Greek Interlinear
Mark 4:31 Interlinear
“It is like a grain of mustard seed which when it is sown in the earth is less than all the seeds that be in the earth”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ὡς | G5613 | It is like | which how, i.e., in that manner (very variously used, as follows) |
| 2 | κόκκῳ | G2848 | a grain | a kernel of seed |
| 3 | σινάπεως | G4615 | of mustard seed | mustard (the plant) |
| 4 | ὃς | G3739 | which | the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that |
| 5 | ὅταν | G3752 | when | whenever (implying hypothesis or more or less uncertainty); also causatively (conjunctionally) inasmuch as |
| 6 | σπαρῇ | G4687 | it is sown | to scatter, i.e., sow (literally or figuratively) |
| 7 | ἐπὶ | G1909 | in | properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re |
| 8 | τῆς | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 9 | γῆς | G1093 | the earth | soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application) |
| 10 | μικρότερος | G3398 | is less | small (in size, quantity, number or (figuratively) dignity) |
| 11 | πάντων | G3956 | than all | all, any, every, the whole |
| 12 | τῶν | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 13 | σπερμάτων | G4690 | the seeds | something sown, i.e., seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting) |
| 14 | ἐστὶν | G2076 | that be | he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are |
| 15 | τῶν | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 16 | ἐπὶ | G1909 | in | properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re |
| 17 | τῆς | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 18 | γῆς | G1093 | the earth | soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application) |
Verse Context
Mark 4:30And he said Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom...
Mark 4:31 (current)It is like a grain of mustard seed which when it is sown in the earth is less than all the seeds that be in the earth
Mark 4:32But when it is sown it groweth up But becometh...