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And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them . (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,…

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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 5:11 word 1

μὴmēnot

Lemma: μή (mē) · Strong's: G3361

Parsing: Negative Particle · Negative · Negative (PRT-N)

Meaning: not — μή, ; subjective negative particle, ; used where the negation depends on a condition or hypothesis, expressed or understood, as distinct from οὐ, which denies absolutely. μή is used where one thinks a thing is not, as…

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Used 1087 times. Also: Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 4:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3361; TFLSJ G3361; TAGNT Ephesians 5:11 word 2

συγκοινωνεῖτεsugkoinōneitedo have fellowship with

Lemma: συγκοινωνέω (sugkoinōneō) · Strong's: G4790

Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Imperative · 2nd · Plural (V-PAM-2P)

Meaning: to share with — συν-κοινωνέω (Rec. συγκ-), -ῶ, ; to have fellowship with or in (in cl., with genitive of thing(s), dative of person(s)): with dative of thing(s), Eph.5:11, Rev.18:4; id. with genitive of person(s), Php.4:14.†; (AS)

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Used 3 times. Also: Philippians 4:14, Revelation 18:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G4790; TFLSJ G4790; TAGNT Ephesians 5:11 word 3

τοῖςtoisthe

Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588

Parsing: Definite article · Dative · Plural · Neuter (T-DPN)

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.,…

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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 5:11 word 4

ἔργοιςergoisworks

Lemma: ἔργον (ergon) · Strong's: G2041

Parsing: Noun · Dative · Plural · Neuter (N-DPN)

Meaning: work — ἔργον, -ου, τό (originally Ϝέργον, work), [very frequently in LXX, chiefly for מַשֶׂה, מְלָאכָה, also for עֲבֹדָה, פֹּעַל, etc. ; ] ; 1. work, task, employment: Mrk.13:34, Jhn.4:34 17:4, Act.13:2, Php.1:22 2:30,…

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Used 176 times. Also: Matthew 5:16, Matthew 11:2, Matthew 11:19, Matthew 23:3, Matthew 23:5, Matthew 26:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2041; TFLSJ G2041; TAGNT Ephesians 5:11 word 5

τοῖςtois<the>

Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588

Parsing: Definite article · Dative · Plural · Neuter (T-DPN)

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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 5:11 word 6

ἀκάρποιςakarpoisunfruitful

Lemma: ἄκαρπος (akarpos) · Strong's: G0175

Parsing: Adjective · Dative · Plural · Neuter (A-DPN)

Meaning: unfruitful — ἄ-καρπος, -ον, ; [in LXX: Jer.2:6 (צַלְמָוֶת), Wis.15:4, 4Ma.16:7 ; ] ; unfruitful, barren: figuratively, Mat.13:22, Mrk.4:19, 1Co.14:14, Eph.5:11, Tit.3:14, 2Pe.1:8, Ju 12.†; (AS)

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Used 7 times. Also: Matthew 13:22, Mark 4:19, 1 Corinthians 14:14, Titus 3:14, 2 Peter 1:8, Jude 1:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G0175; TFLSJ G0175; TAGNT Ephesians 5:11 word 7

τοῦtou<the>

Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588

Parsing: Definite article · Genitive · Singular · Neuter (T-GSN)

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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 5:11 word 8

σκότους,skotousof darkness,

Lemma: σκότος (skotos) · Strong's: G4655

Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Singular · Neuter (N-GSN)

Meaning: darkness — σκότος, -ου, ὁ the more usual cl. form (cf.σ., τό), ; darkness: Heb.12:18, Rec.†; (AS)

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Used 31 times. Also: Matthew 4:16, Matthew 6:23, Matthew 8:12, Matthew 22:13, Matthew 25:30, Matthew 27:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G4655; TFLSJ G4655; TAGNT Ephesians 5:11 word 9

μᾶλλονmallonrather

Lemma: μᾶλλον (mallon) · Strong's: G3123H

Parsing: Adverb (ADV)

Meaning: more: rather — μάλα ; adv., [in LXX for אֲבָל, 3Ki.1:43, Dan LXX 10:21, al.; compar. for מ, Num.13:32 (31), al.; μᾶλλον ἠ (מ), Gen.19:9, al.; superlat., 2Ma.8:7, 4Ma.4:22 12:9 15:4 ; ] ; I. Pos., very, very much, exceedingly (cl.; LXX…

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Used 32 times. Also: Matthew 10:6, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 25:9, Matthew 27:24, Mark 5:26, Mark 9:42 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3123H; TFLSJ G3123H; TAGNT Ephesians 5:11 word 10

δὲdehowever

Lemma: δέ (de) · Strong's: G1161

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

Meaning: then — δέ (before vowels δ᾽; on the general neglect of the elision in NT, see WH, App., 146; Tdf., Pr., 96), ; post-positive conjunctive particle; 1. copulative, but, in the next place, and, now (Abbott, JG, 104): Mat.1:2ff.,…

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Used 2921 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1161; TFLSJ G1161; TAGNT Ephesians 5:11 word 11

καὶkaieven

Lemma: καί (kai) · Strong's: G2532

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

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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 5:11 word 12

ἐλέγχετε·elegchetedo expose [them];

Lemma: ἐλέγχω (elegchō) · Strong's: G1651

Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Imperative · 2nd · Plural (V-PAM-2P)

Meaning: to rebuke — ἐλέγχω ; [in LXX chiefly for יָכַח hi. ; ] ; 1. in Hom., to treat with contempt. ; 2. to convict: with accusative, Mat.18:15 (RV, show him his fault), Tit.1:9; before περί, Jhn.8:46 16:8, Ju 15; pass., Jas.2:9. ; 3. to…

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Used 18 times. Also: Matthew 18:15, Luke 3:19, John 3:20, John 8:9, John 8:46, John 16:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1651; TFLSJ G1651; TAGNT Ephesians 5:11 word 13

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Have no fellowship with	→	συγκοινωνέω G4790 to share with
the	→	ὁ G3588 the/this/who
fruitless	→	ἄκαρπος G0175 unfruitful
deeds	→	ἔργον G2041 work
of darkness	→	σκότος G4655 darkness
but	→	δέ G1161 then
. . .	→	καί G2532 and
rather	→	μᾶλλον G3123H more: rather
expose [them]	→	ἐλέγχω G1651 to rebuke

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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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