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And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
πέντεpenteFive
Lemma: πέντε (pente) · Strong's: G4002
Parsing: Adjective · Indeclinable Numeral (A-NUI)
Meaning: five — πέντε ; indecl., οἱ, αἱ, τά, ; five: Mat.14:17, al ; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 38 times. Also: Matthew 14:17, Matthew 14:19, Matthew 16:9, Matthew 25:15, Matthew 25:16, Matthew 25:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4002; TFLSJ G4002; TAGNT Matthew 25:2 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 25:2 word 2
ἐξexof
Lemma: ἐκ (ek) · Strong's: G1537
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: out from — ἐκ (ἐξ), ; prep. with genitive, ; from out of, from (see Addendum, p. 492).; This entry is included here, but in the print version the entry is found on p. 492. ἐκ, before a vowel ἐξ, ; prep. with genitive, ; of motion…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 929 times. Also: Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:16, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1537; TFLSJ G1537; TAGNT Matthew 25:2 word 3
αὐτῶνautōnthem
Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846
Parsing: Personal pronoun · Genitive · Plural · Feminine (P-GPF)
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 25:2 word 4
ἦσανēsanwere
Lemma: εἰμί (eimi) · Strong's: G1510
Parsing: Verb · Imperfect · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Plural (V-IAI-3P)
Meaning: to be — εἰμί, ; with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be. ; I. As substantive verb. ; 1. Of persons and things, to be, exist: Act.17:28, Jhn.1:1, 8:58, 17:5, al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), Rev.1:4,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2406 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1510; TFLSJ G1510; TAGNT Matthew 25:2 word 5
μωραὶmōraifoolish
Lemma: μωρός (mōros) · Strong's: G3474
Parsing: Adjective · Nominative · Plural · Feminine (A-NPF)
Meaning: foolish — μωρός, -ά, -όν ; [in LXX for נָבָל, etc.; frequently in Sir. ; ] ; 1. prop., of the nerves, dull, sluggish (Hipp., Arist.). ; 2. Of the mind, dull, stupid, foolish: Mat.5:22 (see Field, Notes, 3 ff.) Mat.7:26 23:17, 19…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 13 times. Also: Matthew 5:22, Matthew 7:26, Matthew 23:17, Matthew 23:19, Matthew 25:3, Matthew 25:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3474; TFLSJ G3474; TAGNT Matthew 25:2 word 6
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 25:2 word 7
αἱhaithe [other]
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Nominative · Plural · Feminine (T-NPF)
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: 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 25:2 word 8
πέντεpentefive
Lemma: πέντε (pente) · Strong's: G4002
Parsing: Adjective · Indeclinable Numeral (A-NUI)
Meaning: five — πέντε ; indecl., οἱ, αἱ, τά, ; five: Mat.14:17, al ; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 38 times. Also: Matthew 14:17, Matthew 14:19, Matthew 16:9, Matthew 25:15, Matthew 25:16, Matthew 25:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4002; TFLSJ G4002; TAGNT Matthew 25:2 word 9
φρόνιμοι·phronimoiwise;
Lemma: φρόνιμος (phronimos) · Strong's: G5429
Parsing: Adjective · Nominative · Plural · Feminine (A-NPF)
Meaning: thoughtful — φρόνιμος, -ον; (φρονέω), [in LXX for בִּין, חָכָם etc. ; ] ; practically wise, sensible, prudent: Mat.10:16 24:45, Luk.12:42, 1Co.10:15; opposite to μωρός, Mat.7:24 25:2, 4 25:8-9, 1Co.4:10; to ἄφρων, 2Co.11:19; φ. παρ᾽…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 14 times. Also: Matthew 7:24, Matthew 10:16, Matthew 24:45, Matthew 25:4, Matthew 25:8, Matthew 25:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5429; TFLSJ G5429; TAGNT Matthew 25:2 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Five | → | πέντε G4002 five |
| of | → | ἐκ G1537 out from |
| them | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
| were | → | εἰμί G1510 to be |
| foolish | → | μωρός G3474 foolish |
| and | → | καί G2532 and |
| five [were] | → | πέντε G4002 five |
| wise | → | φρόνιμος G5429 thoughtful |
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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