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And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. (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 Matthew 17:3 word 1
ἰδοὺidoubehold
Lemma: ἰδού (idou) · Strong's: G2400
Parsing: Interjection (INJ)
Meaning: look! — ἰδού, ; [in LXX chiefly for הִנֵּה,] ; prop. imperat. 2 aor. mid. of ὁράω, used as a demonstrative particle, with frequency much greater in LXX and NT than in cl. (see M, Pr., 11), ; lo, behold, see: Mat.10:16 11:8…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 208 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:1, Matthew 2:9, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2400; TFLSJ G2400; TAGNT Matthew 17:3 word 2
ὤφθηōphthēit appeared
Lemma: ὀπτάνομαι (optanomai) · Strong's: G3700H
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Passive · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-API-3S)
Meaning: to appear — ὀπτάνω ; [in LXX: 3Ki.8:8 (רָאָה ni.), Tob.12:19 * ; ] ; late present as from ὤφθην (= ὁράω); mid., ὀπτάνομαι, to allow oneself to be seen, to appear. with dative, Act.1:3. (For exx. from π., see Deiss., LAE, 79, 2526;…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT
Used 25 times. Also: Mark 9:4, Luke 1:11, Luke 9:31, Luke 22:43, Luke 24:34, Acts 1:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3700H; TFLSJ G3700H; TAGNT Matthew 17:3 word 3
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 Matthew 17:3 word 4
ΜωϋσῆςMōusēsMoses
Lemma: Μωϋσῆς, Μωσῆς (Mōusēs, Mōsēs) · Strong's: G3475
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Masculine · Individual (N-NSM-P)
Meaning: Moses — Μωυσῆς (Μωϋσῆς, T; Μωσῆς, Rec.), -έως, dative - (as LXX: Exo.5:20, al.), and -εῖ, accusative -ῆν (ac LXX) and -έα (Luk.16:29 only) (Heb. מֹשֶׁה), ; Moses: Mat.8:4 17:3-4, al.; νόμος Μωυσέως, Luk.2:22 24:44, Jhn.7:23,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 80 times. Also: Matthew 8:4, Matthew 17:4, Matthew 19:7, Matthew 19:8, Matthew 22:24, Matthew 23:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3475; TFLSJ G3475; TAGNT Matthew 17:3 word 5
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 Matthew 17:3 word 6
ἨλίαςĒliasElijah
Lemma: Ἡλίας (Hēlias) · Strong's: G2243
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Masculine · Individual (N-NSM-P)
Meaning: Elijah — Ἡλείας (Rec. Ἡλίας; L Tr., Ἡίας; T, Ἡλείας; cf. WH, App., 155, Intr., § 408), -ου (-α, Luk.1:17, WH), ὁ (Heb. אֵלִיָּה,), ; Elijah (3Ki.17:1-24, al.): Mat.11:14 16:14 17:3-4, 10-12 27:47, 49, Mrk.6:15 8:28 9:4-5, 11-13…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 30 times. Also: Matthew 11:14, Matthew 16:14, Matthew 17:4, Matthew 17:10, Matthew 17:11, Matthew 17:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2243; TFLSJ G2243; TAGNT Matthew 17:3 word 7
συλλαλοῦντεςsullalountestalking
Lemma: συλλαλέω (sullaleō) · Strong's: G4814
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Participle · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (V-PAP-NPM)
Meaning: to talk with — to talk or converse with another, (New Testament) (ML)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 6 times. Also: Mark 9:4, Luke 4:36, Luke 9:30, Luke 22:4, Acts 25:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4814; TFLSJ G4814; TAGNT Matthew 17:3 word 8
μετ᾽met᾽with
Lemma: μετά (meta) · Strong's: G3326
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: with/after — μετά (before vowel μετ᾽; on the neglect of elision in certain cases, V. WH, App., 146 b), ; prep. with genitive, accusative (in poet, also with dative), [in LXX for אַחַד ,עִם ,אֵת, etc.]. ; I. C. genitive, ; 1. among,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 475 times. Also: Matthew 1:12, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:3, Matthew 2:11, Matthew 4:21, Matthew 5:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3326; TFLSJ G3326; TAGNT Matthew 17:3 word 9
αὐτοῦ.¶autouHim.
Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846
Parsing: Personal pronoun · Genitive · Singular · Masculine (P-GSM)
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 Matthew 17:3 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Suddenly | → | καί G2532 and |
| . . . | → | ἰδού G2400 look! |
| Moses | → | Μωϋσῆς, Μωσῆς G3475 Moses |
| and | → | καί G2532 and |
| Elijah | → | Ἡλίας G2243 Elijah |
| appeared | → | ὁράω G3708 to see: see |
| before them | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
| talking | → | συλλαλέω G4814 to talk with |
| with | → | μετά G3326 with/after |
| [Jesus] | → | 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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