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And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. (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 4:19 word 1
λέγειlegeiHe says
Lemma: λέγω (legō) · Strong's: G3004G
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-PAI-3S)
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 4:19 word 2
αὐτοῖς·autoisto them;
Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846
Parsing: Personal pronoun · Dative · Plural · Masculine (P-DPM)
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 4:19 word 3
δεῦτεdeuteCome
Lemma: δεῦτε (deute) · Strong's: G1205
Parsing: Interjection (INJ)
Meaning: come — δεῦτε ; adv., as pl. of δεῦρο, 1. (b), which see, [in LXX chiefly for לְכוּ ; ] ; come on! come here! come!: with imperat., Mat.25:34 28:6, Jhn.4:29 21:12, Rev.19:17; with subjc., Mat.21:38, Mrk.12:7; before ὀπίσω,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 13 times. Also: Matthew 11:28, Matthew 21:38, Matthew 22:4, Matthew 25:34, Matthew 28:6, Mark 1:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1205; TFLSJ G1205; TAGNT Matthew 4:19 word 4
ὀπίσωopisōafter
Lemma: ὀπίσω (opisō) · Strong's: G3694
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: after — ὀπίσω ; adv. ; of place and time, ; [in LXX chiefly for אַחַר and cogn. forms ; ] ; 1. prop., as in cl., adv., ; (a) of time (not in NT); (b) of place, back, behind, after: Mat.24:18, Luk.7:38; τὰ ὀ., Php.3:13; εἰς τὰ…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 37 times. Also: Matthew 3:11, Matthew 4:10, Matthew 10:38, Matthew 16:23, Matthew 16:24, Matthew 24:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3694; TFLSJ G3694; TAGNT Matthew 4:19 word 5
μου,mouMe,
Lemma: μέ (me) · Strong's: G3165
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 1st · Genitive · Singular (P-1GS)
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 4:19 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 4:19 word 7
ποιήσωpoiēsōI will make
Lemma: ποιέω (poieō) · Strong's: G4160G
Parsing: Verb · Future · Active · Indicative · 1st · Singular (V-FAI-1S)
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 3:8, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 5:19, Matthew 5:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4160G; TFLSJ G4160G; TAGNT Matthew 4:19 word 8
ὑμᾶςhumasyou
Lemma: σύ (su) · Strong's: G4771
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 2nd · Accusative · Plural (P-2AP)
Meaning: you — σύ, ; pron. of 2nd of person(s), ; thou, you, genitive, σοῦ, dative, σοί, accusative, σέ, pl., ὑμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς (enclitic in oblique cases sing., except after prep. (BL, §48, 3), though πρὸς σέ occurs in Mat.25:39).…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 3071 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4771; TFLSJ G4771; TAGNT Matthew 4:19 word 9
ἁλιεῖςhalieisfishers
Lemma: ἁλιεύς (halieus) · Strong's: G0231
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Plural · Masculine (N-APM)
Meaning: fisherman — ἁλεεύς (Rec. ἁλιεύς, the older form; WH, App., 151, -έως, ὁ ; (ἅλς, the sea) [in LXX for דָּג, דַּוָּג ; ] ; a fisherman: Mat.4:18, 19, Mrk.1:16, 17, Luk.5:2 ; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 5 times. Also: Matthew 4:18, Mark 1:16, Mark 1:17, Luke 5:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0231; TFLSJ G0231; TAGNT Matthew 4:19 word 10
ἀνθρώπων.anthrōpōnof men.
Lemma: ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) · Strong's: G0444
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Plural · Masculine (N-GPM)
Meaning: a human — ἄνθρωπος, -ου, ὁ, ; [in LXX chiefly for אִישׁ ,אָדָם, also for אֱנוֹשׁ, etc. ; ] ; man: ; 1. generically, a human being, male or female (Lat. homo): Jhn.16:21; with art., Mat.4:4 12:35, Mrk.2:27, Jhn.2:25, Rom.7:1, al;…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 558 times. Also: Matthew 4:4, Matthew 5:13, Matthew 5:16, Matthew 5:19, Matthew 6:1, Matthew 6:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0444; TFLSJ G0444; TAGNT Matthew 4:19 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Come, follow | → | δεῦτε G1205 come |
| . . . | → | ὀπίσω G3694 after |
| Me | → | ἐγώ G1473 I/we |
| [Jesus] said | → | λέγω G3004G to say |
| and | → | καί G2532 and |
| I will make | → | ποιέω G4160G to do/make: do |
| you | → | σύ G4771 you |
| fishers | → | ἁλιεύς G0231 fisherman |
| of men | → | ἄνθρωπος G0444 a human |
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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