Matthew 16:4

The greek text ^BETA

Nestle AlandTextus Receptus

Manuscript comments

NA has 20 words, TR has 22 (+2).

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γενεὰ
A generation πονηρὰ
evil καὶ
and μοιχαλὶς
adulterous, σημεῖον
a sign ἐπιζητεῖ·
seeks, καὶ
and σημεῖον
a sign οὐ
not δοθήσεται
will be given αὐτῇ
to it, εἰ
except μὴ
only τὸ
the σημεῖον
sign Ἰωνᾶ
of Jonah. καὶ
And καταλιπὼν
having left αὐτοὺς
them, ἀπῆλθεν.¶
He went away.

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Strongs nr	Greek	English	Grammar	Code
G1074	γενεὰ (genea)	A generation	Noun Noun nom. sing. ♀ Nominative singular feminine	N-NSF
G4190	πονηρὰ (ponera)	evil	Adjective Adjective nom. sing. ♀ Nominative singular feminine	A-NSF
G2532	καὶ (kai)	and	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G3428	μοιχαλὶς (moichalis)	adulterous,	Adjective Adjective nom. sing. ♀ Nominative singular feminine	A-NSF
G4592	σημεῖον (semeion)	a sign	Noun Noun acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral	N-ASN
G1934	ἐπιζητεῖ· (epizetei.)	seeks,	VERB Verb pres. active ind. present active indicative sing. third person singular	V-PAI-3S
G2532	καὶ (kai)	and	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G4592	σημεῖον (semeion)	a sign	Noun Noun nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral	N-NSN
G3756	οὐ (oy)	not	Particle Particle Nominative Nominative	PRT-N
G1325	δοθήσεται (dothesetai)	will be given	VERB Verb fut. pass. ind. future passive indicative sing. third person singular	V-FPI-3S
G0846	αὐτῇ (ayte)	to it,	Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun dative sing. ♀ dative singular feminine	P-DSF
G1487	εἰ (ei)	except	Cond. part./conj. Conditional Particle or Conjunction	COND
G3361	μὴ (me)	only	Particle Particle Nominative Nominative	PRT-N
G3588	τὸ (to)	the	Definite article Definite article nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral	T-NSN
G4592	σημεῖον (semeion)	sign	Noun Noun nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral	N-NSN
G2495	Ἰωνᾶ (Iona)	of Jonah.	Noun Noun gen. sing. ♂ genitive singular masculine Person (Person)	N-GSM-P
G2532	καὶ (kai)	And	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G2641	καταλιπὼν (katalipon)	having left	VERB Verb 2nd aorist active part. second aorist active Participle nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine	V-2AAP-NSM
G0846	αὐτοὺς (aytoys)	them,	Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun acc. pl. ♂ accusative plural masculine	P-APM
G0565	ἀπῆλθεν.¶ (apelthen.)	He went away.	VERB Verb 2nd aorist active ind. second aorist active indicative sing. third person singular	V-2AAI-3S

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