Greek Interlinear

Matthew 21:38 Interlinear

But when the husbandmen saw the son they said among themselves This is the heir come let us kill him and let us seize inheritance him

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1οἱG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
2δὲG1161Butbut, and, etc
3γεωργοὶG1092when the husbandmena land-worker, i.e., farmer
4ἰδόντεςG1492sawused only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
5τὸνG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
6υἱὸνG5207the sona "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
7εἶπονG2036they saidto speak or say (by word or writing)
8ἐνG1722among"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc
9ἑαυτοῖςG1438themselves(him- her-, it-, them-, my-, thy-, our-, your-)self (selves), etc
10ΟὗτόςG3778Thisthe he (she or it), i.e., this or that (often with article repeated)
11ἐστινG2076ishe (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
12G3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
13κληρονόμος·G2818the heira sharer by lot, i.e., inheritor (literally or figuratively); by implication, a possessor
14δεῦτεG1205comecome hither!
15ἀποκτείνωμενG615let us killto kill outright; figuratively, to destroy
16αὐτοῦG846himthe reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
17καὶG2532andand, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
18κατάσχωμενG2722let us seizeto hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
19τὴνG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
20κληρονομίανG2817inheritanceheirship, i.e., (concretely) a patrimony or (genitive case) a possession
21αὐτοῦG846himthe reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

Verse Context

Matthew 21:37last of all But he sent unto them ...
Matthew 21:38 (current) But when the husbandmen saw the son they said among themselves This is the heir come let us kill him and let us seize inheritance him
Matthew 21:39And they caught him and cast him out of ...

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