Luke 19:17 Go deeper
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And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. (KJV)
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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 Luke 19:17 word 1
εἶπενeipenHe said
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 19:17 word 2
αὐτῷ·autōto 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),…
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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 19:17 word 3
εὖγεeugewell done
Lemma: εὖγε (euge) · Strong's: G7530
Parsing: Particle or Disjunctive (PRT)
Meaning: well done — 1. adverb well, rightly , to confirm or approve what has been said, (Aristophanes Comicus):—; ironically, (Euripides) ; 2. without a Verb, good! well said! well done! bravo! Lat. euge! (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
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Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G7530; TFLSJ G7530; TAGNT Luke 19:17 word 4
ἀγαθὲagathegood
Lemma: ἀγαθός (agathos) · Strong's: G0018
Parsing: Adjective · Vocative · Singular · Masculine (A-VSM)
Meaning: good — ἀγαθός, -ή, -όν, ; [in LXX chiefly for טוֹב ; ] ; in general, good, in physical and in moral sense, used of persons, things, acts, conditions, etc., applied to that which is regarded as "perfect in its kind, so as to…
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Used 103 times. Also: Matthew 5:45, Matthew 7:11, Matthew 7:17, Matthew 7:18, Matthew 12:34, Matthew 12:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0018; TFLSJ G0018; TAGNT Luke 19:17 word 5
δοῦλε,douleservant!
Lemma: δοῦλος (doulos) · Strong's: G1401
Parsing: Noun · Vocative · Singular · Masculine (N-VSM)
Meaning: slave — δοῦλος, -η, -ον, ; [in LXX, ὁ δ. nearly always for עֶבֶד; ὁ δ. chiefly for שִׁפְחָה ,אָמָה ; ] ; 1. in bondage to, subject to: Rom.6:19. ; 2. As subst., ὁ, ἡ δ., a slave; (a) fem., ἡ δ., a female slave, bondmaid…
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Used 130 times. Also: Matthew 8:9, Matthew 10:24, Matthew 10:25, Matthew 13:27, Matthew 13:28, Matthew 18:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1401; TFLSJ G1401; TAGNT Luke 19:17 word 6
ὅτιhotiBecause
Lemma: ὅτι (hoti) · Strong's: G3754H
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: that/since: since — ὅτι, ; conjc. (prop. neut. of ὅστις). ; I. As conjc, introducing an objective clause, that; 1. after verbs of seeing, knowing, thinking, saying, feeling: Mat.3:9 6:32 11:25, Mrk.3:28, Luk.2:49, Jhn.2:22, Act.4:13,…
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Used 467 times. Also: Matthew 2:18, Matthew 5:3, Matthew 5:4, Matthew 5:5, Matthew 5:6, Matthew 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3754H; TFLSJ G3754H; TAGNT Luke 19:17 word 7
ἐνenin
Lemma: ἐν (en) · Strong's: G1722
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: in/on/among — ἐν, ; prep, (the most frequently of all in NT), with dative (= Heb. בְּ, Lat. in, with abl.). ; I. Of place, with dative of thing(s), of person(s), in, within, on, at, by, among: ἐν τ. πόλει, Luk.7:37; τ. οφθαλμῷ,…
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Used 2826 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:1, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1722; TFLSJ G1722; TAGNT Luke 19:17 word 8
ἐλαχίστῳelachistōvery little
Lemma: ἐλάχιστος (elachistos) · Strong's: G1646
Parsing: Adjective · Dative · Singular · Neuter (A-DSN)
Meaning: least — ἐλάχιστος, -η, -ον; (see: ἐλάσσων), ; smallest, least: as proper superlat., 1Co.15:9; elsewhere, as usually in late Gk., intensive (B1., § 11, 3); Mat.2:6 (LXX) Mat.25:40, 45 Luk.12:26 16:10 19:17, 1Co.4:3 6:2, Jas.3:4;…
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Used 14 times. Also: Matthew 2:6, Matthew 5:19, Matthew 25:40, Matthew 25:45, Luke 12:26, Luke 16:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1646; TFLSJ G1646; TAGNT Luke 19:17 word 9
πιστὸςpistosfaithful
Lemma: πιστός (pistos) · Strong's: G4103
Parsing: Adjective · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (A-NSM)
Meaning: faithful — πιστός, -ή, -όν; (πείθω), [in LXX chiefly for אָמַן ; ] ; I. Pass., to be trusted or believed; 1. of persons, trusty, faithful : Mat.24:45 25:21, 23 Luk.12:42, Act.16:15, 1Co.4:2 4:17 7:25, Eph.1:1 6:21, Col.1:2, 7 4:7,…
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Used 68 times. Also: Matthew 24:45, Matthew 25:21, Matthew 25:23, Luke 12:42, Luke 16:10, Luke 16:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4103; TFLSJ G4103; TAGNT Luke 19:17 word 10
ἐγένου,egenouyou were,
Lemma: γίνομαι (ginomai) · Strong's: G1096
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Middle Deponent · Indicative · 2nd · Singular (V-2ADI-2S)
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…
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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 Luke 19:17 word 11
ἴσθιisthido be
Lemma: εἰμί (eimi) · Strong's: G1510
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Imperative · 2nd · Singular (V-PAM-2S)
Meaning: to be — εἰμί, ; with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be. ; I. As substantive verb. ; 1. Of persons and things, to be, exist: Act.17:28, Jhn.1:1, 8:58, 17:5, al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), Rev.1:4,…
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Used 2406 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1510; TFLSJ G1510; TAGNT Luke 19:17 word 12
ἐξουσίανexousianhaving authority
Lemma: ἐξουσία (exousia) · Strong's: G1849
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (N-ASF)
Meaning: authority — ἐξουσία, -ας, ἡ ; (ἔξεστι), [in LXX: 4Ki.20:13, Psa.113 (114):2 135 (136)8, 9, Isa.39:2, Jer.28 (51):28 (מֶמְשָׁלָה), frequently in Da for Aram. שָׁלְטָן, etc., Wis.10:14, Sir.9:13, al. ; ] ; 1. prop., liberty or power…
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Used 103 times. Also: Matthew 7:29, Matthew 8:9, Matthew 9:6, Matthew 9:8, Matthew 10:1, Matthew 21:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1849; TFLSJ G1849; TAGNT Luke 19:17 word 13
ἔχωνechōnyou are
Lemma: ἔχω (echō) · Strong's: G2192
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (V-PAP-NSM)
Meaning: to have/be — ἔχω, ; [in LXX for אָצֵל (ἐχόμενος), יֵשׁ,בַּעַל, etc., 59 words in all ; ] ; (on the Aktionsart of the various tenses, see M, Pr., 110, 145, 150, 183), to have, as in cl., in various senses and constructions. ; I.…
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Used 715 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 3:4, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:14, Matthew 4:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2192; TFLSJ G2192; TAGNT Luke 19:17 word 14
ἐπάνωepanōover
Lemma: ἐπάνω (epanō) · Strong's: G1883
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: above — ἐπ-άνω ; adv., [in LXX for מַעֲלָה, עַל, מֵעָל, etc. ; ] ; above; 1. adverbially; (a) of place: Luk.11:44; (b) of number, more than: Mrk.14:5, 1Co.15:6. ; 2. As prep. C. genitive; (a) of place: Mat.2:9 5:14 21:7…
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Used 19 times. Also: Matthew 2:9, Matthew 5:14, Matthew 21:7, Matthew 23:18, Matthew 23:20, Matthew 23:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1883; TFLSJ G1883; TAGNT Luke 19:17 word 15
δέκαdekaten
Lemma: δέκα (deka) · Strong's: G1176
Parsing: Adjective · Indeclinable Numeral (A-NUI)
Meaning: ten — δέκα, οἱ, αἱ, τά, ; ten: Mat.20:24, al.; θλίψις ἡμερῶν δ., i.e. of brief duration: Rev.2:10.†; δεκα-οκτώ, T for δέκα ὀκτώ, ; eighteen: Luk.13:4.†; (AS)
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Used 27 times. Also: Matthew 20:24, Matthew 25:1, Matthew 25:28, Mark 10:41, Luke 13:4, Luke 13:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1176; TFLSJ G1176; TAGNT Luke 19:17 word 16
πόλεων.¶poleōncities.
Lemma: πόλις (polis) · Strong's: G4172
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Plural · Feminine (N-GPF)
Meaning: city — πόλις, -εως, ὁ, ; [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for עִיר ; ] ; a city: Mat.2:23, Mrk.1:45, Luk.4:29, Jhn.4:8, al. mult.; opposite to κῶμαι (κ. καὶ ἀγροί), Mat.9:35 10:11, Mrk.6:56, Luk.8:1 13:22; with nom. propr.…
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Used 165 times. Also: Matthew 2:23, Matthew 4:5, Matthew 5:14, Matthew 5:35, Matthew 8:33, Matthew 8:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4172; TFLSJ G4172; TAGNT Luke 19:17 word 17
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| [His master] replied | → | εἶπον G2036 to say |
| . . . | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
| Well done | → | εὖ G2095 well/well done! |
| good | → | ἀγαθός G0018 good |
| servant | → | δοῦλος G1401 slave |
| Because | → | ὅτι G3754H that/since: since |
| you have been | → | γίνομαι G1096 to be |
| faithful | → | πιστός G4103 faithful |
| in | → | ἐν G1722 in/on/among |
| a very small matter | → | ἐλάχιστος G1646 least |
| you | → | εἰμί G1510 to be |
| shall have | → | ἔχω G2192 to have/be |
| authority | → | ἐξουσία G1849 authority |
| over | → | ἐπάνω G1883 above |
| ten | → | δέκα G1176 ten |
| cities | → | πόλις G4172 city |
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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