Matthew 14:5 Go deeper

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. (KJV)

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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.

καὶkaiAlthough

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 Matthew 14:5 word 1

θέλωνthelōnwishing

Lemma: θέλω (thelō) · Strong's: G2309

Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (V-PAP-NSM)

Meaning: to will/desire — θέλω (the strengthened form ἐθέλω is found in Hom., and is the more frequently in Attic; see Rutherford, NPhr., 415f.), ; [in LXX for חפץ ,אבה; with neg., מאן pi., etc. ; ] ; to will, be willing, wish, desire (more…

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Used 211 times. Also: Matthew 1:19, Matthew 2:18, Matthew 5:40, Matthew 5:42, Matthew 7:12, Matthew 8:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2309; TFLSJ G2309; TAGNT Matthew 14:5 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),…

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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 Matthew 14:5 word 3

ἀποκτεῖναιapokteinaito kill

Lemma: ἀποκτείνω (apokteinō) · Strong's: G0615

Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Infinitive (V-AAN)

Meaning: to kill — ἀπο-κτείνω; (also in late forms -κτέννω, Mat.10:28, a1., LTTr., -κτεννύω, Mrk.12:5, WH), [in LXX for הָרַג, מוּת ; ] ; to kill: Mat.14:5, al.; before instr. ἐν (which see), Eph.2:16, Rev.2:23, al. Metaphorical:…

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Used 75 times. Also: Matthew 10:28, Matthew 16:21, Matthew 17:23, Matthew 21:35, Matthew 21:38, Matthew 21:39 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G0615; TFLSJ G0615; TAGNT Matthew 14:5 word 4

ἐφοβήθηephobēthēhe feared

Lemma: φοβέω (phobeō) · Strong's: G5399

Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Passive Deponent · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-AOI-3S)

Meaning: to fear — φοβέέω, ῶ; (φόβος) [in LXX chiefly for מִן יָרֵא ; ] ; 1. in Hem., to put to flight. Pass., to be put to flight, to flee affrighted ; 2. to terrify, frighten (Wis 179; Hdt. and Att..). Pass. (so always in NT; cf. M,…

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Used 95 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:22, Matthew 9:8, Matthew 10:26, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 10:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G5399; TFLSJ G5399; TAGNT Matthew 14:5 word 5

τὸνtonthe

Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588

Parsing: Definite article · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (T-ASM)

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.,…

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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 Matthew 14:5 word 6

ὄχλονochlonmultitude

Lemma: ὄχλος (ochlos) · Strong's: G3793

Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (N-ASM)

Meaning: crowd — ὄχλος, -ου, ὁ, ; [in LXX for הָמוֹן (chiefly in Da TH), קָהָל ,חַיִל, etc. ; ] ; 1. a moving crowd or multitude of persons, a throng: Mat.9:23, Mrk.2:4, Luk.5:1, Jhn.5:13, al.; pl., Mat.5:1, Mrk.10:1, Luk.3:7, and…

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Used 175 times. Also: Matthew 4:25, Matthew 5:1, Matthew 7:28, Matthew 8:1, Matthew 9:8, Matthew 9:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3793; TFLSJ G3793; TAGNT Matthew 14:5 word 7

ὅτιhotibecause

Lemma: ὅτι (hoti) · Strong's: G3754H

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

Meaning: that/since: since — 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 467 times. Also: Matthew 2:18, Matthew 5:3, Matthew 5:4, Matthew 5:5, Matthew 5:6, Matthew 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3754H; TFLSJ G3754H; TAGNT Matthew 14:5 word 8

ὡςhōsas

Lemma: ὡς (hōs) · Strong's: G5613

Parsing: Particle or Disjunctive (PRT)

Meaning: as/when — ὡς, adverbial form of the relative pron. ὅς, ἥ, ὅ. ; I. As relat. adv. of manner, as, like as, just as, even as; 1. with a demonstrative, like οὕτως, expressed or understood: οὕτως . . . ὡς, Mrk.4:26, 1Co.3:15,…

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Used 515 times. Also: Matthew 1:24, Matthew 5:48, Matthew 6:5, Matthew 6:10, Matthew 6:12, Matthew 6:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G5613; TFLSJ G5613; TAGNT Matthew 14:5 word 9

προφήτηνprophētēna prophet

Lemma: προφήτης (prophētēs) · Strong's: G4396

Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (N-ASM)

Meaning: prophet — προφήτης, -ου, ὁ [πρόφημι, to speak forth), ; [in LXX chiefly for נָבִיא ; ] ; one who acts as an interpreter or forth-teller of the Divine will (see Lft., Notes, 83f.; Tr., Syn., §vi), a prophet; 1. in cl. (Æsch.,…

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Used 149 times. Also: Matthew 1:22, Matthew 2:5, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 2:17, Matthew 2:23, Matthew 3:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G4396; TFLSJ G4396; TAGNT Matthew 14:5 word 10

αὐτὸνautonhim

Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846

Parsing: Personal pronoun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (P-ASM)

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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 Matthew 14:5 word 11

εἶχον.¶eichonthey were holding.

Lemma: ἔχω (echō) · Strong's: G2192

Parsing: Verb · Imperfect · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Plural (V-IAI-3P)

Meaning: to have/be — ἔχω, ; [in LXX for אָצֵל (ἐχόμενος), יֵשׁ,בַּעַל, etc., 59 words in all ; ] ; (on the Aktionsart of the various tenses, see M, Pr., 110, 145, 150, 183), to have, as in cl., in various senses and constructions. ; I.…

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Used 715 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 3:4, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:14, Matthew 4:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2192; TFLSJ G2192; TAGNT Matthew 14:5 word 12

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Although	→	καί G2532 and
[Herod] wanted	→	θέλω G2309 to will/desire
to kill	→	ἀποκτείνω G0615 to kill
[John]	→	αὐτός G0846 it/s/he
he was afraid	→	φοβέω G5399 to fear
of the	→	ὁ G3588 the/this/who
people	→	ὄχλος G3793 crowd
because	→	ὅτι G3754H that/since: since
they regarded	→	ἔχω G2192 to have/be
[John]	→	αὐτός G0846 it/s/he
as	→	ὡς G5613 as/when
a prophet	→	προφήτης G4396 prophet

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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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