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And when they had received it , they murmured against the goodman of the house, (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
λαβόντεςlabontesHaving received
Lemma: λαμβάνω (lambanō) · Strong's: G2983
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Participle · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (V-2AAP-NPM)
Meaning: to take — λαμβάνω, ; [in LXX chiefly for לקח, also for אחז ,לכד ,נשׂא, etc. ; ] ; 1. to take, lay hold of: absol., Mat.26:26, Mrk.14:22; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.5:40 26:52, al. mult.; with accusative of person(s),…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 263 times. Also: Matthew 5:40, Matthew 7:8, Matthew 8:17, Matthew 10:8, Matthew 10:38, Matthew 10:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2983; TFLSJ G2983; TAGNT Matthew 20:11 word 1
δὲdenow
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.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
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 20:11 word 2
ἐγόγγυζονegonguzonthey were grumbling
Lemma: γογγύζω (gonguzō) · Strong's: G1111
Parsing: Verb · Imperfect · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Plural (V-IAI-3P)
Meaning: to murmur — γογγύζω, ; [in LXX chiefly for לוּן ; ] ; to mutter, murmur: 1Co.10:10; before κατά, Mat.20:11; πρός, Luk.5:30; περί, Jhn.6:41, 61; μετ᾽ ἀλλήλων, Jhn.6:43; with accusative, before περί, Jhn.7:32 (cf. δια-γογγύζω).†; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 8 times. Also: Luke 5:30, John 6:41, John 6:43, John 6:61, John 7:32, 1 Corinthians 10:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1111; TFLSJ G1111; TAGNT Matthew 20:11 word 3
κατὰkataagainst
Lemma: κατά (kata) · Strong's: G2596
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: according to — κατά (bef. a vowel κατ᾽, καθ᾽; on the frequently neglect of elision, see Tdf., Pr., 95; WH, App., 146a), ; prep. with genitive, accusative, ; down, downwards. ; I. C. genitive (WM, §47, k; Bl., §42, 2). ; 1. C. genitive…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 483 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 2:19, Matthew 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2596; TFLSJ G2596; TAGNT Matthew 20:11 word 4
τοῦtouthe
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Genitive · Singular · Masculine (T-GSM)
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: SBLGNT, 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 Matthew 20:11 word 5
οἰκοδεσπότουoikodespotoumaster of the house
Lemma: οἰκοδεσπότης (oikodespotēs) · Strong's: G3617
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Singular · Masculine (N-GSM)
Meaning: householder — οἰκο-δεσπότης, -ου, ὁ; (οἶκος, δεσπότης), ; the master of a house, a householder: Mat.10:25 13:27 20:11 24:43, Mrk.14:14, Luk.12:39 13:25 14:21; ἄνθρωπος οἰ., Mat.13:52 20:1 21:33; pleonast., oἰ. τ. οἰκίας, Luk.22:11…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 12 times. Also: Matthew 10:25, Matthew 13:27, Matthew 13:52, Matthew 20:1, Matthew 21:33, Matthew 24:43 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3617; TFLSJ G3617; TAGNT Matthew 20:11 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| On receiving [their pay] | → | λαμβάνω G2983 to take |
| they began to grumble | → | γογγύζω G1111 to murmur |
| against | → | κατά G2596 according to |
| the | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| landowner | → | οἰκοδεσπότης G3617 householder |
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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