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And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves. (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,…
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 Mark 11:17 word 1
ἐδίδασκενedidaskenHe was teaching
Lemma: διδάσκω (didaskō) · Strong's: G1321
Parsing: Verb · Imperfect · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-IAI-3S)
Meaning: to teach — διδάσκω ; [in LXX chiefly for למד pl., also for ידע hi., ירה hi., etc. ; ] ; to teach (i.e. instruct) a person, teach a thing; 1. trans.: with accusative of person(s), Mat.5:2, Mrk.1:22, al.; before ὅτι, Mrk.8:31; περί,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 97 times. Also: Matthew 4:23, Matthew 5:2, Matthew 5:19, Matthew 7:29, Matthew 9:35, Matthew 11:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1321; TFLSJ G1321; TAGNT Mark 11:17 word 2
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
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 Mark 11:17 word 3
ἔλεγενelegenwas saying
Lemma: λέγω (legō) · Strong's: G3004G
Parsing: Verb · Imperfect · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-IAI-3S)
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
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 Mark 11:17 word 4
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, 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 Mark 11:17 word 5
οὐouSurely
Lemma: οὐ (ou) · Strong's: G3756
Parsing: Negative Particle · Negative · Negative (PRT-N)
Meaning: no — οὐ, before a vowel with smooth breathing οὐκ, before one with rough breathing οὐχ (but improperly οὐχ ἰδού, Act.2:7, WH, mg.; cf. WH, Intr., §409; M, Pr., 44, 244), ; [in LXX for אֵין ,אַיִן ,לֹא ; ] ; neg. particle, ;…
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Used 1689 times. Also: Matthew 1:25, Matthew 2:18, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 4:4, Matthew 4:7, Matthew 5:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3756; TFLSJ G3756; TAGNT Mark 11:17 word 6
γέγραπταιgegraptaiit has been written
Lemma: γράφω (graphō) · Strong's: G1125
Parsing: Verb · Perfect · Passive · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-RPI-3S)
Meaning: to write — γράφω, [in LXX chiefly for כּתב ]; 1. to scrape, graze (Hom.), and later (Hdt.) to sketch, draw. ; 2. to write; (a) of forming or tracing letters on writing material: Jhn.8:[6], Gal.6:11, 2Th.3:17; (b) to express in…
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Used 207 times. Also: Matthew 2:5, Matthew 4:4, Matthew 4:6, Matthew 4:7, Matthew 4:10, Matthew 11:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1125; TFLSJ G1125; TAGNT Mark 11:17 word 7
ὅτιhotithat
Lemma: ὅτι (hoti) · Strong's: G3754G
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: that/since: that — 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 858 times. Also: Matthew 2:16, Matthew 2:22, Matthew 2:23, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 4:6, Matthew 4:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3754G; TFLSJ G3754G; TAGNT Mark 11:17 word 8
ὁhoThe
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (T-NSM)
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 Mark 11:17 word 9
οἶκόςoikoshouse
Lemma: οἶκος (oikos) · Strong's: G3624G
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (N-NSM)
Meaning: house: home — οἶκος, -οῦ, ὁ, ; [in LXX chiefly for בַּיִת, also for אֹהֶל ,הֵכָל, etc. ; ] ; 1. prop., a house, dwelling: Act.2:2 19:16; with genitive poss., Mat.9:6, 7 Mrk.2:11, Luk.1:23, al.; with genitive attrib., ἐμπορίου,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 77 times. Also: Matthew 9:6, Matthew 9:7, Matthew 11:8, Matthew 12:4, Matthew 12:44, Matthew 21:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3624G; TFLSJ G3624G; TAGNT Mark 11:17 word 10
μουmouof Mine
Lemma: μέ (me) · Strong's: G3165
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 1st · Genitive · Singular (P-1GS)
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 Mark 11:17 word 11
οἶκοςoikosa house
Lemma: οἶκος (oikos) · Strong's: G3624G
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (N-NSM)
Meaning: house: home — οἶκος, -οῦ, ὁ, ; [in LXX chiefly for בַּיִת, also for אֹהֶל ,הֵכָל, etc. ; ] ; 1. prop., a house, dwelling: Act.2:2 19:16; with genitive poss., Mat.9:6, 7 Mrk.2:11, Luk.1:23, al.; with genitive attrib., ἐμπορίου,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 77 times. Also: Matthew 9:6, Matthew 9:7, Matthew 11:8, Matthew 12:4, Matthew 12:44, Matthew 21:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3624G; TFLSJ G3624G; TAGNT Mark 11:17 word 12
προσευχῆςproseuchēsof prayer
Lemma: προσευχή (proseuchē) · Strong's: G4335
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Singular · Feminine (N-GSF)
Meaning: prayer — προσ-ευχή, -ῆς, ἡ; (προσεύχομαι), [in LXX chiefly for תְּפִלָּה ; ] ; 1. prayer to God: Mat.17:21 (WH, R, txt., om.) Mat.21:22, Mrk.9:29, Luk.22:45, Act.3:1 6:4 10:31, Rom.12:12, 1Co.7:5, Col.4:2; pl., Act.2:42 10:4,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 36 times. Also: Matthew 17:21, Matthew 21:13, Matthew 21:22, Mark 9:29, Luke 6:12, Luke 19:46 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4335; TFLSJ G4335; TAGNT Mark 11:17 word 13
κληθήσεταιklēthēsetaiwill be called
Lemma: καλέω (kaleō) · Strong's: G2564G
Parsing: Verb · Future · Passive · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-FPI-3S)
Meaning: to call: call — καλέω, -ῶ, ; [in LXX chiefly for קרא ; ] ; 1. to call, summon: with accusative of person(s), Mat.20:8 25:14, Mrk.3:31, Luk.19:13, Act.4:18; before ἐκ, Mat.2:15 (LXX); metaphorically, 1Pe.2:9. ; 2. to call to one's…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 139 times. Also: Matthew 1:21, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 1:25, Matthew 2:7, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 2:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2564G; TFLSJ G2564G; TAGNT Mark 11:17 word 14
πᾶσινpasinfor all
Lemma: πᾶς (pas) · Strong's: G3956
Parsing: Adjective · Dative · Plural · Neuter (A-DPN)
Meaning: all — πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν, genitive, παντός, πάσης, παντός, ; [in LXX chiefly for כֹּל ; ] ; all, every. ; I. As adj., ; 1. with subst. anarth., all, every, of every kind: Mat.3:10 4:23, Mrk.9:49, Luk.4:37, Jhn.2:1o, Act.27:20,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 1264 times. Also: Matthew 1:17, Matthew 2:3, Matthew 2:4, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 3:5, Matthew 3:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3956; TFLSJ G3956; TAGNT Mark 11:17 word 15
τοῖςtoisthe
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 Mark 11:17 word 16
ἔθνεσιν;ethnesinnations’?
Lemma: ἔθνος (ethnos) · Strong's: G1484
Parsing: Noun · Dative · Plural · Neuter (N-DPN)
Meaning: Gentiles — ἔθνος, -ους, τό, ; [in LXX chiefly for עַם ,גּוֹי ; ] ; 1. a multitude, a company, whether of beasts or men (Hom.). ; 2. a nation, people: Mat.21:43 24:7, Mrk.13:8, Luk.22:25, Act.10:35, al.; in sing., of the Jewish…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 165 times. Also: Matthew 4:15, Matthew 6:32, Matthew 10:5, Matthew 10:18, Matthew 12:18, Matthew 12:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1484; TFLSJ G1484; TAGNT Mark 11:17 word 17
ὑμεῖςhumeisYou yourselves
Lemma: σύ (su) · Strong's: G4771
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 2nd · Nominative · Plural (P-2NP)
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 Mark 11:17 word 18
δὲdehowever
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.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
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 Mark 11:17 word 19
πεποιήκατεpepoiēkatehave made
Lemma: ποιέω (poieō) · Strong's: G4160G
Parsing: Verb · Perfect · Active · Indicative · 2nd · Plural (V-RAI-2P)
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 Mark 11:17 word 20
αὐτὸνautonit
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 Mark 11:17 word 21
σπήλαιονspēlaiona den
Lemma: σπήλαιον (spēlaion) · Strong's: G4693
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (N-ASN)
Meaning: cave — σπήλαιον, -ου, τό ; [in LXX chiefly for מְעָרָה ; ] ; a cave, cavern: Jhn.11:38, Heb.11:38, Heb.6:15; σ. (EV, den) λῃστῶν (Jhn.7:11), Mat.21:13, Mrk.11:17, Luk.19:46.†; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 6 times. Also: Matthew 21:13, Luke 19:46, John 11:38, Hebrews 11:38, Revelation 6:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4693; TFLSJ G4693; TAGNT Mark 11:17 word 22
λῃστῶν.¶lēstōnof robbers.’
Lemma: λῃστής (lēstēs) · Strong's: G3027
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Plural · Masculine (N-GPM)
Meaning: robber/rebel — λῃστής, -οῦ, ὁ; (Ep. ληίς = λεία, booty), [in LXX for גְּדוּד, etc. ; ] ; a robber, brigand: Mat.21:13 (LXX) Mat.26:55 27:38, 44, Mrk.11:17 14:48 15:27, Luk.10:30, 36 19:46 22:52, Jhn.10:1, 8 18:40, 2Co.11:26.†; SYN.:…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 15 times. Also: Matthew 21:13, Matthew 26:55, Matthew 27:38, Matthew 27:44, Mark 14:48, Mark 15:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3027; TFLSJ G3027; TAGNT Mark 11:17 word 23
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then | → | καί G2532 and |
| [Jesus] began to teach | → | διδάσκω G1321 to teach |
| them | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
| and | → | καί G2532 and |
| He declared | → | εἶπον G2036 to say |
| Is it not written | → | γράφω G1125 to write |
| My | → | ἐγώ G1473 I/we |
| house | → | οἶκος G3624G house: home |
| will be called | → | καλέω G2564G to call: call |
| a house | → | οἶκος G3624G house: home |
| of prayer | → | προσευχή G4335 prayer |
| for all | → | πᾶς G3956 all |
| the | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| nations | → | ἔθνος G1484 Gentiles |
| But | → | δέ G1161 then |
| you | → | σύ G4771 you |
| have made | → | ποιέω G4160G to do/make: do |
| it | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
| a den | → | σπήλαιον G4693 cave |
| of robbers | → | λῃστής G3027 robber/rebel |
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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