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And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
ἐπηρώτωνepērōtōnWere asking
Lemma: ἐπερωτάω (eperōtaō) · Strong's: G1905
Parsing: Verb · Imperfect · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Plural (V-IAI-3P)
Meaning: to question — ἐπ-ερωτάω, -ῶ ; [in LXX chiefly for שָׁאַל, also for דָּרַשׁ, etc. ; ] ; 1. to inquire of, consult, question: with accusative of person(s), Mrk.12:34, Luk.2:46, al.; with dupl. accusative, Mrk.7:17 11:29, Luk.20:40,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 56 times. Also: Matthew 12:10, Matthew 16:1, Matthew 17:10, Matthew 22:23, Matthew 22:35, Matthew 22:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1905; TFLSJ G1905; TAGNT Luke 3:14 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 3:14 word 2
αὐτὸνautonhim
Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846
Parsing: Personal pronoun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (P-ASM)
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 3:14 word 3
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 3:14 word 4
στρατευόμενοιstrateuomenoithose being soldiers
Lemma: στρατεύω (strateuō) · Strong's: G4754
Parsing: Verb · Present · Middle · Participle · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (V-PMP-NPM)
Meaning: to battle — στρατεύω and depon., -ομαι, so always in NT ; (στρατός, an encamped army), [in LXX for מההּ hith., יָצָא, צָבָא; metaphorically, 4Ma.9:23 ; ] ; used of the general, to make war, do battle, and (chiefly) of the soldiers…
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Used 7 times. Also: 1 Corinthians 9:7, 2 Corinthians 10:3, 1 Timothy 1:18, 2 Timothy 2:4, James 4:1, 1 Peter 2:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4754; TFLSJ G4754; TAGNT Luke 3:14 word 5
λέγοντες·legontessaying;
Lemma: λέγω (legō) · Strong's: G3004G
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Participle · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (V-PAP-NPM)
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…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
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 3:14 word 6
τίtiWhat
Lemma: τίς (tis) · Strong's: G5101
Parsing: Interrogative pronoun · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (I-ASN)
Meaning: which? — τίς, neut., τί, genitive, τίνος, interrog. pron., [in LXX for מָה ,מִי ; ] in masc. and fem., ; who, which, what?; in neut., which, what?, used both in direct and in indirect questions. ; I. I. As subst., ; 1. 1. masc.,…
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Used 568 times. Also: Matthew 3:7, Matthew 5:13, Matthew 5:46, Matthew 5:47, Matthew 6:3, Matthew 6:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5101; TFLSJ G5101; TAGNT Luke 3:14 word 7
ποιήσωμενpoiēsōmenmay do
Lemma: ποιέω (poieō) · Strong's: G4160G
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Subjunctive · 1st · Plural (V-AAS-1P)
Meaning: to do/make: do — ποιέω, -ῶ, ; [in LXX for a great variety of words, but chiefly for עשׂה ; ] ; 1. to make, produce, create, cause: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.17:4, Mrk.9:5, Jhn.9:11, Act.9:39, Rom.9:20, al.; of God as Creator…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT
Used 565 times. Also: Matthew 1:24, Matthew 3:3, Matthew 3:8, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 4:19, Matthew 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4160G; TFLSJ G4160G; TAGNT Luke 3:14 word 8
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 3:14 word 9
ἡμεῖς;hēmeiswe ourselves
Lemma: μέ (me) · Strong's: G3165
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 1st · Nominative · Plural (P-1NP)
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 3:14 word 10
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,…
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 3:14 word 11
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 3:14 word 12
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…
Greek editions with this word: TR, Byzantine
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 3:14 word 13
αὐτοῖς·autoisto them;
Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846
Parsing: Personal pronoun · Dative · Plural · Masculine (P-DPM)
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
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 3:14 word 14
μηδέναmēdenaNo one
Lemma: μηδείς (mēdeis) · Strong's: G3367
Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (A-ASM)
Meaning: nothing — μηδείς, -δεμία, -δέν; (and -θέν, Act.27:33, a Hellenistic form; see Bl., 6, 7; Thackeray, Gr., 58) ; related to οὐδείς as μή to οὐ, ; no, none, no one; neut., nothing: Mat.16:20, Mrk.5:43 6:8, Luk.3:14, Act.8:24,…
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Used 92 times. Also: Matthew 8:4, Matthew 9:30, Matthew 16:20, Matthew 17:9, Matthew 27:19, Mark 1:44 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3367; TFLSJ G3367; TAGNT Luke 3:14 word 15
διασείσητεdiaseisētemay extort
Lemma: διασείω (diaseiō) · Strong's: G1286
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Subjunctive · 2nd · Plural (V-AAS-2P)
Meaning: to extort — δια-σείω ; [in LXX: Job.4:14 (פָּחַד hi.), 3Ma.7:21 * ; ] ; to shake violently; metaphorically, to intimidate: Luk.3:14.†; (AS)
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Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1286; TFLSJ G1286; TAGNT Luke 3:14 word 16
μηδὲmēdenor
Lemma: μηδέ (mēde) · Strong's: G3366
Parsing: Conjunction · Negative (CONJ-N)
Meaning: nor — μηδέ ; negative particle, related to οὐδέ as μή to οὐ, ; 1. as conic., continuing a negation or prohibition, but not, and not, nor: preceded by μή, Mat.6:25 22:29, Mrk.12:24, Luk.14:12, al.; ἵνα μή, Jhn.4:15; ὅπως μή,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 58 times. Also: Matthew 6:25, Matthew 7:6, Matthew 10:9, Matthew 10:10, Matthew 10:14, Matthew 22:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3366; TFLSJ G3366; TAGNT Luke 3:14 word 17
συκοφαντήσητεsukophantēsētemay accuse falsely
Lemma: συκοφαντέω (sukophanteō) · Strong's: G4811
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Subjunctive · 2nd · Plural (V-AAS-2P)
Meaning: to extort — συκοφαντέω, -ῶ; (σῦκον, φαίνω), [in LXX: Gen.43:18 (גָּלַל hithpo.), Lev.19:11 (שָׁקַר pi.), Job.35:9, Psa.119:122, Pro.14:31 2:16 28:3, Ecc.4:1 (עָשַׁק) ; ] ; to act the συκοφάντης (on conjectures as to the origin of…
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Used 2 times. Also: Luke 19:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4811; TFLSJ G4811; TAGNT Luke 3:14 word 18
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,…
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 3:14 word 19
ἀρκεῖσθεarkeisthedo be content
Lemma: ἀρκέω (arkeō) · Strong's: G0714
Parsing: Verb · Present · Passive · Imperative · 2nd · Plural (V-PPM-2P)
Meaning: be sufficient — ἀρκέω, -ῶ ; [in LXX for הוֹן, etc. ; ] ; 1. to keep off; with dative, to assist. ; 2. to suffice: with dative of person(s), Jo 67, 2Co.12:9; impers., Mat.25:9, Jhn.14:8 (MM, see word). Pass., to be satisfied: with…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 8 times. Also: Matthew 25:9, John 6:7, John 14:8, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 1 Timothy 6:8, Hebrews 13:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0714; TFLSJ G0714; TAGNT Luke 3:14 word 20
τοῖςtoiswith the
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Dative · Plural · Neuter (T-DPN)
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.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
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 3:14 word 21
ὀψωνίοιςopsōnioiswages
Lemma: ὀψώνιον (opsōnion) · Strong's: G3800
Parsing: Noun · Dative · Plural · Neuter (N-DPN)
Meaning: compensation — ὄψώνιον, -ου, τό; (ὀψον- see: ὀψάριον— and ὠνέομαι), [in LXX: I Est.4:56, 1Ma.3:28 1Mac 14:32 * ; ] ; 1. provisions, provision-money, soldiers' pay: Luk.3:14, 1Co.9:7. ; 2. Generally, wages, hire: 2Co.11:8; ὄ. τῆς…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 4 times. Also: Romans 6:23, 1 Corinthians 9:7, 2 Corinthians 11:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3800; TFLSJ G3800; TAGNT Luke 3:14 word 22
ὑμῶν.¶humōnof 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 Luke 3:14 word 23
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then | → | δέ G1161 then |
| . . . | → | καί G2532 and |
| [some] soldiers | → | στρατεύω G4754 to battle |
| asked | → | ἐπερωτάω G1905 to question |
| him | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
| And | → | καί G2532 and |
| what | → | τίς G5101 which? |
| should we do | → | ποιέω G4160G to do/make: do |
| Do not take money by force | → | διασείω G1286 to extort |
| . . . | → | μηδείς G3367 nothing |
| or | → | μηδέ G3366 nor |
| false accusation | → | συκοφαντέω G4811 to extort |
| he said | → | εἶπον G2036 to say |
| . . . | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
| Be content with | → | ἀρκέω G0714 be sufficient |
| your | → | σύ G4771 you |
| wages | → | ὀψώνιον G3800 compensation |
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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