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And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. (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 25:20 word 1
προσελθὼνproselthōnhaving come
Lemma: προσέρχομαι (proserchomai) · Strong's: G4334
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (V-2AAP-NSM)
Meaning: to come near/agree — προσ-έρχομαι ; [in LXX for קָרַב, נָגַשׁ, etc. ; ] ; to approach, draw near: absol., Mat.4:11, Luk.9:42, al.; with infin., Mat.24:1, al.; with dative loc., Heb.12:18, 22; dative of person(s), Mat.5:1, and freq.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 87 times. Also: Matthew 4:3, Matthew 4:11, Matthew 5:1, Matthew 8:2, Matthew 8:5, Matthew 8:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4334; TFLSJ G4334; TAGNT Matthew 25:20 word 2
ὁhothe [one]
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (T-NSM)
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 25:20 word 3
τὰtathe
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Accusative · Plural · Neuter (T-APN)
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 25:20 word 4
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 25:2, Matthew 25:15, Matthew 25:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4002; TFLSJ G4002; TAGNT Matthew 25:20 word 5
τάλανταtalantatalents
Lemma: τάλαντον (talanton) · Strong's: G5007
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Plural · Neuter (N-APN)
Meaning: talent — τάλαντομ, -ον, τ ; [in LXX for כִּכָּר ; ] ; 1. a balance (Hom.). ; 2. that which is weighed, a talent; (a) a talent in weight (in Horn. always of gold); (b) a sum of money, whether gold or silver, equivalent to a…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 15 times. Also: Matthew 18:24, Matthew 25:15, Matthew 25:16, Matthew 25:22, Matthew 25:24, Matthew 25:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5007; TFLSJ G5007; TAGNT Matthew 25:20 word 6
λαβὼνlabōnhaving received
Lemma: λαμβάνω (lambanō) · Strong's: G2983
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (V-2AAP-NSM)
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 25:20 word 7
προσήνεγκενprosēnegkenhe brought to [him]
Lemma: προσφέρω (prospherō) · Strong's: G4374
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-AAI-3S)
Meaning: to bring to — προσ-φέρω ; [in LXX chiefly for קָרַב hi. ; ] ; 1. to bring to, lead to: with accusative and dative of person(s), Mat.4:24 8:16 9:2, 32 14:35 17:16, Mrk.2:4 (WH, R, txt.; sc. αὐτόν) Mrk.10:13, Luk.18:15 23:14; pass.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 48 times. Also: Matthew 2:11, Matthew 4:24, Matthew 5:23, Matthew 5:24, Matthew 8:4, Matthew 8:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4374; TFLSJ G4374; TAGNT Matthew 25:20 word 8
ἄλλαallaother
Lemma: ἄλλος (allos) · Strong's: G0243
Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Plural · Neuter (A-APN)
Meaning: another — ἄλλος, -η, -ο, (cf. Lat. alius, Eng. else), ; [in LXX for אַחֵר ,אֶחָד, etc. ; ] ; other, another: absol., Mat.20:3, al.; ἄ. δέ, 1Co.3:10 12:8; pl., Mrk.6:15; attached to a noun, Mat.2:12 4:21, al.; with art., ὁ ἄ., the…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 160 times. Also: Matthew 2:12, Matthew 4:21, Matthew 5:39, Matthew 8:9, Matthew 12:13, Matthew 13:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0243; TFLSJ G0243; TAGNT Matthew 25:20 word 9
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 25:2, Matthew 25:15, Matthew 25:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4002; TFLSJ G4002; TAGNT Matthew 25:20 word 10
τάλανταtalantatalents
Lemma: τάλαντον (talanton) · Strong's: G5007
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Plural · Neuter (N-APN)
Meaning: talent — τάλαντομ, -ον, τ ; [in LXX for כִּכָּר ; ] ; 1. a balance (Hom.). ; 2. that which is weighed, a talent; (a) a talent in weight (in Horn. always of gold); (b) a sum of money, whether gold or silver, equivalent to a…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 15 times. Also: Matthew 18:24, Matthew 25:15, Matthew 25:16, Matthew 25:22, Matthew 25:24, Matthew 25:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5007; TFLSJ G5007; TAGNT Matthew 25:20 word 11
λέγων·legōnsaying;
Lemma: λέγω (legō) · Strong's: G3004G
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (V-PAP-NSM)
Meaning: to say — λέγω, ; [in LXX very freq., chiefly for אמר; λέγει for נְאֻם, Gen.22:16, al. ; ] ; 1. in Hom., to pick out, gather, reckon, recount.; 2. In Hdt. and Att., to say, speak, affirm, declare: absol., Act.13:15, 24:10; before…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 1305 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:22, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 2:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3004G; TFLSJ G3004G; TAGNT Matthew 25:20 word 12
κύριε,kurieMaster,
Lemma: κύριος (kurios) · Strong's: G2962H
Parsing: Noun · Vocative · Singular · Masculine (N-VSM)
Meaning: lord: master — κύριος, -α, -ον (also -ος, -ον), ; [in LXX (subst.) chiefly for יהוה, also for בַּעַל ,אָדוֹן, etc. ; ] ; having power (κῦρος) or authority; as subst., ὁ κ., lord, master; 1. in general: with genitive of thing(s),…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 89 times. Also: Matthew 6:24, Matthew 10:24, Matthew 10:25, Matthew 12:8, Matthew 13:27, Matthew 15:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2962H; TFLSJ G2962H; TAGNT Matthew 25:20 word 13
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 25:2, Matthew 25:15, Matthew 25:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4002; TFLSJ G4002; TAGNT Matthew 25:20 word 14
τάλαντάtalantatalents
Lemma: τάλαντον (talanton) · Strong's: G5007
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Plural · Neuter (N-APN)
Meaning: talent — τάλαντομ, -ον, τ ; [in LXX for כִּכָּר ; ] ; 1. a balance (Hom.). ; 2. that which is weighed, a talent; (a) a talent in weight (in Horn. always of gold); (b) a sum of money, whether gold or silver, equivalent to a…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 15 times. Also: Matthew 18:24, Matthew 25:15, Matthew 25:16, Matthew 25:22, Matthew 25:24, Matthew 25:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5007; TFLSJ G5007; TAGNT Matthew 25:20 word 15
μοιmoito me
Lemma: μέ (me) · Strong's: G3165
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 1st · Dative · Singular (P-1DS)
Meaning: me — 1. apostrophe for με. ; 2. rarely for μοι, (Homer) (ML)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2026 times. Also: Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 3:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3165; TFLSJ G3165; TAGNT Matthew 25:20 word 16
παρέδωκας·paredōkasyou did deliver;
Lemma: παραδίδωμι (paradidōmi) · Strong's: G3860
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Indicative · 2nd · Singular (V-AAI-2S)
Meaning: to deliver — παρα-δίδωμι, ; [in LXX chiefly for נתן ; ] correl. to παρδέχομαι, ; 1. to give or hand over to another: with accusative and dative, Mat.11:27 25:14, Luk.4:6, al.; of being delivered up to a course of teaching, pass.…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 121 times. Also: Matthew 4:12, Matthew 5:25, Matthew 10:4, Matthew 10:17, Matthew 10:19, Matthew 10:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3860; TFLSJ G3860; TAGNT Matthew 25:20 word 17
ἴδεideBehold
Lemma: ἴδε (ide) · Strong's: G2396
Parsing: Interjection (INJ)
Meaning: look! — ἴδε (Attic ἰδέ; the "later" accentuation is also found in Hom.; Veitch, 215) ; 1. prop., 2 aor. imperat. of ὁράω, which see ; 2. As interjection, apart from the construction of the sentence, and used where one or many…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 30 times. Also: Matthew 25:22, Matthew 25:25, Matthew 26:65, Mark 2:24, Mark 3:34, Mark 11:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2396; TFLSJ G2396; TAGNT Matthew 25:20 word 18
ἄλλαallamore
Lemma: ἄλλος (allos) · Strong's: G0243
Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Plural · Neuter (A-APN)
Meaning: another — ἄλλος, -η, -ο, (cf. Lat. alius, Eng. else), ; [in LXX for אַחֵר ,אֶחָד, etc. ; ] ; other, another: absol., Mat.20:3, al.; ἄ. δέ, 1Co.3:10 12:8; pl., Mrk.6:15; attached to a noun, Mat.2:12 4:21, al.; with art., ὁ ἄ., the…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 160 times. Also: Matthew 2:12, Matthew 4:21, Matthew 5:39, Matthew 8:9, Matthew 12:13, Matthew 13:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0243; TFLSJ G0243; TAGNT Matthew 25:20 word 19
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 25:2, Matthew 25:15, Matthew 25:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4002; TFLSJ G4002; TAGNT Matthew 25:20 word 20
τάλανταtalantatalents
Lemma: τάλαντον (talanton) · Strong's: G5007
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Plural · Neuter (N-APN)
Meaning: talent — τάλαντομ, -ον, τ ; [in LXX for כִּכָּר ; ] ; 1. a balance (Hom.). ; 2. that which is weighed, a talent; (a) a talent in weight (in Horn. always of gold); (b) a sum of money, whether gold or silver, equivalent to a…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 15 times. Also: Matthew 18:24, Matthew 25:15, Matthew 25:16, Matthew 25:22, Matthew 25:24, Matthew 25:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5007; TFLSJ G5007; TAGNT Matthew 25:20 word 21
ἐκέρδησαekerdēsaI gained
Lemma: κερδαίνω (kerdainō) · Strong's: G2770
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Indicative · 1st · Singular (V-AAI-1S)
Meaning: to gain — κερδαίνω ; [in Sm.: Job.22:3 * ; ] ; to gain: with accusative, Mat.25:16-17, 20 25:22; τ. κόσμον, Mat.16:26, Mrk.8:36, Luk.9:25; absol., to make profit, get gain: Jas.4:13. Metaphorical, with accusative of thing(s), to…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 17 times. Also: Matthew 16:26, Matthew 18:15, Matthew 25:16, Matthew 25:17, Matthew 25:22, Mark 8:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2770; TFLSJ G2770; TAGNT Matthew 25:20 word 22
ἐπ᾽ep᾽upon
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…
Greek editions with this word: TR, Byzantine
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 25:20 word 23
αὐτοῖς.autoisthem.
Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846
Parsing: Personal pronoun · Dative · Plural · Neuter (P-DPN)
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: 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 25:20 word 24
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The [servant] | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| who had received | → | λαμβάνω G2983 to take |
| the | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| five | → | πέντε G4002 five |
| talents | → | τάλαντον G5007 talent |
| came | → | προσέρχομαι G4334 to come near/agree |
| [and] presented | → | προσφέρω G4374 to bring to |
| five | → | πέντε G4002 five |
| more | → | ἄλλος G0243 another |
| Master | → | κύριος G2962H lord: master |
| he said | → | λέγω G3004G to say |
| you entrusted | → | παραδίδωμι G3860 to deliver |
| me | → | ἐγώ G1473 I/we |
| {with} five | → | πέντε G4002 five |
| talents | → | τάλαντον G5007 talent |
| See | → | ἰδού G2400 look! |
| I have gained | → | κερδαίνω G2770 to gain |
| five | → | πέντε G4002 five |
| more | → | ἄλλος G0243 another |
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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