Luke 14:28

If any of you wants to build a tower, does he not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he can complete it?

The greek text BETA

Nestle-Aland (NA)

Τίς   γὰρ   ἐξ   ὑμῶν   θέλων   πύργον   οἰκοδομῆσαι   οὐχὶ   πρῶτον   καθίσας   ψηφίζει   τὴν   δαπάνην   εἰ   ἔχει   εἰς   ἀπαρτισμόν;  

Textus Receptus (TR)

Τίς   γὰρ   ἐξ   ὑμῶν   θέλων   πύργον   οἰκοδομῆσαι   οὐχὶ   πρῶτον   καθίσας   ψηφίζει   τὴν   δαπάνην   εἰ   ἔχει   εἰς   τὰ   ἀπαρτισμόν;  

Manuscript comments

Both NA and TR have 17 words, however there are differences between the texts.



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Strongs nr Greek English Grammar Code
G5101
Τίς (Tis)
Which
Interrogative pron. Interrogative/Uncertain pronoun
nom. sing. Nominative singular masculine
I-NSM
G1063
γὰρ (gar)
for
Conj. Conjunktion
CONJ
G1537
ἐξ (ex)
of
Preposition Preposition
PREP
G4771
ὑμῶν (ymon)
you,
Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun
gen. pl. second person genitive plural
P-2GP
G2309
θέλων (thelon)
is desiring
VERB Verb
pres. active part. present active Participle
nom. sing. Nominative singular masculine
V-PAP-NSM
G4444
πύργον (pyrgon)
a tower
Noun Noun
acc. sing. accusative singular masculine
N-ASM
G3618
οἰκοδομῆσαι (oikodomesai)
to build,
VERB Verb
aorist active inf. aorist active infinitive
V-AAN
G3780
οὐχὶ (oychi)
not
Particle Particle
Nominative Nominative
PRT-N
G4413
πρῶτον (proton)
first
Adjective Adjective
acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral
A-ASN
G2523
καθίσας (kathisas)
having sat down,
VERB Verb
aorist active part. aorist active Participle
nom. sing. Nominative singular masculine
V-AAP-NSM
G5585
ψηφίζει (psephizei)
counts
VERB Verb
pres. active ind. present active indicative
sing. third person singular
V-PAI-3S
G3588
τὴν (ten)
the
Definite article Definite article
acc. sing. accusative singular feminine
T-ASF
G1160
δαπάνην (dapanen)
cost,
Noun Noun
acc. sing. accusative singular feminine
N-ASF
G1487
εἰ (ei)
whether
Cond. part./conj. Conditional Particle or Conjunction
COND
G2192
ἔχει (echei)
he has
VERB Verb
pres. active ind. present active indicative
sing. third person singular
V-PAI-3S
G1519
εἰς (eis)
for
Preposition Preposition
PREP
G0535
ἀπαρτισμόν; (apartismon;)
[its] completion?
Noun Noun
acc. sing. accusative singular masculine
N-ASM

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