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But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
ἐὰνeanonly
Lemma: ἐάν (ean) · Strong's: G1437
Parsing: Conjunction (COND)
Meaning: if — ἐάν, contr. fr. εἰ ἄν, ; conditional particle, ; representing something as "under certain circumstances actual or liable to happen," but not so definitely expected as in the case of εἰ with ind. (Bl., §65, 4; cf.…
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Used 345 times. Also: Matthew 4:9, Matthew 5:13, Matthew 5:19, Matthew 5:20, Matthew 5:23, Matthew 5:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1437; TFLSJ G1437; TAGNT Matthew 18:16 word 1
δὲdehowever
Lemma: δέ (de) · Strong's: G1161
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: then — δέ (before vowels δ᾽; on the general neglect of the elision in NT, see WH, App., 146; Tdf., Pr., 96), ; post-positive conjunctive particle; 1. copulative, but, in the next place, and, now (Abbott, JG, 104): Mat.1:2ff.,…
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Used 2921 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1161; TFLSJ G1161; TAGNT Matthew 18:16 word 2
μὴmēunless
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…
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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 Matthew 18:16 word 3
ἀκούσῃ,akousēhe shall hear,
Lemma: ἀκούω (akouō) · Strong's: G0191
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Subjunctive · 3rd · Singular (V-AAS-3S)
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:…
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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 Matthew 18:16 word 4
παράλαβεparalabedo take
Lemma: παραλαμβάνω (paralambanō) · Strong's: G3880
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Imperative · 2nd · Singular (V-2AAM-2S)
Meaning: to take — παρα-λαμβάνω ; [in LXX chiefly for לָקַח, also for יָרַשׁ, etc. ; ] ; 1. with accusative of thing(s), like παραδέχομαι, correl. to παραδίδωμι, to receive from another: Col.4:17, Heb.12:28; of the mind, 1Co.11:23 15:1…
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Used 50 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:24, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:14, Matthew 2:20, Matthew 2:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3880; TFLSJ G3880; TAGNT Matthew 18:16 word 5
μετὰmetawith
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,…
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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 18:16 word 6
σοῦsouyou
Lemma: σύ (su) · Strong's: G4771
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 2nd · Genitive · Singular (P-2GS)
Meaning: you — σύ, ; pron. of 2nd of person(s), ; thou, you, genitive, σοῦ, dative, σοί, accusative, σέ, pl., ὑμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς (enclitic in oblique cases sing., except after prep. (BL, §48, 3), though πρὸς σέ occurs in Mat.25:39).…
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Used 3071 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4771; TFLSJ G4771; TAGNT Matthew 18:16 word 7
ἔτιetimore
Lemma: ἔτι (eti) · Strong's: G2089
Parsing: Adverb (ADV)
Meaning: still — ἔτι ; adv., ; yet, as yet, still; 1. of time; (a) of the present (adhuc): Mrk.5:35, 1Co.3:3 15:17, Gal.1:10, al.; (b) of the past, mostly with impf.: Mat.12:46, Luk.8:49 15:20, Jhn.20:1, Act.9:1, Rom.5:6, 8, 2Th.2:5,…
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Used 95 times. Also: Matthew 5:13, Matthew 12:46, Matthew 17:5, Matthew 19:20, Matthew 26:47, Matthew 26:65 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2089; TFLSJ G2089; TAGNT Matthew 18:16 word 8
ἕναhenaone
Lemma: εἷς (ehis) · Strong's: G1520
Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (A-ASM)
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),…
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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 Matthew 18:16 word 9
ἢēor
Lemma: ἤ (ē) · Strong's: G2228
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: or — ἤ, ; disjunctive and comparative particle (Bl., §36, 12; 77, 11); 1. disjunctive, or; (a) between single words: Mat.5:17 Mrk.6:56, Luk.2:24, Jhn.6:19, Rom.1:21, al.; (b) before a sentence expressing a variation, denial…
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Used 365 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 5:17, Matthew 5:18, Matthew 5:36, Matthew 6:24, Matthew 6:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2228; TFLSJ G2228; TAGNT Matthew 18:16 word 10
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;…
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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 Matthew 18:16 word 11
ἵναinathat
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…
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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 Matthew 18:16 word 12
ἐπὶepiupon
Lemma: ἐπί (epi) · Strong's: G1909
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: upon/to/against — ἐπί (before a smooth breathing ἐπ᾽, before a rough breathing ἐφ᾽), ; prep. with genitive, dative, accusative (accusative most frequently in NT), ; with primary sense of superposition, on, upon. ; I. C. genitive, ; 1. of…
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Used 905 times. Also: Matthew 1:11, Matthew 2:22, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:13, Matthew 3:16, Matthew 4:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1909; TFLSJ G1909; TAGNT Matthew 18:16 word 13
στόματοςstomatos[the] testimony
Lemma: στόμα (stoma) · Strong's: G4750
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Singular · Neuter (N-GSN)
Meaning: mouth — στόμα, -τος, τό ; [in LXX chiefly for פֻּם ; ] ; the mouth: of man, Mat.15:11, Jhn.19:29, Act.11:8, al.; of animals, Mat.17:27, 2Ti.4:17 (fig.), Heb.11:33, Jas.3:3, al.; figuratively, of inanimate things (ποταμοῦ,…
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Used 79 times. Also: Matthew 4:4, Matthew 5:2, Matthew 12:34, Matthew 13:35, Matthew 15:8, Matthew 15:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4750; TFLSJ G4750; TAGNT Matthew 18:16 word 14
δύοduoof two
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 Matthew 18:16 word 15
μαρτύρωνmarturōnwitnesses
Lemma: μάρτυς (martus) · Strong's: G3144
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Plural · Masculine (N-GPM)
Meaning: witness — μάρτυς; (Æolic μάρτυρ), -υρος, ὁ (also ἡ), [in LXX for עֵד ; ] ; a witness: Act.10:41, 1Ti.6:12, 2Ti.2:2, Heb.12:1 (Westc., in l); in forensic sense, Mat.18:16 26:65, Mrk.14:63, Act.6:13 7:58, 2Co.13:1, 1Ti.5:19,…
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Used 35 times. Also: Matthew 26:65, Mark 14:63, Luke 11:48, Luke 24:48, Acts 1:8, Acts 1:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3144; TFLSJ G3144; TAGNT Matthew 18:16 word 16
ἢēor
Lemma: ἤ (ē) · Strong's: G2228
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: or — ἤ, ; disjunctive and comparative particle (Bl., §36, 12; 77, 11); 1. disjunctive, or; (a) between single words: Mat.5:17 Mrk.6:56, Luk.2:24, Jhn.6:19, Rom.1:21, al.; (b) before a sentence expressing a variation, denial…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 365 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 5:17, Matthew 5:18, Matthew 5:36, Matthew 6:24, Matthew 6:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2228; TFLSJ G2228; TAGNT Matthew 18:16 word 17
τριῶνtriōnof three
Lemma: τρεῖς (treis) · Strong's: G5140
Parsing: Adjective · Genitive · Plural · Masculine (A-GPM)
Meaning: Three — τρεῖς, οἱ, αἱ, τρία, τά; three: Mat.12:40, al.; μετὰ τ. ἡμέρας = τῇ τρίτῃ ἡ., Mrk.10:34, al. (cf. Field, Notes, 11 ff.) ; Τρεῖς Ταβέρναι ; (see: ταβέρνη), ; Three Taverns (Lit. Tres Tabernae) a halting place on the…
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Used 71 times. Also: Matthew 12:40, Matthew 13:33, Matthew 15:32, Matthew 17:4, Matthew 18:20, Matthew 26:61 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5140; TFLSJ G5140; TAGNT Matthew 18:16 word 18
σταθῇstathēamay be strengthened
Lemma: ἵστημι (histēmi) · Strong's: G2476
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Passive · Subjunctive · 3rd · Singular (V-APS-3S)
Meaning: to stand — ἵστημι, and in late writers, also ἱστάνω (Veitch, see word; Bl., §23, 2; M, Pr., 55), [in LXX chiefly for עמד, קוּם, also for נצב ni., hi., יצב hith., etc.]. ; I. Trans, in pres., impf., fut. and 1 aor. act. and in the…
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Used 154 times. Also: Matthew 2:9, Matthew 4:5, Matthew 6:5, Matthew 12:25, Matthew 12:26, Matthew 12:46 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2476; TFLSJ G2476; TAGNT Matthew 18:16 word 19
πᾶνpanevery
Lemma: πᾶς (pas) · Strong's: G3956
Parsing: Adjective · Nominative · Singular · Neuter (A-NSN)
Meaning: all — πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν, genitive, παντός, πάσης, παντός, ; [in LXX chiefly for כֹּל ; ] ; all, every. ; I. As adj., ; 1. with subst. anarth., all, every, of every kind: Mat.3:10 4:23, Mrk.9:49, Luk.4:37, Jhn.2:1o, Act.27:20,…
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Used 1264 times. Also: Matthew 1:17, Matthew 2:3, Matthew 2:4, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 3:5, Matthew 3:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3956; TFLSJ G3956; TAGNT Matthew 18:16 word 20
ῥῆμα.rhēmadeclaration.
Lemma: ῥῆμα (rhēma) · Strong's: G4487
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Neuter (N-NSN)
Meaning: declaration — ῥῆμα, -τος, τό ; [in LXX chiefly for דָּבָר, also for פֶּה, and Aram. פִּתְגָּם, etc. ; ] ; 1. prop., of that which is said or spoken, ; (a) a word: Mat.27:14, 2Co.12:4; pl., τὰ ῥ., of speech, discourse, Luk.7:1,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 69 times. Also: Matthew 4:4, Matthew 5:11, Matthew 12:36, Matthew 26:75, Matthew 27:14, Mark 9:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4487; TFLSJ G4487; TAGNT Matthew 18:16 word 21
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| But | → | δέ G1161 then |
| if | → | ἐάν G1437 if |
| he will not listen | → | ἀκούω G0191 to hear |
| take | → | παραλαμβάνω G3880 to take |
| one | → | εἷς G1520 one |
| or | → | ἤ G2228 or |
| two | → | δύο G1417 two |
| others | → | ἔτι G2089 still |
| along | → | μετά G3326 with/after |
| . . . | → | σύ G4771 you |
| so that | → | ἵνα G2443 in order that/to |
| every | → | πᾶς G3956 all |
| matter | → | ῥῆμα G4487 declaration |
| may be established | → | ἵστημι G2476 to stand |
| by | → | ἐπί G1909 upon/to/against |
| [the] testimony | → | στόμα G4750 mouth |
| of two | → | δύο G1417 two |
| or | → | ἤ G2228 or |
| three | → | τρεῖς G5140 Three |
| witnesses | → | μάρτυς G3144 witness |
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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