Matthew 6:17 Go deeper

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; (KJV)

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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.

σὺsuYou yourself

Lemma: σύ (su) · Strong's: G4771

Parsing: Personal pronoun · 2nd · Nominative · Singular (P-2NS)

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 6:17 word 1

δὲdehowever

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.,…

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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 6:17 word 2

νηστεύωνnēsteuōnfasting

Lemma: νηστεύω (nēsteuō) · Strong's: G3522

Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (V-PAP-NSM)

Meaning: to fast — νηστεύω; (νῆστις), [in LXX for צוּם ; ] ; to fast (Arist., Aristoph., al.): Mat.4:2 6:16-18 9:14-15 Mrk.2:18-20, Luk.5:33-35 18:12, Act.13:2-3.†; (AS)

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Used 21 times. Also: Matthew 4:2, Matthew 6:16, Matthew 6:18, Matthew 9:14, Matthew 9:15, Mark 2:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3522; TFLSJ G3522; TAGNT Matthew 6:17 word 3

ἄλειψαίaleipsaido anoint yourself

Lemma: ἀλείφω (aleiphō) · Strong's: G0218

Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Middle · Imperative · 2nd · Singular (V-AMM-2S)

Meaning: to anoint — ἀλείφω; (cf. λίπος, oil), [in LXX: Gen.31:13, Exo.40:15, Num.3:3 (מָשַׁח), Eze.13:10 ff. (טוּחַ), Rut.3:3, 2Ki.12:20 14:2, 4Ki.4:2, 2Ch.28:15, Mic.6:15, Dan LXX TH Dan.10:3 (סוּךְ), Est.2:12, Jdth.16:8 * ; ] ; to…

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Used 9 times. Also: Mark 6:13, Mark 16:1, Luke 7:38, Luke 7:46, John 11:2, John 12:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G0218; TFLSJ G0218; TAGNT Matthew 6:17 word 4

σουsouyour

Lemma: σύ (su) · Strong's: G4771

Parsing: Personal pronoun · 2nd · Genitive · Singular (P-2GS)

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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 6:17 word 5

τὴνtēn<the>

Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588

Parsing: Definite article · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (T-ASF)

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.,…

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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 6:17 word 6

κεφαλὴνkephalēnhead

Lemma: κεφαλή (kephalē) · Strong's: G2776

Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (N-ASF)

Meaning: head — κεφαλή, -ῆς, ἡ ; [in LXX nearly always for רֹאשׁ ; ] ; the head: Mat.5:35, Mrk.6:24, Rev.1:14 9:7, al. mult.; figuratively, ἄνθρακες ἐπὶ τὴν κ., Rom.12:20 (LXX); αἷμι, Act.18:6; metaphorically, of a husband, with…

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Used 76 times. Also: Matthew 5:36, Matthew 8:20, Matthew 10:30, Matthew 14:8, Matthew 14:11, Matthew 21:42 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2776; TFLSJ G2776; TAGNT Matthew 6:17 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 6:17 word 8

τὸtothe

Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588

Parsing: Definite article · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (T-ASN)

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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 6:17 word 9

πρόσωπόνprosōponface

Lemma: πρόσωπον (prosōpon) · Strong's: G4383

Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (N-ASN)

Meaning: face — πρόσωπον, -ου, τό; (πρός, ὤψ), [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for פָּנִים ; ] ; 1. prop., of persons (so always in cl.); (a) the face, countenance: Mat.6:16-17, Mrk.14:65, Luk.9:29, 2Co.3:7, Rev.4:7, al.; τὸ π. τῆς…

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Used 77 times. Also: Matthew 6:16, Matthew 11:10, Matthew 16:3, Matthew 17:2, Matthew 17:6, Matthew 18:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G4383; TFLSJ G4383; TAGNT Matthew 6:17 word 10

σουsouof you

Lemma: σύ (su) · Strong's: G4771

Parsing: Personal pronoun · 2nd · Genitive · Singular (P-2GS)

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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 6:17 word 11

νίψαιnipsaido wash, yourself

Lemma: νίπτω (niptō) · Strong's: G3538

Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Middle · Imperative · 2nd · Singular (V-AMM-2S)

Meaning: to wash — νίπτω late form of νίζω, ; [in LXX chiefly for רָחַץ ; ] ; to wash, usually of a part of the body: with accusative of person(s), Jhn.13:8; τ. πόδας, Jhn.13:5-6, 8 13:12, 14, 1Ti.5:10; mid., reflexive, ; to wash oneself:…

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Used 17 times. Also: Matthew 15:2, Mark 7:3, John 9:7, John 9:11, John 9:15, John 13:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3538; TFLSJ G3538; TAGNT Matthew 6:17 word 12

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

But	→	δέ G1161 then
[when] you	→	σύ G4771 you
fast	→	νηστεύω G3522 to fast
anoint	→	ἀλείφω G0218 to anoint
your	→	σύ G4771 you
head	→	κεφαλή G2776 head
and	→	καί G2532 and
wash	→	νίπτω G3538 to wash
your	→	σύ G4771 you
face	→	πρόσωπον G4383 face

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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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