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Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
ποιήσατεpoiēsatedo produce
Lemma: ποιέω (poieō) · Strong's: G4160G
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Imperative · 2nd · Plural (V-AAM-2P)
Meaning: to do/make: do — ποιέω, -ῶ, ; [in LXX for a great variety of words, but chiefly for עשׂה ; ] ; 1. to make, produce, create, cause: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.17:4, Mrk.9:5, Jhn.9:11, Act.9:39, Rom.9:20, al.; of God as Creator…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 565 times. Also: Matthew 1:24, Matthew 3:3, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 4:19, Matthew 5:19, Matthew 5:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4160G; TFLSJ G4160G; TAGNT Matthew 3:8 word 1
οὖνountherefore
Lemma: οὖν (oun) · Strong's: G3767
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: therefore/then — οὖν, ; particle ; expressing consequence or simple sequence (never standing first in a sentence), wherefore, therefore, then: Mat.3:10, Luk.3:9, Jhn.8:38, Act.1:21, Rom.5:9, al.; in exhortations, Mat.3:8, Luk.11:35,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 535 times. Also: Matthew 1:17, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 5:19, Matthew 5:23, Matthew 5:48, Matthew 6:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3767; TFLSJ G3767; TAGNT Matthew 3:8 word 2
καρπὸνkarponfruit
Lemma: καρπός (karpos) · Strong's: G2590
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (N-ASM)
Meaning: fruit — καρπός, -οῦ, ὁ ; [in LXX chiefly for פְּרִי ; ] ; fruit: of trees, Mat.12:33 21:19, Mrk.11:14, Luk.6:44 13:6-7; of vines, Mat.21:34, Mrk.12:2, Luk.20:10, 1Co.9:7; of fields, Mrk.4:29, Luk.12:17, 2Ti.2:6, Jas.5:7;…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, Byzantine
Used 66 times. Also: Matthew 3:10, Matthew 7:16, Matthew 7:17, Matthew 7:18, Matthew 7:19, Matthew 7:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2590; TFLSJ G2590; TAGNT Matthew 3:8 word 3
ἄξιονaxionworthy
Lemma: ἄξιος (axios) · Strong's: G0514
Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (A-ASM)
Meaning: worthy — ἄξιος, -α, -ον; (ἄγω, in sense, to weigh), [in LXX for בֵּן (Deu.25:2), מָלֵא, שָׁוָה; frequently in Wis, 2Mac ; ] ; 1. Part One ; (a) of weight, worth (often with genitive, cf. Pr 315, 811), before πρός: Rom.8:18 (see…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, Byzantine
Used 41 times. Also: Matthew 10:10, Matthew 10:11, Matthew 10:13, Matthew 10:37, Matthew 10:38, Matthew 22:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0514; TFLSJ G0514; TAGNT Matthew 3:8 word 4
τῆςtēs<the>
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Genitive · Singular · Feminine (T-GSF)
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 3:8 word 5
μετανοίας.metanoiasof repentance.
Lemma: μετάνοια (metanoia) · Strong's: G3341
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Singular · Feminine (N-GSF)
Meaning: repentance — μετάνοια, -οίας, ἡ; (μετανοέω), [in LXX: Pro.14:15, Wis.11:23 12:10, 19, Sir.44:16 * ; ] ; after-thought, change of mind, repentance: Heb.12:17; of repentance from sin, Mat.3:8, 11 Luk.3:8 15:7 24:47, Act.26:20,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 24 times. Also: Matthew 3:11, Matthew 9:13, Mark 1:4, Mark 2:17, Luke 3:3, Luke 3:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3341; TFLSJ G3341; TAGNT Matthew 3:8 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Produce | → | ποιέω G4160G to do/make: do |
| fruit | → | καρπός G2590 fruit |
| then | → | οὖν G3767 therefore/then |
| in keeping with | → | ἄξιος G0514 worthy |
| repentance | → | μετάνοια G3341 repentance |
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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