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And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
καὶkaiAnd
Lemma: καί (kai) · Strong's: G2532
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: and — καί, ; conj., ; and ; I. Copulative. ; 1. Connecting single words; (a) in general: Mat.2:18, 16:1, Mrk.2:15, Luk.8:15, Heb.1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Mat.23:23, Luk.14:21, Rom.7:12,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 9450 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2532; TFLSJ G2532; TAGNT Ephesians 2:17 word 1
ἐλθὼνelthōnhaving come
Lemma: ἔρχομαι (erchomai) · Strong's: G2064
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (V-2AAP-NSM)
Meaning: to come/go — ἔρχομαι, ; [in LXX very frequently for בּוֹא, also for הלךְ ni., אתה, etc., 34 words in all ; ] ; 1. to come; (a) of persons, either as arriving or returning from elsewhere: Mat.8:9, Mrk.6:31, Luk.7:8, Jhn.4:27,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 639 times. Also: Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:9, Matthew 2:11, Matthew 2:23, Matthew 3:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2064; TFLSJ G2064; TAGNT Ephesians 2:17 word 2
εὐηγγελίσατοeuēngelisatoHe evangelised
Lemma: εὐαγγελίζομαι (euangelizomai) · Strong's: G2097
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Middle · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-AMI-3S)
Meaning: to speak good news — εὐαγγελίζω ; [in LXX for בָּשַׂר pi., hith.; for good news in general: 1Ki.31:9, al.; of God's loving kindness, Psa.40:10 96:2, and esp. of Messianic blessings, Isa.40:9 60:6, al. ; ] ; to bring or announce glad…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 55 times. Also: Matthew 11:5, Luke 1:19, Luke 2:10, Luke 3:18, Luke 4:18, Luke 4:43 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2097; TFLSJ G2097; TAGNT Ephesians 2:17 word 3
εἰρήνηνeirēnēnpeace
Lemma: εἰρήνη (eirēnē) · Strong's: G1515
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (N-ASF)
Meaning: peace — εἰρήνη, -ης, ἡ, ; [in LXX chiefly for שָׁלוֹם ; ] ; peace; 1. of public peace, freedom from war: Luk.14:32, Act.12:20 24:2; of the church, Ac 9:31. ; 2. Of peace between persons, concord, agreement : Mat.10:34,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 92 times. Also: Matthew 10:13, Matthew 10:34, Mark 5:34, Luke 1:79, Luke 2:14, Luke 2:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1515; TFLSJ G1515; TAGNT Ephesians 2:17 word 4
ὑμῖνhuminto you
Lemma: σύ (su) · Strong's: G4771
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 2nd · Dative · Plural (P-2DP)
Meaning: you — σύ, ; pron. of 2nd of person(s), ; thou, you, genitive, σοῦ, dative, σοί, accusative, σέ, pl., ὑμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς (enclitic in oblique cases sing., except after prep. (BL, §48, 3), though πρὸς σέ occurs in Mat.25:39).…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 3071 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4771; TFLSJ G4771; TAGNT Ephesians 2:17 word 5
τοῖςtoisthe [ones]
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Dative · Plural · Masculine (T-DPM)
Meaning: the/this/who — ὁ, ἡ, τό, ; the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article. ; I. As demonstr. pron. ; 1. As frequently in Hom.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT Ephesians 2:17 word 6
μακρὰνmakranfar off
Lemma: μακράν (makran) · Strong's: G3112
Parsing: Adverb (ADV)
Meaning: far — μακράν (prop. fem. accusative of μακρός, Sc. ὁδόν), adv. ,; [in LXX for רָחוֹק hi., רָחַק, etc. ; ] ; a long way, far: Luk.15:20, Act.22:21; before ἀπό, Mat.8:30, Luk.7:6, Jhn.21:8, Act.17:27; id. metaphorically,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 11 times. Also: Matthew 8:30, Matthew 23:14, Mark 12:34, Luke 7:6, Luke 15:20, John 21:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3112; TFLSJ G3112; TAGNT Ephesians 2:17 word 7
καὶkaiand
Lemma: καί (kai) · Strong's: G2532
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: and — καί, ; conj., ; and ; I. Copulative. ; 1. Connecting single words; (a) in general: Mat.2:18, 16:1, Mrk.2:15, Luk.8:15, Heb.1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Mat.23:23, Luk.14:21, Rom.7:12,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 9450 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2532; TFLSJ G2532; TAGNT Ephesians 2:17 word 8
εἰρήνηνeirēnēnpeace
Lemma: εἰρήνη (eirēnē) · Strong's: G1515
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (N-ASF)
Meaning: peace — εἰρήνη, -ης, ἡ, ; [in LXX chiefly for שָׁלוֹם ; ] ; peace; 1. of public peace, freedom from war: Luk.14:32, Act.12:20 24:2; of the church, Ac 9:31. ; 2. Of peace between persons, concord, agreement : Mat.10:34,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT
Used 92 times. Also: Matthew 10:13, Matthew 10:34, Mark 5:34, Luke 1:79, Luke 2:14, Luke 2:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1515; TFLSJ G1515; TAGNT Ephesians 2:17 word 9
τοῖςtoisto those
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Dative · Plural · Masculine (T-DPM)
Meaning: the/this/who — ὁ, ἡ, τό, ; the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article. ; I. As demonstr. pron. ; 1. As frequently in Hom.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT Ephesians 2:17 word 10
ἐγγύς,engus[who are] near,
Lemma: ἐγγύς (engus) · Strong's: G1451
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: near — ἐγγύς, adv., ; [in LXX chiefly for קָרוֹב ; ] ; near; 1. of place: Jhn.19:20, 42; as prep. with genitive (M, Pr., 99), Luk.19:11, Jhn.3:23 6:19, 23 11:18, 54, Act.1:12; with dative, Act.9:38 27:8; superl., ἔγγιστα,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 30 times. Also: Matthew 24:32, Matthew 24:33, Matthew 26:18, Mark 13:28, Mark 13:29, Luke 19:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1451; TFLSJ G1451; TAGNT Ephesians 2:17 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He came | → | ἔρχομαι G2064 to come/go |
| [and] preached | → | εὐαγγελίζομαι G2097 to speak good news |
| peace | → | εἰρήνη G1515 peace |
| to you | → | σύ G4771 you |
| who [were] | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| far away | → | μακράν G3112 far |
| and | → | καί G2532 and |
| peace | → | εἰρήνη G1515 peace |
| to those | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| [who were] near | → | ἐγγύς G1451 near |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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