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That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
ἵναinaso that
Lemma: ἵνα (hina) · Strong's: G2443
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: in order that/to — ἵνα, ; I. adverb (poët., Hom., al.), ; 1. of place, where, whither. ; 2. of circumstance, when. ; II. Conjunction, ; 1. prop., final, denoting purpose or end (cl.), that, in order that, usually the first word in the…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 677 times. Also: Matthew 1:22, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 4:3, Matthew 4:14, Matthew 5:29, Matthew 5:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2443; TFLSJ G2443; TAGNT Mark 4:12 word 1
βλέποντεςblepontesLooking
Lemma: βλέπω (blepō) · Strong's: G0991
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Participle · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (V-PAP-NPM)
Meaning: to see — βλέπω, ; [in LXX chiefly for ראה, also for פּנה, etc. ; ] ; 1. of bodily sight; (a) to see, have sight (opposite to τυφλὸς): Mat.12:22, Jhn.9:7, Act.9:9, Rom.11:8, Rev.3:18, al.; (b) to perceive, look (at), see: absol.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 136 times. Also: Matthew 5:28, Matthew 6:4, Matthew 6:6, Matthew 6:18, Matthew 7:3, Matthew 11:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0991; TFLSJ G0991; TAGNT Mark 4:12 word 2
βλέπωσινblepōsinthey may look
Lemma: βλέπω (blepō) · Strong's: G0991
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Subjunctive · 3rd · Plural (V-PAS-3P)
Meaning: to see — βλέπω, ; [in LXX chiefly for ראה, also for פּנה, etc. ; ] ; 1. of bodily sight; (a) to see, have sight (opposite to τυφλὸς): Mat.12:22, Jhn.9:7, Act.9:9, Rom.11:8, Rev.3:18, al.; (b) to perceive, look (at), see: absol.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 136 times. Also: Matthew 5:28, Matthew 6:4, Matthew 6:6, Matthew 6:18, Matthew 7:3, Matthew 11:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0991; TFLSJ G0991; TAGNT Mark 4:12 word 3
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 4:12 word 4
μὴmēnot
Lemma: μή (mē) · Strong's: G3361
Parsing: Negative Particle · Negative · Negative (PRT-N)
Meaning: not — μή, ; subjective negative particle, ; used where the negation depends on a condition or hypothesis, expressed or understood, as distinct from οὐ, which denies absolutely. μή is used where one thinks a thing is not, as…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 1087 times. Also: Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 4:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3361; TFLSJ G3361; TAGNT Mark 4:12 word 5
ἴδωσινidōsinthey may perceive
Lemma: εἴδω (eidō) · Strong's: G1492G
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Subjunctive · 3rd · Plural (V-2AAS-3P)
Meaning: to perceive: understand — οἶδα, (from same root as εἶδον, which see), ; [in LXX chiefly for ידע ; ] pf. with present meaning (plpf. as impf.; on irregular tense-forms, see App.), ; to have seen or perceived, hence, to know, have knowledge of:…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 3 times. Also: Matthew 13:14, Acts 28:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1492G; TFLSJ G1492G; TAGNT Mark 4:12 word 6
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 4:12 word 7
ἀκούοντεςakouonteshearing
Lemma: ἀκούω (akouō) · Strong's: G0191
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Participle · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (V-PAP-NPM)
Meaning: to hear — ἀκούω, ; [in LXX chiefly for שׁמע ] ; to hear, listen, attend, perceive by hearing, comprehend by hearing. ; 1. Intrans.: Mrk.4:3 7:37, Jas.2:5, Rev.2:7, al.; τ. ὠσίν, Mat.13:15 (LXX); with cogn. dative, ακοῇ ἀ. (see:…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 435 times. Also: Matthew 2:3, Matthew 2:9, Matthew 2:18, Matthew 2:22, Matthew 4:12, Matthew 5:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0191; TFLSJ G0191; TAGNT Mark 4:12 word 8
ἀκούωσινakouōsinthey may hear
Lemma: ἀκούω (akouō) · Strong's: G0191
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Subjunctive · 3rd · Plural (V-PAS-3P)
Meaning: to hear — ἀκούω, ; [in LXX chiefly for שׁמע ] ; to hear, listen, attend, perceive by hearing, comprehend by hearing. ; 1. Intrans.: Mrk.4:3 7:37, Jas.2:5, Rev.2:7, al.; τ. ὠσίν, Mat.13:15 (LXX); with cogn. dative, ακοῇ ἀ. (see:…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 435 times. Also: Matthew 2:3, Matthew 2:9, Matthew 2:18, Matthew 2:22, Matthew 4:12, Matthew 5:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0191; TFLSJ G0191; TAGNT Mark 4:12 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,…
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 4:12 word 10
μὴmēnot
Lemma: μή (mē) · Strong's: G3361
Parsing: Negative Particle · Negative · Negative (PRT-N)
Meaning: not — μή, ; subjective negative particle, ; used where the negation depends on a condition or hypothesis, expressed or understood, as distinct from οὐ, which denies absolutely. μή is used where one thinks a thing is not, as…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 1087 times. Also: Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 4:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3361; TFLSJ G3361; TAGNT Mark 4:12 word 11
συνιῶσινsuniōsinthey may understand
Lemma: συνίημι (suniēmi) · Strong's: G4920
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Subjunctive · 3rd · Plural (V-PAS-3P)
Meaning: to understand — συν-ίημι and συνίω (see Bl., § 23, 7), ; [in LXX chiefly for בִּין hi., שָׂכַל hi. ; ] ; 1. to bring or set together. ; 2. Metaphorical, to perceive, understand: Mat.13:13-15 (LXX), Mat.13:19 15:10, Mrk.4:9 (WH, mg.),…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 26 times. Also: Matthew 13:13, Matthew 13:14, Matthew 13:15, Matthew 13:19, Matthew 13:23, Matthew 13:51 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4920; TFLSJ G4920; TAGNT Mark 4:12 word 12
μήποτεmēpoteotherwise
Lemma: μή (mē) · Strong's: G3361
Parsing: PRT-N + G4218 (PRT-N + G4218)
Meaning: not — μή, ; subjective negative particle, ; used where the negation depends on a condition or hypothesis, expressed or understood, as distinct from οὐ, which denies absolutely. μή is used where one thinks a thing is not, as…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 1087 times. Also: Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 4:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3361; TFLSJ G3361; TAGNT Mark 4:12 word 13
ἐπιστρέψωσινepistrepsōsinthey may turn
Lemma: ἐπιστρέφω (epistrephō) · Strong's: G1994
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Subjunctive · 3rd · Plural (V-AAS-3P)
Meaning: to turn — ἐπι-στρέφω ; [very frequently in LXX, chiefly for שׁוּב, in its various senses, also for פָּנָה, etc. ; ] ; 1. trans., to turn about, round or towards, hence metaphorically, to turn, cause to return (to God, virtue,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 36 times. Also: Matthew 10:13, Matthew 12:44, Matthew 13:15, Matthew 24:18, Mark 5:30, Mark 8:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1994; TFLSJ G1994; TAGNT Mark 4:12 word 14
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 4:12 word 15
ἀφεθῇaphethēamay be forgiven
Lemma: ἀφίημι (aphiēmi) · Strong's: G0863H
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Passive · Subjunctive · 3rd · Singular (V-APS-3S)
Meaning: to release: forgive — ἀφ-ίημι, ; [in LXX for נשׂא, נוח hi., נתן, סלח ni., עזב, etc. ; ] ; 1. to send forth, send away, let go: of divorce (DB, iii, 274a), τ. γυναῖκα (Hdt.), 1Co.7:11-13; of death, τ. πνεῦμα (Gen.35:18, Hdt., al.), Mat.27:50;…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 49 times. Also: Matthew 6:12, Matthew 6:14, Matthew 6:15, Matthew 9:2, Matthew 9:5, Matthew 9:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0863H; TFLSJ G0863H; TAGNT Mark 4:12 word 16
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),…
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 4:12 word 17
τὰta<the>
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Nominative · Plural · Neuter (T-NPN)
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: 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 4:12 word 18
ἁμαρτήματα.¶hamartēmatasins.
Lemma: ἁμάρτημα (hamartēma) · Strong's: G0265
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Plural · Neuter (N-NPN)
Meaning: sin — ἁμάρτημα, -τος, τό; (ἁμαρτεῖν, see supr.), [in LXX for חַטָּאָה, עָוֺן etc. ; ] ; an act of disobedience to divine law (Lft., Notes, 273), a sinful deed, a sin: Mrk.3:28-29, Rom.3:25, 1Co.6:18, 2Pe.1:9, WH, mg.; αἰώνιωv…
Greek editions with this word: TR, Byzantine
Used 5 times. Also: Mark 3:28, Mark 3:29, Romans 3:25, 1 Corinthians 6:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0265; TFLSJ G0265; TAGNT Mark 4:12 word 19
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| so that | → | ἵνα G2443 in order that/to |
| they may be ever seeing | → | βλέπω G0991 to see |
| [but] | → | καί G2532 and |
| never | → | μή G3361 not |
| perceiving | → | ὁράω G3708 to see: see |
| and | → | καί G2532 and |
| ever hearing | → | ἀκούω G0191 to hear |
| [but] | → | καί G2532 and |
| never | → | μή G3361 not |
| understanding | → | συνίημι G4920 to understand |
| otherwise | → | μή G3361 not |
| . . . | → | πότε G4219 when? |
| they might turn | → | ἐπιστρέφω G1994 to turn |
| and | → | καί G2532 and |
| be forgiven | → | ἀφίημι G0863H to release: forgive |
| . . . | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
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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