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Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. (KJV)
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διάdiabecause
Lemma: διά (dia) · Strong's: G1223
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: through/because of — διά (before a vowel δ᾽, exc. Rom.8:10, 2Co.5:7, and in (Proper name)s; Tdf., Pr., 94), ; prep. with genitive, accusative, as in cl.; 1. with genitive, through; (i) of Place, after verbs of motion or action: Mat.2:12…
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Used 686 times. Also: Matthew 1:22, Matthew 2:5, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 2:17, Matthew 2:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1223; TFLSJ G1223; TAGNT Luke 18:5 word 1
γεgeyet
Lemma: γέ (ge) · Strong's: G1065
Parsing: Particle or Disjunctive (PRT)
Meaning: indeed — γε, enclitic postpositive particle, rarer in κοινή than in cl., giving special prominence to the word to which it is attached, distinguishing it as the least or the most important (Thayer, see word), ; indeed, at least,…
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Used 28 times. Also: Matthew 6:1, Matthew 7:20, Matthew 9:17, Matthew 17:26, Luke 5:36, Luke 5:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1065; TFLSJ G1065; TAGNT Luke 18:5 word 2
τὸtoit
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (T-ASN)
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 18:5 word 3
παρέχεινparecheinoccasioning
Lemma: παρέχω (parechō) · Strong's: G3930
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Infinitive (V-PAN)
Meaning: to furnish occasion — παρ-έχω ; [in LXX: Psa.30:7 (עָמַד hi.), etc. ; ] ; I. Active voice., ; 1. to furnish, provide, supply; with ref. to incorporeal things, to afford, show, give, cause: with accusative, Act.22:2, 1Ti.1:4; with accusative…
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Used 16 times. Also: Matthew 26:10, Mark 14:6, Luke 6:29, Luke 7:4, Luke 11:7, Acts 16:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3930; TFLSJ G3930; TAGNT Luke 18:5 word 4
μοιmoime
Lemma: μέ (me) · Strong's: G3165
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 1st · Dative · Singular (P-1DS)
Meaning: me — 1. apostrophe for με. ; 2. rarely for μοι, (Homer) (ML)
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Used 2026 times. Also: Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 3:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3165; TFLSJ G3165; TAGNT Luke 18:5 word 5
κόπονkopontrouble
Lemma: κόπος (kopos) · Strong's: G2873
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (N-ASM)
Meaning: labor — κόπος, -ου, ὁ; (κόπτω) [in LXX chiefly for עָמָל, also for אָוֶן, etc. ; ] ; 1. a striking, beating (in Jer.45:3 = κοπετός) ; 2. laborious toil, trouble: Jhn.4:38, 1Co.3:8 15:58, 1Th.3:5; κ. τ. ἀγάπης, 1Th.1:3; ἔργα καὶ…
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Used 19 times. Also: Matthew 26:10, Mark 14:6, Luke 11:7, John 4:38, 1 Corinthians 3:8, 1 Corinthians 15:58 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2873; TFLSJ G2873; TAGNT Luke 18:5 word 6
τὴνtēn<the>
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (T-ASF)
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 18:5 word 7
χήρανchēranwidow
Lemma: χήρα (chēra) · Strong's: G5503
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (N-ASF)
Meaning: widow — χήρα, -ας, ἡ ; [in LXX chiefly for אַלְמָנָה ; ] ; a widow: Mat.23:13 (Rec., R, mg.), Mrk.12:40-43, Luk.2:37 4:25 7:12 18:3, 5 20:47 21:2-3, Act.6:1 9:39, 41, 1Co.7:8, 1Ti.5:3-5 5:11 5:16, Jas.1:27; γυνὴ χ., Luk.4:26;…
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Used 27 times. Also: Matthew 23:14, Mark 12:40, Mark 12:42, Mark 12:43, Luke 2:37, Luke 4:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5503; TFLSJ G5503; TAGNT Luke 18:5 word 8
ταύτηνtautēnthis
Lemma: οὗτος (ohutos) · Strong's: G3778
Parsing: Demonstrative pronoun · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (D-ASF)
Meaning: this/he/she/it — οὗτος, αὕτη, τοῦτο, genitive, τούτου, ταύτης, τούτου, ; [in LXX chiefly for זֹאת ,זֶה ; ] ; demonstr. pron. (related to ἐκεῖνος as hic to ille), ; this; 1. as subst., this one, he; (a) absol.: Mat.3:17, Mrk.9:7,…
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Used 1423 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:22, Matthew 3:3, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:17, Matthew 4:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3778; TFLSJ G3778; TAGNT Luke 18:5 word 9
ἐκδικήσωekdikēsōI will avenge
Lemma: ἐκδικέω (ekdikeō) · Strong's: G1556
Parsing: Verb · Future · Active · Indicative · 1st · Singular (V-FAI-1S)
Meaning: to avenge — ἐκδικέω, -ῶ; (ἔκδικος), [in LXX for פָּקַד, נָקַם, שָׁפַט, etc. ; ] ; 1. to vindicate: with accusative of person(s), Luk.18:3, 5. ; 2. to avenge: with accusative of person(s), ἑαυτούς, Rom.12:19; with accusative of…
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Used 6 times. Also: Luke 18:3, Romans 12:19, 2 Corinthians 10:6, Revelation 6:10, Revelation 19:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1556; TFLSJ G1556; TAGNT Luke 18:5 word 10
αὐτήν,autēnher,
Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846
Parsing: Personal pronoun · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (P-ASF)
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 18:5 word 11
ἵναinaso that
Lemma: ἵνα (hina) · Strong's: G2443
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: in order that/to — ἵνα, ; I. adverb (poët., Hom., al.), ; 1. of place, where, whither. ; 2. of circumstance, when. ; II. Conjunction, ; 1. prop., final, denoting purpose or end (cl.), that, in order that, usually the first word in the…
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Used 677 times. Also: Matthew 1:22, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 4:3, Matthew 4:14, Matthew 5:29, Matthew 5:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2443; TFLSJ G2443; TAGNT Luke 18:5 word 12
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 Luke 18:5 word 13
εἰςeisto
Lemma: εἰς (eis) · Strong's: G1519
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: toward — εἰς, ; prep. with accusative, ; expressing entrance, direction, limit, into, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among (Lat. in, with accusative). ; I. Of place. ; 1. After verbs of motion; (a) of entrance into: Mat.8:23,…
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Used 1796 times. Also: Matthew 2:1, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:11, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1519; TFLSJ G1519; TAGNT Luke 18:5 word 14
τέλοςtelosend
Lemma: τέλος (telos) · Strong's: G5056
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (N-ASN)
Meaning: goal/tax — τέλος, -ους, τό ; [in LXX for קֵץ, etc.; εἰς τὸ τ., chiefly for נֶצַח and cognate forms ; ] ; 1. end: most frequently of the termination or limit of an act or state (in NT also of the end of a period of time, cl.…
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Used 42 times. Also: Matthew 10:22, Matthew 17:25, Matthew 24:6, Matthew 24:13, Matthew 24:14, Matthew 26:58 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5056; TFLSJ G5056; TAGNT Luke 18:5 word 15
ἐρχομένηerchomenēcoming
Lemma: ἔρχομαι (erchomai) · Strong's: G2064
Parsing: Verb · Present · Middle or Passive Deponent · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (V-PNP-NSF)
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,…
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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 Luke 18:5 word 16
ὑπωπιάζῃhupōpiazēshe may exhaust
Lemma: ὑπωπιάζω (hupōpiazō) · Strong's: G5299
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Subjunctive · 3rd · Singular (V-PAS-3S)
Meaning: to wear out — ὑπωπιάζω; (ὑπώπιον, (a) the part of the face below the eyes; (b) a blow on the face), ; to strike under the eye, give a black eye: ; metaphorically, ; (a) of persistent annoyance (RV, wear out), Luk.18:6; (b) of severe…
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Used 2 times. Also: 1 Corinthians 9:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5299; TFLSJ G5299; TAGNT Luke 18:5 word 17
με.¶meme.
Lemma: μέ (me) · Strong's: G3165
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 1st · Accusative · Singular (P-1AS)
Meaning: me — 1. apostrophe for με. ; 2. rarely for μοι, (Homer) (ML)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2026 times. Also: Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 3:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3165; TFLSJ G3165; TAGNT Luke 18:5 word 18
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| yet | → | γέ G1065 indeed |
| because | → | διά G1223 through/because of |
| this | → | οὗτος G3778 this/he/she/it |
| widow | → | χήρα G5503 widow |
| keeps pestering me | → | παρέχω G3930 to furnish occasion |
| . . . | → | ἐγώ G1473 I/we |
| . . . | → | κόπος G2873 labor |
| I will give her justice | → | ἐκδικέω G1556 to avenge |
| . . . | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
| Otherwise | → | ἵνα G2443 in order that/to |
| . . . | → | μή G3361 not |
| she will wear me out | → | ὑπωπιάζω G5299 to wear out |
| . . . | → | ἐγώ G1473 I/we |
| with her perpetual requests | → | εἰς G1519 toward |
| . . . | → | τέλος G5056 goal/tax |
| . . . | → | ἔρχομαι G2064 to come/go |
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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