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Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? (KJV)

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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.

ἢēOr

Lemma: ἤ (ē) · Strong's: G2228

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

Meaning: or — ἤ, ; disjunctive and comparative particle (Bl., §36, 12; 77, 11); 1. disjunctive, or; (a) between single words: Mat.5:17 Mrk.6:56, Luk.2:24, Jhn.6:19, Rom.1:21, al.; (b) before a sentence expressing a variation, denial…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 365 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 5:17, Matthew 5:18, Matthew 5:36, Matthew 6:24, Matthew 6:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2228; TFLSJ G2228; TAGNT Luke 11:12 word 1

καὶkaialso

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 Luke 11:12 word 2

ἐὰνeanif

Lemma: ἐάν (ean) · Strong's: G1437

Parsing: Conjunction (COND)

Meaning: if — ἐάν, contr. fr. εἰ ἄν, ; conditional particle, ; representing something as "under certain circumstances actual or liable to happen," but not so definitely expected as in the case of εἰ with ind. (Bl., §65, 4; cf.…

Greek editions with this word: TR, Byzantine

Used 345 times. Also: Matthew 4:9, Matthew 5:13, Matthew 5:19, Matthew 5:20, Matthew 5:23, Matthew 5:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1437; TFLSJ G1437; TAGNT Luke 11:12 word 3

αἰτήσειaitēseihe will ask for

Lemma: αἰτέω (aiteō) · Strong's: G0154

Parsing: Verb · Future · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-FAI-3S)

Meaning: to ask — αἰτέω, -ῶ, ; [in LXX chiefly for שׁאל ; ] ; to ask, request: absol., Mat.7:7, Jas.1:6; with accusative of person(s), Mat.5:42, Luk.6:30; with accusative of thing(s), before ἀπό, Mat.20:20, 1Jn.5:15; id. before παρά,…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT

Used 70 times. Also: Matthew 5:42, Matthew 6:8, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, Matthew 7:9, Matthew 7:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G0154; TFLSJ G0154; TAGNT Luke 11:12 word 4

ᾠόν,ōonan egg,

Lemma: ᾠόν (ōon) · Strong's: G5609

Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (N-ASN)

Meaning: an egg — ᾠόν; (Rec. ὠόν), -οῦ, τό [in LXX for בֵּיצָה ; ] ; an egg: Luk.11:12.† ; (AS)

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G5609; TFLSJ G5609; TAGNT Luke 11:12 word 5

μὴmēsurely not

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…

Greek editions with this word: TR, Byzantine

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 Luke 11:12 word 6

ἐπιδώσειepidōseiwill he give

Lemma: ἐπιδίδωμι (epididōmi) · Strong's: G1929

Parsing: Verb · Future · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-FAI-3S)

Meaning: to give/deliver — ἐπι-δίδωμι ; [in LXX for נָתַן, etc. ; ] ; 1. to give over, to hand: with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Mat.7:9, 19, Luk.11:11-12 24:30, 42, Act.15:30; pass. with dative of person(s), Luk.4:17. ; 2. to…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 10 times. Also: Matthew 7:9, Matthew 7:10, Luke 4:17, Luke 11:11, Luke 24:30, Luke 24:42 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1929; TFLSJ G1929; TAGNT Luke 11:12 word 7

αὐτῷautōto him

Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846

Parsing: Personal pronoun · Dative · Singular · Masculine (P-DSM)

Meaning: it/s/he — αὐτός, -ή, -ό, ; determinative pron., in late Gk. much more frequently than in cl. (WM, 178f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399). ; 1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., see infr., iii); (1) self (ipse),…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 5846 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G0846; TFLSJ G0846; TAGNT Luke 11:12 word 8

σκορπίον;skorpiona scorpion?

Lemma: σκορπίος (skorpios) · Strong's: G4651

Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (N-ASM)

Meaning: scorpion — σκορπίος, -ου, ὁ ; [in LXX for עַקְרָב ; ] ; a scorpion: Luk.10:19 11:12, Rev.9:3, 5 9:10 †; (AS)

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 5 times. Also: Luke 10:19, Revelation 9:3, Revelation 9:5, Revelation 9:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G4651; TFLSJ G4651; TAGNT Luke 11:12 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

Or→ἤ G2228 or
. . .→καί G2532 and
[if] he asks for→αἰτέω G0154 to ask
an egg→ᾠόν G5609 an egg
will give→ἐπιδίδωμι G1929 to give/deliver
him→αὐτός G0846 it/s/he
a scorpion→σκορπίος G4651 scorpion

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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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