Mark 12:1 Go deeper
And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it , and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. (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 Mark 12:1 word 1
ἤρξατοērxatoHe began
Lemma: ἄρχω (archō) · Strong's: G0757
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Middle Deponent · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-ADI-3S)
Meaning: be first — ἄρχω ; [in LXX for חָלַל, מָשַׁל, etc. ; ] ; 1. to begin. ; 2. to rule (see DCG, ii, 538b.): with genitive, Mrk.10:42, Rom.15:12. Mid., to begin: before ἀπό, Mat.16:21 20:8, Luk.14:18 23:5 24:27, 47, Jhn.8:9, Act.1:22…
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Used 86 times. Also: Matthew 4:17, Matthew 11:7, Matthew 11:20, Matthew 12:1, Matthew 14:30, Matthew 16:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0757; TFLSJ G0757; TAGNT Mark 12:1 word 2
αὐτοῖςautoisto 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),…
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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 Mark 12:1 word 3
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 Mark 12:1 word 4
παραβολαῖςparabolaisparables
Lemma: παραβολή (parabolē) · Strong's: G3850
Parsing: Noun · Dative · Plural · Feminine (N-DPF)
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 Mark 12:1 word 5
λαλεῖν·laleinto speak:
Lemma: λαλέω (laleō) · Strong's: G2980
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Infinitive (V-PAN)
Meaning: to speak — λαλέω, -ῶ, ; [in LXX chiefly for דּבר pi., also for אמר, etc. ; ] ; 1. to utter: of inanimate things, Rev.4:1 10:4; metaphorically, Heb.11:4 12:24. ; 2. to talk, speak, say: absol., Mat.9:33 12:46, Mrk.5:35, Luk.8:49;…
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Used 298 times. Also: Matthew 9:18, Matthew 9:33, Matthew 10:19, Matthew 10:20, Matthew 12:22, Matthew 12:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2980; TFLSJ G2980; TAGNT Mark 12:1 word 6
ἀμπελῶναampelōnaA vineyard
Lemma: ἀμπελών (ampelōn) · Strong's: G0290
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (N-ASM)
Meaning: vineyard — ἀμπελών, -ῶνος, ὁ; (ἄμπελος), [in LXX for כֶּרֶם ; ] ; a vineyard: Mat.20:1 ff. Mat.21:28 ff, Luk.13:6 20:9 ff., 1Co.9:7. Æschin., 49, 13; Diod., al.; see MM, VGT, see word; LS, see word ἀμπελουργεῖον.); (AS)
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Used 23 times. Also: Matthew 20:1, Matthew 20:2, Matthew 20:4, Matthew 20:7, Matthew 20:8, Matthew 21:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0290; TFLSJ G0290; TAGNT Mark 12:1 word 7
ἄνθρωποςanthrōposa man
Lemma: ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) · Strong's: G0444
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (N-NSM)
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 Mark 12:1 word 8
ἐφύτευσενephuteusenplanted
Lemma: φυτεύω (phuteuō) · Strong's: G5452
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-AAI-3S)
Meaning: to plant — φυτεύω; (φυτόν, a plant, φύω), [in LXX chiefly for נָטַע, also for שָׁתַל, etc. ; ] ; to plant: Luk.17:28, 1Co.3:6-8; with accusative, φυτείαν, Mat.15:13; ἀμπελῶνα, Mat.21:33, Mrk.12:1, Luk.20:9, 1Co.9:7; pass., before…
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Used 11 times. Also: Matthew 15:13, Matthew 21:33, Luke 13:6, Luke 17:6, Luke 17:28, Luke 20:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5452; TFLSJ G5452; TAGNT Mark 12:1 word 9
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 Mark 12:1 word 10
περιέθηκενperiethēkenhe placed around [it]
Lemma: περιτίθημι (peritithēmi) · Strong's: G4060
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-AAI-3S)
Meaning: to put on — περι-τίθημι ; [in LXX for נָתַן, שׂוּם, etc. ; ] ; to place or put around: with accusative and dative, Mat.21:33 27:48, Mrk.12:1 15:36, Jhn.19:29; of garments, etc., to put on: Mat.27:28 Mrk.15:17 (Sir.6:31).…
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Used 8 times. Also: Matthew 21:33, Matthew 27:28, Matthew 27:48, Mark 15:17, Mark 15:36, John 19:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4060; TFLSJ G4060; TAGNT Mark 12:1 word 11
φραγμὸνphragmona fence
Lemma: φραγμός (phragmos) · Strong's: G5418
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (N-ASM)
Meaning: fence — φραγμός, -oῦ, ὁ; (φράσσω), [in LXX chiefly for גָּדֵר, גְּדֵרָה, also for גְּדֵרָה, etc. ; ] ; 1. prop., a fencing in (Soph., OT, 1387). ; 2. = φράγμα, a fence: Mat.21:33, Mrk.12:1, Luk.14:23. Metaphorical, μεσότοιχον…
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Used 4 times. Also: Matthew 21:33, Luke 14:23, Ephesians 2:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5418; TFLSJ G5418; TAGNT Mark 12:1 word 12
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 Mark 12:1 word 13
ὤρυξενōruxendug
Lemma: ὀρύσσω (orussō) · Strong's: G3736
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-AAI-3S)
Meaning: to dig — ὀρύσσω ; [in LXX chiefly for חָפַר also for כָּרָה, etc. ; ] ; to dig: with accusative, ληνόν, Mat.21:33; ὁπολήνιον, Mrk.12:1; γῆν, Mat.25:18 (cf. δι-, ἐξ-ορύσσω).†; (AS)
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Used 3 times. Also: Matthew 21:33, Matthew 25:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3736; TFLSJ G3736; TAGNT Mark 12:1 word 14
ὑπολήνιονhupolēniona wine vat
Lemma: ὑπολήνιον (hupolēnion) · Strong's: G5276
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (N-ASN)
Meaning: trough — ὑπολήνιον, -ου, τό; (ὑπό, ληνός), [in LXX: Jol.3:13 (4:13), Hag.2:17, (16), Zec.14:10, Isa.16:10 (יֶקֶב) * ; ] ; a vessel or trough beneath a winepress to receive the juice (RV, a pit for the winepress): Mrk.12:1 (see…
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Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5276; TFLSJ G5276; TAGNT Mark 12:1 word 15
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 Mark 12:1 word 16
ᾠκοδόμησενōkodomēsenbuilt
Lemma: οἰκοδομέω (oikodomeō) · Strong's: G3618
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-AAI-3S)
Meaning: to build — οἰκοδομέω, -ῶ; (οἰκοδόμος), [in LXX chiefly for בָּנָה ; ] ; to build a house, to build: absol., Luk.11:48 14:30 17:28; οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες, the builders (as Psa.118:22, בָּנָה), Mat.21:42, Mrk.12:10, Luk.20:17, 1Pe.2:7"…
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Used 40 times. Also: Matthew 7:24, Matthew 7:26, Matthew 16:18, Matthew 21:33, Matthew 21:42, Matthew 23:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3618; TFLSJ G3618; TAGNT Mark 12:1 word 17
πύργονpurgona tower
Lemma: πύργος (purgos) · Strong's: G4444
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (N-ASM)
Meaning: tower — πύργος, -ου, ὁ ; [in LXX chiefly for מִגְדָּל ; ] ; a tower: Luk.13:4; of a watch-tower in a vineyard (Isa.5:2): Mat.21:33, Mrk.12:1, and prob., Luk.14:28.†; (AS)
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Used 4 times. Also: Matthew 21:33, Luke 13:4, Luke 14:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4444; TFLSJ G4444; TAGNT Mark 12:1 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,…
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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 Mark 12:1 word 19
ἐξέδετοexedetorented out
Lemma: ἐκδίδωμι (ekdidōmi) · Strong's: G1554
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Middle · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-2AMI-3S)
Meaning: to lease — ἐκ-δίδωμι ; [in LXX for נָתַן, etc. ; ] ; 1. to surrender, give up, give out. ; 2. to let out for hire (Hdt.); mid. (as frequently in π.; see MM, Exp., xii); to let out to one's advantage, Mat.21:33, 41, Mrk.12:1,…
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Used 4 times. Also: Matthew 21:33, Matthew 21:41, Luke 20:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1554; TFLSJ G1554; TAGNT Mark 12:1 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 12:1 word 21
γεωργοῖςgeōrgoisto farmers
Lemma: γεωργός (geōrgos) · Strong's: G1092
Parsing: Noun · Dative · Plural · Masculine (N-DPM)
Meaning: farmer — γεωργός, -οῦ, ὁ ; (γῆ, ἔργω = ἔρδω, to do), [in LXX for אִכָּר, etc. ; ] ; 1. a husbandman: 2Ti.2:6, Jas.5:7. ; 2. a vine-dresser (cf. ἀμπελουργός, Luk.13:7): Mat.21:33-35, 38, 40, 41, Mrk.12:1, 2 7, 9, Luk.20:9, 10 14,…
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Used 19 times. Also: Matthew 21:33, Matthew 21:34, Matthew 21:35, Matthew 21:38, Matthew 21:40, Matthew 21:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1092; TFLSJ G1092; TAGNT Mark 12:1 word 22
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 12:1 word 23
ἀπεδήμησενapedēmēsentraveled abroad
Lemma: ἀποδημέω (apodēmeō) · Strong's: G0589
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-AAI-3S)
Meaning: to go abroad — ἀπο-δημέω, -ῶ; (ἀπόδημος), [in LXX: Eze.19:3 A * ; ] ; to be or go abroad (M, Pr., 130, 2): Mat.21:33 25:14-15, Mrk.12:1, Luk.15:13 20:9.†; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 6 times. Also: Matthew 21:33, Matthew 25:14, Matthew 25:15, Luke 15:13, Luke 20:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0589; TFLSJ G0589; TAGNT Mark 12:1 word 24
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 | → | G0756 |
| to speak | → | λαλέω G2980 to speak |
| to them | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
| in | → | ἐν G1722 in/on/among |
| parables | → | παραβολή G3850 parable |
| A man | → | ἄνθρωπος G0444 a human |
| planted | → | φυτεύω G5452 to plant |
| a vineyard | → | ἀμπελών G0290 vineyard |
| He put | → | περιτίθημι G4060 to put on |
| a wall {around it} | → | φραγμός G5418 fence |
| dug | → | ὀρύσσω G3736 to dig |
| a wine vat | → | ὑπολήνιον G5276 trough |
| and | → | καί G2532 and |
| built | → | οἰκοδομέω G3618 to build |
| a watchtower | → | πύργος G4444 tower |
| Then | → | καί G2532 and |
| he rented it out | → | ἐκδίδωμι G1554 to lease |
| . . . | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
| to [some] tenants | → | γεωργός G1092 farmer |
| and | → | καί G2532 and |
| went away on a journey | → | ἀποδημέω G0589 to go abroad |
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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