Ephesians 5:8

The greek text ^BETA

Nestle-Aland and Textus Receptus

Manuscript comments

The greek text has 13 words. There is no difference between NA and TR in this verse.

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Interlinear — horizontal

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ἦτε
You were γάρ
for ποτε
once σκότος
darkness; νῦν
now δὲ
however, φῶς
light ἐν
in κυρίῳ·
[the] Lord; ὡς
as τέκνα
children φωτὸς
of light περιπατεῖτε,
do walk —

Interlinear — table

Below is an interlinear version in table form that follows the word order of the original text. Clicking on the Strongs number will show the words in their basic form (note that sometimes the grammar causes not only the endings to change, but also the initial letters of the word).

Strongs nr	Greek	English	Grammar	Code
G1510	ἦτε (ete)	You were	VERB Verb imp. active ind. imperfect active indicative pl. second person plural	V-IAI-2P
G1063	γάρ (gar)	for	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G4218	ποτε (pote)	once	Particle Particle	PRT
G4655	σκότος (skotos)	darkness;	Noun Noun nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral	N-NSN
G3568	νῦν (nyn)	now	Adverb Adverb	ADV
G1161	δὲ (de)	however,	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G5457	φῶς (phos)	light	Noun Noun nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral	N-NSN
G1722	ἐν (en)	in	Preposition Preposition	PREP
G2962	κυρίῳ· (kyrio.)	[the] Lord;	Noun Noun dative sing. ♂ dative singular masculine	N-DSM
G5613	ὡς (os)	as	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G5043	τέκνα (tekna)	children	Noun Noun nom. pl. neut. Nominative plural Neutral	N-NPN
G5457	φωτὸς (photos)	of light	Noun Noun gen. sing. neut. genitive singular Neutral	N-GSN
G4043	περιπατεῖτε, (peripateite,)	do walk —	VERB Verb pres. active imp. present active imperative pl. second person plural	V-PAM-2P

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