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Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
ὥστεhōsteSo
Lemma: ὥστε (hōste) · Strong's: G5620
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: so — ὥσ-τε ; consecutive particle, ; 1. with infin., expressing result, so as to: Mat.8:24 12:22, Mrk.1:27, Luk.5:7, Act.1:19, Rom.7:6, 1Co.1:7, Heb.13:6, al.; of a designed result, Mat.10:1, Luk.4:29, al.; preceded by…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 83 times. Also: Matthew 8:24, Matthew 8:28, Matthew 10:1, Matthew 12:12, Matthew 12:22, Matthew 13:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5620; TFLSJ G5620; TAGNT Galatians 4:16 word 1
ἐχθρὸςechthrosenemy
Lemma: ἐχθρός (echthros) · Strong's: G2190
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (N-NSM)
Meaning: enemy — ἐχθρός, -ά, -όν; (ἔχθος, hatred), [in LXX chiefly for אֵיבָה, also for עָר, etc. ; ] ; 1. hated, hateful (Hom.): opposite to ἀγαπητός, Rom.11:28. ; 2. Actively, hating, hostile: Rom.5:10, 1Co.15:25, 2Th.3:15; with…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 32 times. Also: Matthew 5:43, Matthew 5:44, Matthew 10:36, Matthew 13:25, Matthew 13:28, Matthew 13:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2190; TFLSJ G2190; TAGNT Galatians 4:16 word 2
ὑμῶνhumōnof you
Lemma: σύ (su) · Strong's: G4771
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 2nd · Genitive · Plural (P-2GP)
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 Galatians 4:16 word 3
γέγοναgegonahave I become
Lemma: γίνομαι (ginomai) · Strong's: G1096
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Perfect · Active · Indicative · 1st · Singular (V-2RAI-1S)
Meaning: to be — γίνομαι, Ion. and κοινή for Att. γίγν- (M. Pr., 47; Bl., §6, 8 Mayser, 166 f.), ; [in LXX chiefly for היה ; ] ; 1. of persons, things occurrences, to come into being, be born, arise, come on: Jhn.1:15 8:58, 1Co.15:37; a…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 675 times. Also: Matthew 1:22, Matthew 4:3, Matthew 5:18, Matthew 5:45, Matthew 6:10, Matthew 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1096; TFLSJ G1096; TAGNT Galatians 4:16 word 4
ἀληθεύωνalētheuōnspeaking truth
Lemma: ἀληθεύω (alētheuō) · Strong's: G0226
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (V-PAP-NSM)
Meaning: be truthful — ἀληθεύω; (ἀληθής), [in LXX: Gen.20:16 (יָכַח) Gen.42:16 (אֶמֶת), Pro.21:3 (מִשְׁפָּט), Isa.44:26 (שָׁלַם), Sir.34:4 * ; ] ; to speak the truth (R, mg., deal truly; Field, Notes, 192): Gal.4:16, Eph.4:15.†; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2 times. Also: Ephesians 4:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0226; TFLSJ G0226; TAGNT Galatians 4:16 word 5
ὑμῖν;huminto 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 Galatians 4:16 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Have I now become | → | γίνομαι G1096 to be |
| your | → | σύ G4771 you |
| enemy | → | ἐχθρός G2190 enemy |
| [by] telling you the truth | → | ἀληθεύω G0226 be truthful |
| . . . | → | σύ G4771 you |
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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