Greek Interlinear
Matthew 5:17 Interlinear
“not Think that I am to destroy the law or the prophets not I am to destroy but to fulfil”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Μὴ | G3361 | not | (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether |
| 2 | νομίσητε | G3543 | Think | properly, to do by law (usage), i.e., to accustom (passively, be usual); by extension, to deem or regard |
| 3 | ὅτι | G3754 | that | demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because |
| 4 | ἦλθον | G2064 | I am | to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) |
| 5 | καταλῦσαι | G2647 | to destroy | to loosen down (disintegrate), i.e., (by implication) to demolish (literally or figuratively); specially (compare g2646) to halt for the night |
| 6 | τὸν | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 7 | νόμον | G3551 | the law | law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of moses (including the volume); also of the gospel), or figurat |
| 8 | ἢ | G2228 | or | disjunctive, or; comparative, than |
| 9 | τοὺς | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 10 | προφήτας· | G4396 | the prophets | a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet |
| 11 | οὐκ | G3756 | not | the absolute negative (compare g3361) adverb; no or not |
| 12 | ἦλθον | G2064 | I am | to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) |
| 13 | καταλῦσαι | G2647 | to destroy | to loosen down (disintegrate), i.e., (by implication) to demolish (literally or figuratively); specially (compare g2646) to halt for the night |
| 14 | ἀλλὰ | G235 | but | properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations) |
| 15 | πληρῶσαι | G4137 | to fulfil | to make replete, i.e., (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute |
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