ASVh |
And if anyone asks you, What for do you untie it? thus will you say, Because the Lord has need of it. |
ASV |
And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say, The Lord hath need of him. |
Westcott and Hort |
και εαν τις υμας ερωτα δια τι λυετε ουτως ερειτε οτι ο κυριος αυτου χρειαν εχει |
Westcott and Hort Greek |
ASVh |
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance |
και |
And |
2532 kai kahee
Apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--
and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
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εαν |
if |
1437 ean eh-an'
From 1487 and 302; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty:--
before, but, except, (and) if, (if) so, (what-, whither-)soever, though, when (-soever), whether (or), to whom, (who-)so(-ever). See 3361.
See Greek for 1487
See Greek for 302
See Greek for 3361
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τις |
anyone |
5100 tis tis
An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object:--
a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
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υμας |
you |
4771 su soo
The personal pronoun of the second person singular; thou:--
thou. See also 4571, 4671, 4675; and for the plural 5209, 5210, 5213, 5216.
See Greek for 4675
See Greek for 4571
See Greek for 4671
See Greek for 5209
See Greek for 5210
See Greek for 5213
See Greek for 5216
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ερωτα |
asks |
2065 erotao er-o-tah'-o
Apparently from 2046 (compare 2045); to interrogate; by implication, to request:--
ask, beseech, desire, intreat, pray. Compare 4441.
See Greek for 2046
See Greek for 2045
See Greek for 4441
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δια |
for |
1223 dia dee-ah'
A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional):--
after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) … fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
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τι |
What |
5101 tis tis
Probably emphatic of 5100; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions):--
every man, how (much), + no(-ne, thing), what (manner, thing), where (-by, -fore, -of, -unto, - with, -withal), whether, which, who(-m, -se), why.
See Greek for 5100
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λυετε |
do you untie it |
3089 luo loo'-o
A primary verb; to "loosen" (literally or figuratively):--
break (up), destroy, dissolve, (un-)loose, melt, put off. Compare 4486.
See Greek for 4486
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ουτως |
thus |
3779 houto hoo'-to, or (before a vowel houtos hoo'-toce
Adverb from 3778; in this way (referring to what precedes or follows):--
after that, after (in) this manner, as, even (so), for all that, like(-wise), no more, on this fashion(-wise), so (in like manner), thus, what.
See Greek for 3778
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ερειτε |
will you say |
2046 ereo er-eh'-o
Probably a fuller form of 4483; an alternate for 2036 in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. speak or say:--
call, say, speak (of), tell.
See Greek for 4483
See Greek for 2036
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οτι |
Because |
3754 hoti hot'-ee
Neuter of 3748 as conjunction; demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because:--
as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
See Greek for 3748
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ο |
the |
3588 ho ho, including the feminine he hay, and the neuter
to to
In all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--
the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
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κυριος |
Lord |
2962 kurios koo'-ree-os
From kuros (supremacy); supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title):--
God, Lord, master, Sir.
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αυτου |
of it |
846 autos ow-tos'
From the particle au (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--
her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
See Greek for 109
See Greek for 1438
See Greek for 848
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χρειαν |
need |
5532 chreia khri'-ah
From the base of 5530 or 5534; employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution:--
business, lack, necessary(-ity), need(-ful), use, want.
See Greek for 5534
See Greek for 5530
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εχει |
has |
2192 echo ekh'-o; including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o (used in certain tenses only)
A primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition):--
be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
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