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Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you , and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. (KJV)
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ΜακάριοίMakarioiBlessed
Lemma: μακάριος (makarios) · Strong's: G3107
Parsing: Adjective · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (A-NPM)
Meaning: blessed — μακάριος, -α, -ον; (collat. form of poët. μάκαρ, in Hom., Hes., chiefly of the gods and the departed), [in LXX for אֹשֶׁר ; ] ; blessed, happy (DCG, i, 177, 213): θεός (δυνάστης), 1Ti.1:11 6:15; ἐλπίς, Tit.2:13; esp. in…
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Used 50 times. Also: Matthew 5:3, Matthew 5:4, Matthew 5:5, Matthew 5:6, Matthew 5:7, Matthew 5:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3107; TFLSJ G3107; TAGNT Matthew 5:11 word 1
ἐστε,esteare you
Lemma: εἰμί (eimi) · Strong's: G1510
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Indicative · 2nd · Plural (V-PAI-2P)
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,…
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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 5:11 word 2
ὅτανhotanwhen
Lemma: ὅταν (hotan) · Strong's: G3752
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: when(-ever) — ὅταν (for ὅτ᾽ ἄν = ὅτε ἄν), ; temporal particle, ; with a conditional sense, usually of things expected to occur in an indefinite future; 1. prop., whenever; (a) (a) with subjc. praes.: Mat.6:2, 5 Mrk.14:7, Luk.11:36,…
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Used 123 times. Also: Matthew 6:2, Matthew 6:5, Matthew 6:6, Matthew 6:16, Matthew 9:15, Matthew 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3752; TFLSJ G3752; TAGNT Matthew 5:11 word 3
ὀνειδίσωσινoneidisōsinthey may insult
Lemma: ὀνειδίζω (oneidizō) · Strong's: G3679
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Subjunctive · 3rd · Plural (V-AAS-3P)
Meaning: to revile — ὀνειδίζω; (ὄνειδος), [in LXX chiefly for חָרַף pi. ; ] ; to reproach, upbraid: absol., Jas.1:5; with accusative of person(s) (in cl. more frequently with dative of person(s); Bl., § 34, 2; WM, 278), Mat.5:11, Mrk.15:32,…
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Used 9 times. Also: Matthew 11:20, Matthew 27:44, Mark 15:32, Mark 16:14, Luke 6:22, Romans 15:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3679; TFLSJ G3679; TAGNT Matthew 5:11 word 4
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).…
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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 5:11 word 5
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,…
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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 5:11 word 6
διώξωσινdiōxōsinthey may persecute [you]
Lemma: διώκω (diōkō) · Strong's: G1377
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Subjunctive · 3rd · Plural (V-AAS-3P)
Meaning: to pursue — διώκω ; [in LXX chiefly for רָדַף ; ] ; 1. to put to flight, drive away: Mat.23:34. ; 2. to pursue; (a) of persons; with accusative, without hostility, to follow after: Luk.17:23; with hostile purpose: Act.26:11,…
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Used 45 times. Also: Matthew 5:10, Matthew 5:12, Matthew 5:44, Matthew 10:23, Matthew 23:34, Luke 11:49 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1377; TFLSJ G1377; TAGNT Matthew 5:11 word 7
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,…
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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 5:11 word 8
εἴπωσινeipōsinthey may say
Lemma: εἶπον (eipon) · Strong's: G2036
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Subjunctive · 3rd · Plural (V-2AAS-3P)
Meaning: to say — εἶπον, 2 aorist of obsolete present ἔπω (cf. Veitch), used as aorist of λέγω, which see ; (AS)
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Used 955 times. Also: Matthew 2:5, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:15, Matthew 4:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2036; TFLSJ G2036; TAGNT Matthew 5:11 word 9
πᾶνpanall kinds of
Lemma: πᾶς (pas) · Strong's: G3956
Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (A-ASN)
Meaning: all — πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν, genitive, παντός, πάσης, παντός, ; [in LXX chiefly for כֹּל ; ] ; all, every. ; I. As adj., ; 1. with subst. anarth., all, every, of every kind: Mat.3:10 4:23, Mrk.9:49, Luk.4:37, Jhn.2:1o, Act.27:20,…
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Used 1264 times. Also: Matthew 1:17, Matthew 2:3, Matthew 2:4, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 3:5, Matthew 3:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3956; TFLSJ G3956; TAGNT Matthew 5:11 word 10
πονηρὸνponēronevil
Lemma: πονηρός (ponēros) · Strong's: G4190
Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (A-ASN)
Meaning: evil/bad — πονηρός, -ά, -όν; (πονέω, to toil), [in LXX chiefly for רַע ; ] ; 1. ; (a) of persons, oppressed by toils (Hes.); (b) of things, toilsome, painful (καιρός, Sir.51:12): Eph.5:16 6:13 Rev.16:2. ; 2. bad, worthless; (a) in…
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Used 79 times. Also: Matthew 5:37, Matthew 5:39, Matthew 5:45, Matthew 6:13, Matthew 6:23, Matthew 7:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4190; TFLSJ G4190; TAGNT Matthew 5:11 word 11
ῥῆμαrhēmadeclaration
Lemma: ῥῆμα (rhēma) · Strong's: G4487
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (N-ASN)
Meaning: declaration — ῥῆμα, -τος, τό ; [in LXX chiefly for דָּבָר, also for פֶּה, and Aram. פִּתְגָּם, etc. ; ] ; 1. prop., of that which is said or spoken, ; (a) a word: Mat.27:14, 2Co.12:4; pl., τὰ ῥ., of speech, discourse, Luk.7:1,…
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Used 69 times. Also: Matthew 4:4, Matthew 12:36, Matthew 18:16, Matthew 26:75, Matthew 27:14, Mark 9:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4487; TFLSJ G4487; TAGNT Matthew 5:11 word 12
καθ᾽kath᾽against
Lemma: κατά (kata) · Strong's: G2596
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: according to — κατά (bef. a vowel κατ᾽, καθ᾽; on the frequently neglect of elision, see Tdf., Pr., 95; WH, App., 146a), ; prep. with genitive, accusative, ; down, downwards. ; I. C. genitive (WM, §47, k; Bl., §42, 2). ; 1. C. genitive…
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Used 483 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 2:19, Matthew 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2596; TFLSJ G2596; TAGNT Matthew 5:11 word 13
ὑμῶνhumōnyou
Lemma: σύ (su) · Strong's: G4771
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 2nd · Genitive · Plural (P-2GP)
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).…
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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 5:11 word 14
ψευδόμενοιpseudomenoilying
Lemma: ψεύδομαι (pseudomai) · Strong's: G5574
Parsing: Verb · Present · Middle or Passive Deponent · Participle · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (V-PNP-NPM)
Meaning: to lie — ψεύδω to deceive by lies; more frequently in the depon. mid, form ψεύδομαι (so always in NT), ; [in LXX chiefly for כָּחַשׁ pi. ; ] ; 1. absol., to lie: Heb.6:18, 1Jn.1:6, Rev.3:9; οὐ ψεύδομαι, Rom.9:1, 2Co.11:31,…
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Used 12 times. Also: Acts 5:3, Acts 5:4, Romans 9:1, 2 Corinthians 11:31, Galatians 1:20, Colossians 3:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5574; TFLSJ G5574; TAGNT Matthew 5:11 word 15
ἕνεκενhenekenon account of
Lemma: ἕνεκα (heneka, ehineken) · Strong's: G1752
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: because of — ἕνεκα (so Mat.19:5, Luk.6:22, Act.19:32 26:21; elsewhere, prop, only before a vowel, ἕνεκεν; εἵνεκεν, originally Ionic: Luk.4:18 18:29, Act.28:20, 2Co.3:10), ; prep. with genitive, ; on account of, because of:…
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Used 26 times. Also: Matthew 5:10, Matthew 10:18, Matthew 10:39, Matthew 16:25, Matthew 19:5, Matthew 19:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1752; TFLSJ G1752; TAGNT Matthew 5:11 word 16
ἐμοῦ.emouMe.
Lemma: ἐγώ (egō) · Strong's: G1473
Parsing: Possessive pronoun · 1st Person · Genitive · Singular · Neuter (S-1SGSN)
Meaning: I/we — ἐγώ, genitive, etc., ἐμοῦ, ἐμοί, ἐμέ (enclitic μου, μοι, με), pl. ἡμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς, ; of person(s) pron. ; I. ; (a) The nom. is usually emphatic, when expressed as subjc, as in Mat.3:11, Mrk.1:8, Luk.3:16, al. But…
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Used 862 times. Also: Matthew 2:8, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 3:14, Matthew 5:22, Matthew 5:28, Matthew 5:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1473; TFLSJ G1473; TAGNT Matthew 5:11 word 17
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Blessed | → | μακάριος G3107 blessed |
| are you | → | εἰμί G1510 to be |
| when | → | ὅταν G3752 when(-ever) |
| [people] insult | → | ὀνειδίζω G3679 to revile |
| you | → | σύ G4771 you |
| persecute [you] | → | διώκω G1377 to pursue |
| and | → | καί G2532 and |
| falsely | → | ψεύδομαι G5574 to lie |
| say | → | εἶπον G2036 to say |
| all kinds of | → | πᾶς G3956 all |
| evil | → | πονηρός G4190 evil/bad |
| against | → | κατά G2596 according to |
| you | → | σύ G4771 you |
| because of | → | ἕνεκα G1752 because of |
| Me | → | ἐγώ G1473 I/we |
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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