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Luke 20:21 Interlinear

And they asked him saying Master we know that rightly saying And teachest And neither acceptest thou the person of any but truly the way of God teachest

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1καὶG2532Andand, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
2ἐπηρώτησανG1905they askedto ask for, i.e., inquire, seek
3αὐτὸνG846himthe reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
4λέγειςG3004sayingproperly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
5ΔιδάσκαλεG1320Masteran instructor (genitive case or specially)
6οἴδαμενG1492we knowused only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
7ὅτιG3754thatdemonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
8ὀρθῶςG3723rightlyin a straight manner, i.e., (figuratively) correctly (also morally)
9λέγειςG3004sayingproperly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
10καὶG2532Andand, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
11διδάσκεις·G1321teachestto teach (in the same broad application)
12καὶG2532Andand, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
13οὐG3756neitherthe absolute negative (compare g3361) adverb; no or not
14λαμβάνειςG2983acceptest thouwhile g0138 is more violent, to seize or remove))
15πρόσωπονG4383the personthe front (as being towards view), i.e., the countenance, aspect, appearance, surface; by implication, presence, person
16ἀλλ'G235of any butproperly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
17ἐπ'G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
18ἀληθείαςG225trulytruth
19τὴνG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
20ὁδὸνG3598the waya road; by implication, a progress (the route, act or distance); figuratively, a mode or means
21τοῦG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
22θεοῦG2316of Goda deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
23διδάσκεις·G1321teachestto teach (in the same broad application)

Verse Context

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