκίαν ἢ οἳ ἂν ὦσι γείτονες πάντοθεν. ἐπρίατο Πετεσοῦχος Νεχθανούπιος ὡς ἐτῶν

P.Adl. 17Krokodilopolis (Pathyrites)100 BC

ος, βορρᾶ γῆ Σχώτου τοῦ Τρύφωνος, ἀπηλιώτου τὸ λοιπὸν τῆς γῆς, λιβὸς ἡ φέρουσα εἰς τὸ Κρόνειον ὁδός, ἢ οἳ ἂν ὦσι γείτονες πάντοθεν. ἐπρίατο Ὧρος Νεχούτου Πέρσης τῆς

A reed bruised not He will break and a wick smoldering not He will quench until when He shall lead to victory <the> justice.
νῖκοςnikos victory G3534 Noun · accusative · singular · neuter
4× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Matthew than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
Nikos refers to victory or triumph, used in Matthew 12:20 and 1 Corinthians 15:54-55.
Amplified meaning
triumph, conquest
Tyndale gloss
victory
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Greek word νῖκος (nikos) is a later form of νίκη (nikē), meaning 'victory.' It appears in the New Testament in contexts emphasizing triumph, such as in Matthew 12:20 and 1 Corinthians 15:54, 55, and 57. The lexicons consistently define it as a form of conquest or triumph, without notable disagreement among them.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

† νῖκος, -ους, τό, late form of νίκη,

[in LXX: La 3:18 (נֶצַח), I Es 3:9, II Mac 10:38, IV Mac 17:12; εἰς ν. (instead of εἰς τέλος, Jb 14:20), II Ki 2:26, Jb 36:7, Am 1:11 8:7, Je 3:5, La 5:20 (לָנֶצֵח, as נ׳ in Syr., = victory)*;]

victory: Mt 12:20 (Is 42:3, LXX ἀλήθεια), I Co 15:54 (Read the full entry →

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

νῖκος, -ous, τό, a later form i. q. νίκη (cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p- 647; [B. 23 (20); W. 247), victory: 1 Co. xv. 55, 57, (2 Mace. x. 38; [1 Esdr. iii. 97}; εἰς νῖκος, until he have gained the victory, Mt. xii. 20; κατεπόθη ὁ θάνατος εἰς νῖκος, [A. V. death is swallowed up in victory] i. e. utterly vanquished, 1 Co. xv. 54. (The Sept. sometimes translate the Hebr. ΠΥ) i. e. to everlasting, forever, by εἰς νῖκος, 28. ii. 26; Jobxxxvi. 7; Lam. v.20; Am.i.11; viii. 7, because ΓΚ) denotes also splendor, 1 Chr. xxix. 11, and in Syriae victory.) ἢ Nwevt, ἡ, Hebr. 1Π}}}} (supposed to be compounded of 12 and 77)3, the abode of Ninus; [ef. Fried. Delitzsch as below; Schrader as below, pp. 102, 572]), in the Grk. and Rom. writ. ἡ Nivos [on the accent οἵ. Pape, Eigennamen, s. v.], Nineveh (Vulg. Ninive [so A. V. in Lk. as below 7), a great city, the capital of Assyria, built apparently about B. c.…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

νῖκος (nikos) — victory.

νῖκος, εος, τό,

later form for νίκη, [LXX+1st c.BC+]; written νεῖκος), [NT+8th c.BC+]; εἰς νῖκος for ever, [LXX]

Strong's Greek Dictionary

νῖκος

nikos

from 3529; a conquest (concretely), i.e. (by implication)

triumph:--victory.

see GREEK for 3529

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

νῖκος, ους, τό

n.n.

victory

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

νῖκος nikos 4x

victory, Mt. 12:20; 1 Cor. 15:54, 55, 57*

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

νῖκος later form for νίκη, Anth.

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

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
100%victory
victory100% · 4×

4 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.

What it does in the sentencefrom the Nestle 1904 treebank
adverbial50%subject25%object25%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 4 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
εἰς
ἐκβάλλωI throw, cast, pθάνατοςdeath
Article the
θάνατοςdeathἐγώ
νῖκοςvictory
what comes after →
Article the
κρίσιςjudging, divine
ποῦIrg
σύ
διά
Article the

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

Concordanceνῖκος · 4× in the New Testament
1 Corinthians Matthew
Across the New Testament2 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
The Shepherd of Hermas
The Shepherd of HermasThe Shepherd of Hermas 17.2.5c. AD 140

σὺ οὖν νικήσας καὶ στεφανωθεὶς κατ̓ αὐτῆς ἐλθὲ πρὸς τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν τῆς δικαιοσύνης, καὶ παραδοὺς αὐτῇ τὸ νῖκος, ὃ ἔλαβες, δούλευσον αὐτῇ, καθὼς αὐτὴ βούλεται.

In the everyday Greek (the secular world, not the church)letters, leases, receipts — nobody writing one is trying to sound biblical
1st c. BC 2nd c. AD
BGU 3 1002Hermopolis56 BC

εἰσιν πᾶσαι αἱ κατʼ αὐτῶν κείμεναι συνγραφαὶ καὶ ὠναὶ καὶ δίκαια καὶ βέβαια καὶ νῖκος. ἐὰν δέ τίς σοι ὅρκος ἢ ἐπίδειξις ἐπιβληθῆι περὶ αὐτῶν, ἐγὼ αὐτὸς ἐπιτελέσω καὶ

P.Lond. 2 p. 245-247 no. 193 VoArsinoitesAD 101–AD 200

αὑτῆς ἐνέχυρα δραχμῶν κη καὶ τόκον δραχμῶν δ ὀβολῶν ιζ, ὁμοίως καὶ τόκον … νικος διὰ Ταουήτιος Πανεφρέμιος Παῦνι ἀπὸ Φαμενὼθ τοῦ ιδ ἔτους ὀβολοὺς η … … γ,

A reed bruised not He will break and a wick smoldering not He will quench until when He shall lead to victory <the> justice.
τὴνho <the> G3588 Article · accusative · singular · feminine
19,783× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
about as common in Matthew as anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
The Greek word for 'the' or 'this', used to point out a specific person or thing, like in Acts 17:28. It can also mean 'he', 'she', or 'it'.
Tyndale gloss
the/this/who
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The definite article — the commonest word in the Greek New Testament at 19,867 occurrences. Greek uses it more freely than English does and can drop it deliberately, so its presence and its absence both carry weight for a translator; but no single occurrence carries a message of its own. Here it simply gathers “the things” into one definite bundle.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

ὁ, ἡ, τό,

the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article.

As demonstr. pron.

As freq. in Hom., absol., he (she, it), his (etc.): Ac 17:28 (quoted from the poet Aratus).

Distributive, ὁ μὲν . . . ὁ δέ, the one . . . the other: I Co 7:7, Ga 4:22; pl., Ac 14:4, 17:32, Phl 1:16, al.; οἱ μὲν . . . ἄλλοι δέ, Mt 16:14, Jo 7:12; οἱ μεν̀ . . . ὁ δέ, He 7:21, 23.

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

ὁ 435 ὁ tives of quantity, ὅλος, πᾶς, πολύς, see each in its own place. d. What has been said concerning adjectives holds true also of all other limitations added to substantives, as ἡ κατ᾽ ἐκλογὴν πρόθεσις, Ro. ix. 11; ἡ παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ διαθήκη, Ro. xi. 27; 6 λόγος 6 τοῦ σταυροῦ, 1 Co. i. 18; ἡ εἰς Χριστὸν πίστις, Col. ii. 5; on the other hand, ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν ἡ πρὸς τὸν θεόν, 1 Th. i. 8; τῆς διακονίας τῆς εἰς τοὺς ἁγίους, 2 Co. viii. 4; see many other exx. of each usage in W. 131 (124) sqq.; [B. 91 (80) sqq.]. e. The noun has the article before it when a demonstrative pronoun (υὗτος, ἐκεῖνος) belonging to it either precedes or follows [W. § 18, 4; B. § 127, 29-31]; as, ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος, Jn. ix. 24 [οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρ. 1, Tr mrg. WH); Acts vi. 13; xxii. 26; ὁ λαὸς οὗτος, Mt. xv. 8; 6 vids σου οὗτος, Lk. xv. 30; plur. Lk. xxiv. 17, and numberless other exx.; οὗτος 6 ἄνθρωπος, Lk. xiv. 30; οὗτος ὁ…

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

ὃ, ἡ τό. (1) Apart from connexion with μέν or δέ (see below) the demonstrative use of the art. in the NT is confined to a poetical quotation Ac 1778, but it is not uncommon in the papyri, e.g. P Par 45® (B.C. 153) (= Witkowski®, p. 85) τὰ (for ἃ) πράσεις (Δ πράσσεις), P Oxy VIII. 1160! (iii/iv A.D.) Ta (for ἃ) σεσύλληχα (for συνείληχα) δὲ κέρμα {ταν τηρῶ αὐτὰ εἰς τὴν δίκην, “1 am keeping for the trial the money that I have collected” (Ed.). For the distributive Opéev.. - 6 8€, as in 1 Cor7’, cf. P Lond 535 (B.c. 161) (=I. p. 19, U.P.Z. i. p. 239) kal τὰ μὲν ἡμῶν ἐληφότων εἰς τὴν γινομένην ἡμῖν συντάξειν, τὰ δ᾽ ἔτι διὰ τὴν τῶν ὑποτεταγμένων {(.. ... > παρελκομένων. (2) The use of the art. as a relative, of which there is no trace in the NT, may again be illustrated by the following papyrus citations from ¢c. A.D. 346—P Lond 414® (= II. Ῥ. 292) γεινῴσκιν oe θέλω περὶ τοῦ βρεουίου…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

ὁ (ho) — the/this/who.

ὁ,

ἡ, τό, is, when thus written,

__A demonstrative Pronoun.

__B in Attic dialect, definite or prepositive Article.

__C in Epic dialect, the so-called postpositive Article, = relative Pronoun, ὅς, ἥ, ὅ.—The nominative masculine and feminine singular and plural, ὁ, ἡ, οἱ, αἱ, have no accent in codices and most printed books, except when used as the relative; but ὁ, ἡ, οἱ, αἱ differ only in writing from ὃ, ἣ, οἳ, α; the nominative forms of the article are said by Hdn.Gr.1.474 to be oxytone, and by [Refs 2nd c.AD+] in Aeolic dialect accusative to [Refs 8th c.BC+] genitive and dative dual τοῖιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]— In Doric dialect and all other dialects except Attic dialect and Ionic dialect the feminine forms preserve the old ᾱ instead of changing it to η, hence Doric dialect etc. ἁ, τάν, τᾶ; the genitive plural τάων contracts in many dialects to τᾶ; the genitive…

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

ὁ ἡ τό

ho

he hay, and the neuter

to to

in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be

supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one,

he, she, it, etc.

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

ὁ, ἡ, τό

Article

the

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

ὁ ho 19x

the prepositive article, answering, to a considerable extent, to the English definite article; but, for the principle and facts of its usage, consult a grammar; ὁ μὲν ... ὁ δέ, the one ... the other, Phil. 1:16, 17; Heb. 7:5, 6, 20, 21, 23, 24; pl. some ... others, Mt. 13:23; 22:5, 6; ὁ δέ, but he, Mt. 4:4; 12:48; οἱ δέ, but others, Mt. 28:17; used, in a poetic quotation, for a personal pronoun, Acts 17:28

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὁ the, that

ὁ, ἡ, τό, is

demonstr. Pronoun.

the definite Article.

in epic, the relative Pronoun, when it is written with the accent ὅ, ἥ, τό ῀ ὅς, ἥ, ὅ. Besides the common forms, note epic gen. sg. τοῖο for τοῦ; pl. nom. τοί, ταί; gen. fem. τάων [α^], dat. τοῖσι, τῇς and τῇσι; dual gen, and dat. τοῖιν:— in Trag. we find τοὶ μέν . . , τοὶ δέ . . , for οἱ μέν . . , οἱ δέ . . ; dat. pl. also τοῖσι, ταῖσι: the dual has commonly but one gender, τώ for τά, τοῖν for ταῖν.

DEMONSTR. PRONOUN:

joined with a Subst., not as the Art., but like Lat. ille, ὁ Τυδείδης Tydeus's famous son, Il.; Νέστωρ ὁ γέρων Nestor— that aged man, id. Il.; τιμῆς τῆς Πριάμου for honour, namely that of Priam, id. Il.

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

T-ASF Part of Speech: definite arTicle Case: Accusative Number: Singular Gender: Feminine

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

THE, an adjective or definitive adjective.

1. This adjective is used as a definitive, that is, before nouns which are specific or understood; or it is used to limit their signification to a specific thing or things, or to describe them; as the laws of the twelve tables. the independent tribunals of justice in our country, are the security or private rights, and the best bulwark against arbitrary power. the sun is the source of light and heat.

This he calls the preaching of the cross.

2. the is also used rhetorically before a noun in the singular number, to denote a species by way of distinction; a single thing representing the whole. the fig tree putteth forth her green figs; the almond tree shall flourish; the grasshopper shall be a burden.

3. In poetry, the sometimes loses the final vowel before another vowel.

Th' adorning thee with so much art,

Is but a barb'rous skill.

Into Englishhow translators actually render it
64%the
the64% · 13160×<the>28% · 5846×those3% · 597×other renderings4% · 788×other renderings1% · 294×

20,685 occurrences in the New Testament, rendered 83 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
subject34%adverbial32%object24%predicate5%indirect object4%

Parsing tells you the form; the treebank tells you the job. Counted over all 19,783 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
αὐτόςεἰμίI am, existἐγώ
ἐν
καίand, even, also,αὐτόςArticle the
εἰς
αὐτόςεἰσέρχομαιI go in, come inἔρχομαιI come, go
αὐτός
λέγωI say, speakδέbut, on the otheπρός
εἰμίI am, exist
οὗτοςσύἐγώ
<the>19783×
what comes after →
θεόςGod, a god
Article theκαίand, even, also,ἐγώ
δέbut, on the other ha
λέγωI say, speakἸησοῦςJesusἀποκρίνομαιI answer, reply
ἸησοῦςJesus
λέγωI say, speakκαίand, even, also,Article the
κύριοςlord, Lord, master,
ἐγώἸησοῦςJesusArticle the
πατήρfather, Father, ance
ἐγώσύαὐτός

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

Concordance · 19,783× in the New Testament
Matthew Acts Luke John Revelation Mark Romans 1 Corinthians Hebrews 2 Corinthians Ephesians 1 John

40 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 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

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.

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 1st c. AD 3rd c. BC 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

P.Adl. 11Pathyris99 BC

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 Νεχούτου.

P.Grenf. 2 35Pathyris99 BC

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

A reed bruised not He will break and a wick smoldering not He will quench until when He shall lead to victory <the> justice.
κρίσιν.krisis justice. G2920 Noun · accusative · singular · feminine
47× in the NT scale is logarithmic — ὁ, the commonest word, appears 19,867×
commoner in Matthew than anywhere else in the New Testament
In plain English
Meaning
Judgment refers to a decision or verdict, often from God. In John 3:19 and 2 Thessalonians 1:5, it means divine judgment, where God evaluates people's actions and renders a verdict.
Amplified meaning
righteous judgment, verdict
Tyndale gloss
judgment
Greek lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

κρίσις (krisis) is derived from the verb κρίνω (krinō), meaning to judge or decide. It encompasses a range of meanings, including judgment, decision, and trial, often in a legal or divine context. In the New Testament, it refers to both human and divine judgment, with specific mentions in John and Matthew regarding the last judgment. The lexicons do not present significant disagreement.

Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the NT

κρίσις, -εως, ἡ

(< κρίνω),

[in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁפָּט, also for רִיב, etc.;]

a seperating, selection (Arist., al.)

a decision, judgment (cl.): Jo 8:16, I Ti 5:24, II Pe 2:11, Ju 9; κ. κρίνειν, Jo 7:24; in forensic sense, Ac 8:33(LXX) (v. Page, in l.); esp. of the Divine judgment, Jo 3:19 5:24, 27, 29, 30 12:31 16:8, 11, II Th 1:5, He 10:27, Ja 2:13 5:12, II Pe 2:4, Re 18:10; pl., Re 16:7 19:2; of the last judgment,

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

κρίσις, -ews, 7, Sept. for 11, 32) (a suit), but chiefly for τ: in Grk. writ. [(fr. Aeschyl. and Hdt. down) ] 1. a separating, sundering, separation; a trial, contest. 2. selection. 3. judgment; i. e. opinion or decision given concerning anything, esp. concerning justice and injustice, right and wrong; a. univ.: Jn. viii. 16; 1 Tim. v. 24 (on which see ἐπακολουθέων; Jude 9; 2 Pet. ii. 11; κρίσιν κρίνειν (see κρίνω, 5 b.), Jn. vii. 24. b. in a forensic sense, of the judgment of God or of Jesus the Messiah: univ., Jas. ii. 13; 2 Th.i.5; Heb. x. 27; plur., Rev. xvi.7; xix.2; of the last judgment: Heb. ix. 27; ἡ ἡμέρα κρίσεως [ Mt. x. 15; xi. 22,24; xii.36; Mk. vi.11 RL in br.; 2 Pet. ii. 9; iii. 7] or τῆς κρίσεως [1 Jn. iv. 17], the day appointed for the judgment, see ἡμέρα, 3; εἰς κρίσιν μεγάλης ἡμέρας, Jude 6; ἡ ὥρα τῆς κρίσεως αὐτοῦ, i.e. τοῦ θεοῦ, Rey. xiv. 7; ἐν τῇ κρίσει, at the time…

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κρίσις in the sense of ‘‘judging,” ‘‘trial,” is found in such passages as PST IT. 173}? (ii/B.c.) κα[τὰ προε]νεστῶσαν . . ἐπὶ σοῦ κρίσιν, P Oxy IX. 1203” (late i/A.D.) where certain petitioners ask that no step be taken against them μέχρι κρίσεως, ‘before the trial of the case,” the curious mantic P Ryl I. 28 7% (iv/A.p.) σφυρὸν εὐώνυμον ἐὰν ἅληται ἐν κρίσει βαρη[θ]εὶς ἔσται καὶ ἐκφεύξεται, ‘if the left ankle quiver, he will be burdened with a trial, and will be acquitted ” (Edd.), and OGZS 6695 (i/a.D.) eis κρίσιν ἄγεσθαι. From this it is an easy transition to the result of the judging, **judgement,”’ “decision,” e.g. P Petr III. 26° (iii/B.c.) ἐκ κρίσεως, ‘in accordance with a legal decision,” P Oxy I. 68% (A.D. 131) οὖσαν δ ἐμοὶ τὴν πρὸς αὐτὸν κρίσιν, “‘judgement against him being entered in my favour’’ (Edd.), P Ryl IL. 78% (A.D. 157) περὶ ἀπολογισμοῦ κρίσεων, ‘ concerning the…

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Liddell-Scott-Jones, full edition

κρίσις (krisis) — judgment.

κρίσις [ῐς], εως, ἡ,

(κρίνω) separating, distinguishing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν ὁμοιογενῶν, τῶν διαφερόντων, uncertain reading in [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. decision, judgement, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. οὐκ ἀληθής no certain means of judging, [Refs 5th c.BC+] K.; Κρίσις, title of a play by Sophocles on the Judgemént of Paris; κ. τινός judgement on or respecting, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: ἡ τῶν ὅπλων κ., referring to the story of Ajax, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; κ. συνετή [Refs]; power of judgement, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; κατὰ κρίσιν with judgement, advisedly, [Refs]

3. choice, election, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

4. interpretation of dreams or portents, [LXX+1st c.BC+]

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Strong's Greek Dictionary

κρίσις

krisis

decision (subjectively or objectively, for or against); by

extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine

law):--accusation, condemnation, damnation, judgment.

Dodson Greek-English Lexicon

κρίσις, εως, ἡ

n.f.

judging, divine judgment

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

κρίσις krisis 47x

pr. distinction; discrimination; judgment, decision, award, Jn. 5:30; 7:24; 8:16; a judicial sentence, Jn. 3:19; Jas. 2:13; an adverse sentence, Mt. 23:33; Mk. 3:29; judgment, judicial process, trial, Mt. 10:15; Jn. 5:24; 12:31; 16:8; judgment, administration of justice, Jn. 5:22, 27; in NT a court of justice, tribunal, Mt. 5:21, 22; an impeachment, Read the full entry →

Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones

κρίσις κρί^σις, εως κρίνω a separating, power of distinguishing, Arist.: choice, selection, id. Arist.

a decision, judgment, Hdt., Aesch.; κρ. οὐκ ἀληθής no certain means of judging, Soph.

in legal sense, a trial, Ar., Thuc., etc.:— the result of a trial, condemnation, Xen.

a trial of skill, τόξου in archery, Soph.

a dispute, περί τινος Hdt.

the event or issue of a thing, κρίσιν ἔχειν to be decided, of a war, Thuc.

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

N-ASF Part of Speech: Noun Case: Accusative Number: Singular Gender: Feminine

Bible dictionarieson the English sense
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

jus'-tis (tsedhaqah; tsedheq; dikaiosune): The original Hebrew and Greek words are the same as those rendered "righteousness." This is the common rendering, and in about half the cases where we have "just" and "justice" in the King James Version, the American Standard Revised Version has changed to "righteous" and "righteousness." It must be constantly borne in mind that the two ideas are essentially the same.

See RIGHTEOUSNESS.

1. Human Justice:

Justice had primarily to do with conduct in relation to others, especially with regard to the rights of others. It is applied to business, where just weights and measures are demanded (Le 19:35,36; De 25:13-16; Am 8:5; Pr 11:1; 16:11…

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Justice

Is rendering to every one that which is his due. It has been distinguished from equity in this respect, that while justice means merely the doing what positive law demands, equity means the doing of what is fair and right in every separate case.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

A principle of righteousness and equity, controlling our conduct, and securing a due regard to all the rights of others-their persons, property, character, and interests. It has to do, not with pecuniary transactions alone, but with all our intercourse with society. It forms a chief element of the character approved in God’s word; and a truly just man has but to "love mercy, and walk humbly with God," to fulfil all righteousness. Justice in magistrates, rulers, and judges, must be fearless and impartial, and all its decisions such as will bear revision before the court of heaven, De 1:16,17 2Sa 23:3 2Ch 19:6-10. Judgement is peculiarly the prerogative of God, and every earthly tribunal lies under the shadow of the "great white…

Nave's Topical Bible

→ General scriptures concerning Ex 23:1-3,6-8; Le 19:13-15; De 16:18-20; 25:1-4; Ezr 7:26; Ps 72:1,2; 82:2-4; Pr 17:15,26; 18:5,17; 20:8; 22:27; 24:23; 28:21; 29:26; Ec 3:16,17; 5:8; 7:7; Isa 1:17; 56:1; 59:14,15; Jer 22:1-4; La 3:35,36; Am 5:7,11,12;

Across the New Testament12 of 27 books
MtMkLkJnAcRo1Co2CoGaEphPhpCol1Th2Th1Ti2TiTitPhmHebJas1Pe2Pe1Jn2Jn3JnJudRev
The Hebrew behind itwhat the Septuagint translators were rendering

Counted over the 158 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 Clement of Rome The Epistle of Barnabas Polycarp
Philo of AlexandriaAllegorical Interpretation of Genesis 2.6c. AD 40

τὸ δὲ ἄλογον αἴσθησίς ἐστι καὶ τὰ ταύτης ἔκγονα πάθη, καὶ μάλιστα εἰ μὴ κρίσεις εἰσὶν ἡμέτεραι.

JosephusAntiquities of the Jews 1.232c. AD 75–95

Ἴσακος δέ, πατρὸς γὰρ ἦν οἵου τετυχηκότα γενναῖον ἔδει τὸ φρόνημα εἶναι, δέχεται πρὸς ἡδονὴν τοὺς λόγους καὶ φήσας, ὡς οὐδὲ γεγονέναι τὴν ἀρχὴν ἦν δίκαιος, εἰ θεοῦ καὶ πατρὸς μέλλει κρίσιν ἀπωθεῖσθαι καὶ μὴ παρέχειν αὑτὸν τοῖς ἀμφοτέρων βουλήμασιν…

The Epistle of BarnabasThe Epistle of Barnabas 1.6c. AD 100

Τρία οὖν δόγματά ἐστιν κυρίου: ζωῆς ἐλπίς, ἀρχὴ καὶ τέλος πίστεως ἡμῶν: καὶ δικαιοσύνη, κρίσεως ἀρχὴ καὶ τέλος: ἀγάπη εὐφροσύνης καὶ ἀγαλλιάσεως ἔργων δικαιοσύνης μαρτυρία.

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

τῆς γῆς οἱ ὑπόχρεοι. Διηρᾶς· μὴ ἵνα πάλιν τοὺς καρποὺς βαστάσωσι μετὰ τὴν σὴν κρίσιν. Κρονίων· δαπάνας ἐποιήσαμεν. Ἀπολωνίδης ὁ στρατηγός· ὁ κωμογραμματεὺς ἐπικρινεῖ πόσαι ἐγένοντο δαπάναι καὶ ταύτας

P.Lond. 2 p. 206-207 no. 298Ptolemais Euergetis (ArsinoitesAD 124

τὸν ὁμολογοῦντα Πρῖμον ἀποδώσειν τῷ Ἡρακλείδῃ ὁπηνίκα ἐὰν αὐτὸς Ἡρακλείδης αἱρῆται ἄνευ δίκης καὶ κρίσεως καὶ πάσης ὑπερθέσεως καὶ εὑρησιλογίας ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀποδῷ καθὰ γέγραπται ἀποτισάτω τῶι Ἡρακλείδῃ

P.Mert. 3 117ArsinoitesAD 140

παρε … … … εἰς ἀναγκαιότερα μεταπεριεσπώμην. ὁ κριτής· ἀναγινώσκετε ἃς λέγει ἔχειν κρίσεις. καὶ ἀναγνόντων αἰλίου Νουμισιανοῦ στρατηγοῦ ὑπομνηματισμοὺς ἕνα μὲν κεχρονισμένον ἐπὶ τοῦ δ ἔτους Ἀντωνίνου

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