Mark 12:42 Go deeper
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And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
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 12:42 word 1
ἐλθοῦσαelthousahaving come
Lemma: ἔρχομαι (erchomai) · Strong's: G2064
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (V-2AAP-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,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
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 Mark 12:42 word 2
μίαmiaone
Lemma: εἷς (ehis) · Strong's: G1520
Parsing: Adjective · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (A-NSF)
Meaning: one — εἷς ; ιά, ἕν, genitive ἑνός, μιᾶς, ἑνός, ; cardinal numeral, one; 1. one, as opposite to many: Mat.25:15, Rom.5:12, 1Co.10:8, al.; as subst., Rom.5:15, Eph.2:14; id. with genitive partit., Mat.5:19, al.; before ἐκ (ἐξ),…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 357 times. Also: Matthew 5:18, Matthew 5:19, Matthew 5:29, Matthew 5:30, Matthew 5:36, Matthew 5:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1520; TFLSJ G1520; TAGNT Mark 12:42 word 3
χήραchērawidow
Lemma: χήρα (chēra) · Strong's: G5503
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (N-NSF)
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;…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 27 times. Also: Matthew 23:14, Mark 12:40, Mark 12:43, Luke 2:37, Luke 4:25, Luke 4:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5503; TFLSJ G5503; TAGNT Mark 12:42 word 4
πτωχὴptōchēpoor
Lemma: πτωχός (ptōchos) · Strong's: G4434
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (N-NSF)
Meaning: poor — πτωχός, -ή, -όν; (πτώσσω, to crouch, cower), [in LXX for עָנִי, דַּל, רָשׁ, etc. ; ] ; of one who crouches and cowers, hence, ; 1. as subst., a beggar: Luk.14:13, 21 16:20, 22. ; 2. As adj., ; (a) prop., beggarly:…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 34 times. Also: Matthew 5:3, Matthew 11:5, Matthew 19:21, Matthew 26:9, Matthew 26:11, Mark 10:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4434; TFLSJ G4434; TAGNT Mark 12:42 word 5
ἔβαλενebalenshe cast [in]
Lemma: βάλλω (ballō) · Strong's: G0906H
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-2AAI-3S)
Meaning: to throw: put — βάλλω, ; [in LXX for נפל, שׂום, ידד, etc. ; ] ; prop., of a weapon or missile; then generally, of things and persons, lit. and metaphorically, to throw, cast, put, place: with accusative, before εἰς, Mat.4:18, and…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 42 times. Also: Matthew 5:25, Matthew 8:6, Matthew 8:14, Matthew 9:2, Matthew 9:17, Matthew 10:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0906H; TFLSJ G0906H; TAGNT Mark 12:42 word 6
λεπτὰleptalepta
Lemma: λεπτός (leptos) · Strong's: G3016
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Plural · Neuter (N-APN)
Meaning: coin — λεπτός, -ή, -όν; (λέπω, to peel), ; 1. peeled. ; 2. fine, thin, small, light; hence, in late Gk., as subst. τὸ λ., a small coin (one-eighth of an as, AV, mite): Mrk.12:42, Luk.12:59 21:2.†; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 3 times. Also: Luke 12:59, Luke 21:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3016; TFLSJ G3016; TAGNT Mark 12:42 word 7
δύοduotwo
Lemma: δύο (duo) · Strong's: G1417
Parsing: Adjective · Indeclinable Numeral (A-NUI)
Meaning: two — δύο, numeral, indecl. exc. in dative, δυσί, δυσίν (Attic δυοῖν), ; two: Mat.19:6, Mrk.10:8, Jhn.2:6, al.; with pl. noun, Mat.9:27 10:10, al.; οἱ, τῶν, τοὺς δ., Mat.19:5 20:24, Mrk.10:8, Eph.2:15, al.; δ. ἐξ, Luk.24:13;…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 135 times. Also: Matthew 4:18, Matthew 4:21, Matthew 5:41, Matthew 6:24, Matthew 8:28, Matthew 9:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1417; TFLSJ G1417; TAGNT Mark 12:42 word 8
ὅhowhich
Lemma: ὅς (hos, hē) · Strong's: G3739
Parsing: Relative pronoun · Nominative · Singular · Neuter (R-NSN)
Meaning: which — ὅς, ἥ, ὅ, ; the postpositive article (ἄρθρον ὑποτακτικόν). ; I. As demonstr. pron. = οὗτος, ὅδε, this, that, also for αὐτός, chiefly in nom.: ὅς δέ, but he (cf. ἦ δὲ ὅς, frequently in Plat.), Mrk.15:23, Jhn.5:11; ὃς μὲν…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 1433 times. Also: Matthew 1:16, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 1:25, Matthew 2:9, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 3:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3739; TFLSJ G3739; TAGNT Mark 12:42 word 9
ἐστινestinis
Lemma: εἰμί (eimi) · Strong's: G1510
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-PAI-3S)
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,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
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 Mark 12:42 word 10
κοδράντης.kodrantēsa kodrantes.
Lemma: κοδράντης (kodrantēs) · Strong's: G2835
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (N-NSM)
Meaning: penny — κοδράντης, -ου, ὁ (Lat. quadrans, the fourth part of an as), ; a quadrans (AV, farthing): Mat.5:26, Mrk.12:42.†; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2 times. Also: Matthew 5:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2835; TFLSJ G2835; TAGNT Mark 12:42 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then | → | καί G2532 and |
| one | → | εἷς G1520 one |
| poor | → | πτωχός G4434 poor |
| widow | → | χήρα G5503 widow |
| came | → | ἔρχομαι G2064 to come/go |
| [and] put [in] | → | βάλλω G0906H to throw: put |
| two | → | δύο G1417 two |
| small copper coins | → | λεπτός G3016 coin |
| which | → | ὅς G3739 which |
| amounted to | → | εἰμί G1510 to be |
| a small fraction of a denarius | → | κοδράντης G2835 penny |
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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