Matthew 24:12 Go deeper
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And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. (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 24:12 word 1
διὰdiabecause
Lemma: διά (dia) · Strong's: G1223
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: through/because of — διά (before a vowel δ᾽, exc. Rom.8:10, 2Co.5:7, and in (Proper name)s; Tdf., Pr., 94), ; prep. with genitive, accusative, as in cl.; 1. with genitive, through; (i) of Place, after verbs of motion or action: Mat.2:12…
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Used 686 times. Also: Matthew 1:22, Matthew 2:5, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 2:17, Matthew 2:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1223; TFLSJ G1223; TAGNT Matthew 24:12 word 2
τὸto<the>
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (T-ASN)
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 24:12 word 3
πληθυνθῆναιplēthunthēnaiis to be multiplied
Lemma: πληθύνω (plēthunō) · Strong's: G4129
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Passive · Infinitive (V-APN)
Meaning: to multiply — πληθύνω; (causal of πληθύω, to be full, πληθύς, Ion. for πλῆθος), [in LXX chiefly for רָבָה hi. ; ] ; 1. trans., to increase, multiply: 2Co.9:10 6:14" (LXX) ; pass., to be increased, to multiply: Mat.24:12, Act.6:7 7:17…
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Used 11 times. Also: Acts 6:1, Acts 6:7, Acts 7:17, Acts 12:24, 2 Corinthians 9:10, Hebrews 6:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4129; TFLSJ G4129; TAGNT Matthew 24:12 word 4
τὴνtēn<the>
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (T-ASF)
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 24:12 word 5
ἀνομίανanomianlawlessness
Lemma: ἀνομία (anomia) · Strong's: G0458
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (N-ASF)
Meaning: lawlessness — ἀνομία, -ας, ἡ; (ἄνομος), [in LXX for עָוֺן, פָּשַׁע, פֶּשַׁע, תּוֹעֵבַה, רֶשַׁע, etc. ; ] ; lawlessness, iniquity: Mat.7:23 13:41 23:28 24:12, Rom.6:19, 2Co.6:14, 2Th.2:3 2:7, Tit.2:14, Heb.1:9, 1Jn.3:4; in pl. (as…
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Used 16 times. Also: Matthew 7:23, Matthew 13:41, Matthew 23:28, Romans 4:7, Romans 6:19, 2 Corinthians 6:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0458; TFLSJ G0458; TAGNT Matthew 24:12 word 6
ψυγήσεταιpsugēsetaiwill grow cold
Lemma: ψύχω (psuchō) · Strong's: G5594
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Future · Passive · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-2FPI-3S)
Meaning: to cool — ψύχω ; [in LXX for קוּר, שָׁטַח ; ] ; to breathe, blow; hence, to make cool. Pass., to grow cool: metaphorically, Mat.24:12.†; (AS)
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Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5594; TFLSJ G5594; TAGNT Matthew 24:12 word 7
ἡhēthe
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (T-NSF)
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 24:12 word 8
ἀγάπηagapēlove
Lemma: ἀγάπη (agapē) · Strong's: G0026
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (N-NSF)
Meaning: love — ἀγάπη, -ης, ἡ ; [in LXX for אַהֲבָה, which is also rendered by ἀγάπησις and φιλία ; ] ; love, goodwill, esteem. Outside of bibl. and eccl. books, there is no clear instance (with Deiss., LAE, 18:4, 70:2, cf. the same…
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Used 114 times. Also: Luke 11:42, John 5:42, John 13:35, John 15:9, John 15:10, John 15:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0026; TFLSJ G0026; TAGNT Matthew 24:12 word 9
τῶνtōnof the
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Genitive · Plural · Masculine (T-GPM)
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 24:12 word 10
πολλῶν.pollōnmany.
Lemma: πολύς (polus) · Strong's: G4183
Parsing: Adjective · Genitive · Plural · Masculine (A-GPM)
Meaning: much — πολύς, πολλή, πολύ, ; [in LXX chiefly for רַב and cognate forms ; ] ; 1. as adj., much, many, great, of number, space, degree, value, time, etc.: ἀριθμός, Act.11:21; ὄχλος, Mrk.5:24; θερισμός, Mat.9:37; χόρτος,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 377 times. Also: Matthew 2:18, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 4:25, Matthew 5:12, Matthew 6:30, Matthew 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4183; TFLSJ G4183; TAGNT Matthew 24:12 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Because of | → | διά G1223 through/because of |
| the multiplication | → | πληθύνω G4129 to multiply |
| of wickedness | → | ἀνομία G0458 lawlessness |
| the | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| love | → | ἀγάπη G0026 love |
| of | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| most | → | πολύς G4183 much |
| will grow cold | → | ψύχω G5594 to cool |
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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