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Mark 4:31

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And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?	[It is] like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:	But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

It is like a grain^G2848 of mustard seed^G4615, which^G3739, when^G3752 it is sown^G4687 in^G1909 the earth^G1093, is less^G3398 than all^G3956 the seeds^G4690 that be^G2076 in^G1909 the earth^G1093:

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Original Greek

ὡς κόκκῳ σινάπεως, ὃς, ὅταν σπαρῇ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, μικρότερος πάντων τῶν σπερμάτων ἐστὶ τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς·

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
ὡς	hōs	G5613	ADV	like
κόκκῳ	kokkō	G2848	N-DSM	a grain
σινάπεως,	sinapeōs	G4615	N-GSN	of mustard seed
ὃς,	hos	G3739	R-NSM	which
ὅταν	hotan	G3752	CONJ	when
σπαρῇ	sparē	G4687	V-2APS-3S	it is sown
ἐπὶ	epi	G1909	PREP	in
τῆς	tēs	G3588	T-GSF	the
γῆς,	gēs	G1093	N-GSF	earth
μικρότερος	mikroteros	G3398	A-NSM-C	is less
πάντων	pantōn	G3956	A-GPN	than all
τῶν	tōn	G3588	T-GPN	the
σπερμάτων	spermatōn	G4690	N-GPN	seeds
ἐστὶ	esti	G2076	V-PAI-3S	that be
τῶν	tōn	G3588	T-GPN	*
ἐπὶ	epi	G1909	PREP	in
τῆς	tēs	G3588	T-GSF	the
γῆς·	gēs	G1093	N-GSF	earth

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G1093 — γῆ (gē, ghay): the earth, soil, land — contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application):--country, earth(-ly), ground, land, world.
• G1909 — ἐπί (epí, ep-ee'): on, to, against, on the basis of, at — a primary preposition; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.:--about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally or figuratively).
• G2076 — ἐστί (estí, es-tee'): third person singular present indicative of εἰμί; he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are:--are, be(-long), call, X can(-not), come, consisteth, X dure for a while, + follow, X have, (that) is (to say), make, meaneth, X must needs, + profit, + remaineth, + wrestle.
• G2848 — κόκκος (kókkos, kok'-kos): a kernel, grain — apparently a primary word; a kernel of seed:--corn, grain.
• G3398 — μικρός (mikrós, mik-ros'): little, small — apparently a primary word; small (in size, quantity, number or (figuratively) dignity):--least, less, little, small.
• G3739 — ὅς (hós, hos): who, which, what, that — probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article ὁ); the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that:--one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also οὗ.
• G3752 — ὅταν (hótan, hot'-an): when, whensoever — from ὅτε and ἄν; whenever (implying hypothesis or more or less uncertainty); also causatively (conjunctionally) inasmuch as:--as long (soon) as, that, + till, when(-soever), while.
• G3956 — πᾶς (pâs, pas): all, the whole, every kind of — including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole:--all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
• G4615 — σίναπι (sínapi, sin'-ap-ee): mustard — perhaps from (to hurt, i.e. sting); mustard (the plant):--mustard.
• G4687 — σπείρω (speírō, spi'-ro): I sow, spread, scatter — probably strengthened from σπάω (through the idea of extending); to scatter, i.e. sow (literally or figuratively):--sow(- er), receive seed.
• G4690 — σπέρμα (spérma, sper'-mah): seed, offspring — from σπείρω; something sown, i.e. seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting):--issue, seed.

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.
• G5613 — ὡς (hōs, hoce): as, like as, how, while, so that — probably adverb of comparative from ὅς; which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows):--about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.

Cross References

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

• is less than — Genesis 22:17-18, Psalms 72:16-19, Isaiah 2:2-3, Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 49:6-7, Isaiah 53:2, Isaiah 53:12, Isaiah 54:1-3, Isaiah 60:22, Ezekiel 17:22-24, Daniel 2:34-35, Daniel 2:44-45, Amos 9:11-15, Micah 4:1-2, Zechariah 2:11, Zechariah 8:20-23, Zechariah 12:8, Zechariah 14:6-9, Malachi 1:11, Acts 2:41, Acts 4:4, Acts 5:14, Acts 19:20, Acts 21:20, Revelation 11:15, Revelation 20:1-6
• like — Matthew 13:31-33, Luke 13:18-19

Reciprocal references (3): Jonah 1:16, Matthew 17:20, Mark 4:28

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: MISSIONS, WORLD-WIDE, MUSTARD SEED
• Nave’s: CHURCH, GOSPEL, JESUS, THE CHRIST, KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, SERMON, WORD OF GOD

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