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Luke 12:26

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And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?	If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?	Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

If^G1487 ye then^G3767 be^G1410 not^G3777 able to do^G1410 that thing which is least^G1646, why^G5101 take ye thought^G3309 for^G4012 the rest^G3062?

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Original Greek

εἰ οὖν οὔτε ἐλάχιστον δύνασθε, τί περὶ τῶν λοιπῶν μεριμνᾶτε;

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
εἰ	ei	G1487	COND	If
οὖν	oun	G3767	CONJ	ye then
οὔτε	oute	G3777	CONJ-N	not
ἐλάχιστον	elachiston	G1646	A-ASN-S	that thing which is least
δύνασθε,	dunasthe	G1410	V-PNI-2P	be able to do
τί	ti	G5101	I-ASN	why
περὶ	peri	G4012	PREP	for
τῶν	tōn	G3588	T-GPN	the
λοιπῶν	loipōn	G3062	A-GPN	rest
μεριμνᾶτε;	merimnate	G3309	V-PAI-2P	take ye thought

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G1410 — δύναμαι (dýnamai, doo'-nam-ahee): I am powerful, am able — of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible:--be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be possible, be of power.
• G1487 — εἰ (ei, i): if — a primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.:--forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether. Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in εἴγε, εἰ δὲ μή(γε), εἰ καί, εἰ μή, εἰ μή τι, εἴ περ, εἴ πως, εἴ τις, ἐκ. See also ἐάν.
• G1646 — ἐλάχιστος (eláchistos, el-akh'-is-tos): least, smallest, very little — superlative of (short); used as equivalent to μικρός; least (in size, amount, dignity, etc.):--least, very little (small), smallest.
• G3062 — λοιποί (loipoí, loy-poy'): left, left behind, the remainder — masculine plural of a derivative of λείπω; remaining ones:--other, which remain, remnant, residue, rest.
• G3309 — μεριμνάω (merimnáō, mer-im-nah'-o): I am anxious, distracted — from μέριμνα; to be anxious about:--(be, have) care(-ful), take thought.
• G3767 — οὖν (oûn, oon): therefore, then — apparently a primary word; (adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly:--and (so, truly), but, now (then), so (likewise then), then, therefore, verily, wherefore.
• G3777 — οὔτε (oúte, oo'-teh): and not, neither, nor — from οὐ and τέ; not too, i.e. neither or nor; by analogy, not even:--neither, none, nor (yet), (no, yet) not, nothing.
• G4012 — περί (perí, per-ee'): about, concerning, around — from the base of πέραν; properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period):--(there-)about, above, against, at, on behalf of, X and his company, which concern, (as) concerning, for, X how it will go with, ((there-, where-)) of, on, over, pertaining (to), for sake, X (e-)state, (as) touching, (where-)by (in), with. In comparative, it retains substantially the same meaning of circuit (around), excess (beyond), or completeness (through).
• G5101 — τίς (tís, tis): who, which, what — probably emphatic of τὶς; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions):--every man, how (much), + no(-ne, thing), what (manner, thing), where (-by, -fore, -of, -unto, - with, -withal), whether, which, who(-m, -se), why.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• why — Psalms 39:6, Ecclesiastes 7:13, Luke 12:29, 1 Peter 5:7

Reciprocal references (2): Matthew 6:25, Matthew 6:27

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: CARE, OVERMUCH
• Nave’s: BLESSING, CARE, COMMANDMENTS, FAITH, GOD, JESUS, THE CHRIST

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