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And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
ΕἶπενEipenHe spoke
Lemma: εἶπον (eipon) · Strong's: G2036
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-2AAI-3S)
Meaning: to say — εἶπον, 2 aorist of obsolete present ἔπω (cf. Veitch), used as aorist of λέγω, which see ; (AS)
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Used 955 times. Also: Matthew 2:5, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:15, Matthew 4:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2036; TFLSJ G2036; TAGNT Luke 12:16 word 1
δὲdethen
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 Luke 12:16 word 2
παραβολὴνparabolēna parable
Lemma: παραβολή (parabolē) · Strong's: G3850
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (N-ASF)
Meaning: parable — παραβολή, -ῆς, ἡ; (παραβάλλω), [in LXX (cf. McNeile, Mt., 185): Num.23:7, Deu.28:37, Psa.44:14, Pro.1:6, Eze.12:22, al. (מָשַׁל), Sir.47:17 (חִידָה), al. mutt. in Sir, Wis.5:3 ; ] ; 1. a placing beside, juxtaposition…
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Used 50 times. Also: Matthew 13:3, Matthew 13:10, Matthew 13:13, Matthew 13:18, Matthew 13:24, Matthew 13:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3850; TFLSJ G3850; TAGNT Luke 12:16 word 3
πρὸςprosto
Lemma: πρός (pros) · Strong's: G4314
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: to/with — πρός, ; prep. with genitive, dative, accusative ; I. I. C. genitive, of motion from a place, from the side of, hence metaphorically, in the interests of, Act.27:34 (cf. Page, in l.). ; II. II. C. dative, of local…
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Used 732 times. Also: Matthew 2:12, Matthew 3:5, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 3:13, Matthew 3:14, Matthew 3:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4314; TFLSJ G4314; TAGNT Luke 12:16 word 4
αὐτοὺςautousthem
Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846
Parsing: Personal pronoun · Accusative · Plural · Masculine (P-APM)
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),…
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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 12:16 word 5
λέγων·legōnsaying;
Lemma: λέγω (legō) · Strong's: G3004G
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (V-PAP-NSM)
Meaning: to say — λέγω, ; [in LXX very freq., chiefly for אמר; λέγει for נְאֻם, Gen.22:16, al. ; ] ; 1. in Hom., to pick out, gather, reckon, recount.; 2. In Hdt. and Att., to say, speak, affirm, declare: absol., Act.13:15, 24:10; before…
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Used 1305 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:22, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 2:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3004G; TFLSJ G3004G; TAGNT Luke 12:16 word 6
ἀνθρώπουanthrōpouOf a man
Lemma: ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) · Strong's: G0444
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Singular · Masculine (N-GSM)
Meaning: a human — ἄνθρωπος, -ου, ὁ, ; [in LXX chiefly for אִישׁ ,אָדָם, also for אֱנוֹשׁ, etc. ; ] ; man: ; 1. generically, a human being, male or female (Lat. homo): Jhn.16:21; with art., Mat.4:4 12:35, Mrk.2:27, Jhn.2:25, Rom.7:1, al;…
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Used 558 times. Also: Matthew 4:4, Matthew 4:19, Matthew 5:13, Matthew 5:16, Matthew 5:19, Matthew 6:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0444; TFLSJ G0444; TAGNT Luke 12:16 word 7
τινὸςtinoscertain
Lemma: τις (tis) · Strong's: G5100
Parsing: Indefinite pronoun · Genitive · Singular · Masculine (X-GSM)
Meaning: one — τις, neut., τι, genitive, τινός, ; enclitic indefinite pron., related to interrog. τίς as πού, πως, ποτέ to ποῦ, πῶς, πότε. ; I. As subst., ; 1. one, a certain one: Luk.9:49, Jhn.11:1, Act.5:25, al.; pl., τίνες,…
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Used 542 times. Also: Matthew 5:23, Matthew 8:28, Matthew 9:3, Matthew 11:27, Matthew 12:19, Matthew 12:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5100; TFLSJ G5100; TAGNT Luke 12:16 word 8
πλουσίουplousiourich
Lemma: πλούσιος (plousios) · Strong's: G4145
Parsing: Adjective · Genitive · Singular · Masculine (A-GSM)
Meaning: rich — πλούσιος, -α, -ον; (πλοῦτος), [in LXX chiefly for עָשִׁיר ; ] ; rich, wealthy: Mat.27:57, Luk.12:16 14:12 16:1, 19 18:23 19:2. Substantively, ὁ π., Luk.16:21-22, Jas.1:10-11; oἱ π., Luk.6:24 21:1, 1Ti.6:17, Jas.2:6 5:1,…
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Used 28 times. Also: Matthew 19:23, Matthew 19:24, Matthew 27:57, Mark 10:25, Mark 12:41, Luke 6:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4145; TFLSJ G4145; TAGNT Luke 12:16 word 9
εὐφόρησενeuphorēsenbrought forth abundantly
Lemma: εὐφορέω (euphoreō) · Strong's: G2164
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-AAI-3S)
Meaning: be fruitful — εὐ-φορέω, -ῶ ; to be fruitful: Luk.12:16.†; (AS)
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Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2164; TFLSJ G2164; TAGNT Luke 12:16 word 10
ἡhēthe
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (T-NSF)
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 Luke 12:16 word 11
χώρα.chōraground.
Lemma: χώρα (chōra) · Strong's: G5561
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (N-NSF)
Meaning: country — χώρα, -ας, ἡ ; [in LXX for אֶרֶץ, מְדִינָה, etc. ; ] ; 1. most frequently in cl., a space, place. ; 2. land, i.e. ; (a) a land, country, region: Mat.12:2, Mrk.5:10 6:55, Luk.2:8 15:13-15 19:12, Jhn.11:54, Act.13:49…
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Used 28 times. Also: Matthew 2:12, Matthew 4:16, Matthew 8:28, Mark 1:5, Mark 5:1, Mark 5:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5561; TFLSJ G5561; TAGNT Luke 12:16 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then | → | δέ G1161 then |
| He told | → | εἶπον G2036 to say |
| . . . | → | πρός G4314 to/with |
| them | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
| a parable | → | παραβολή G3850 parable |
| The | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| ground | → | χώρα G5561 country |
| of a certain | → | τις G5100 one |
| rich | → | πλούσιος G4145 rich |
| man | → | ἄνθρωπος G0444 a human |
| produced an abundance | → | εὐφορέω G2164 be fruitful |
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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