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Matthew 12:47

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← Matthew 12:46	Matthew 12:47 (KJV)	Matthew 12:48 [words of Jesus] →
While he yet talked to the people, behold, [his] mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.	Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.	But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then^G1161 one^G5100 said^G2036 unto him^G846, Behold^G2400, thy^G4675 mother^G3384 and^G2532 thy^G4675 brethren^G80 stand^G2476 without^G1854, desiring^G2212 to speak^G2980 with thee^G4671.

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Original Greek

εἶπε δέ τις αὐτῷ, Ἰδού, ἡ μήτηρ σου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί σου ἔξω ἑστήκασι, ζητοῦντές σοι λαλῆσαι.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
εἶπε	eipe	G2036	V-2AAI-3S	said
δέ	de	G1161	CONJ	Then
τις	tis	G5100	X-NSM	one
αὐτῷ,	autō	G846	P-DSM	unto him
Ἰδού,	Idou	G2400	V-2AAM-2S	Behold
ἡ	hē	G3588	T-NSF	*
μήτηρ	mētēr	G3384	N-NSF	mother
σου	sou	G4675	P-2GS	thy
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	and
οἱ	hoi	G3588	T-NPM	*
ἀδελφοί	adelphoi	G80	N-NPM	brethren
σου	sou	G4675	P-2GS	thy
ἔξω	exō	G1854	ADV	without
ἑστήκασι,	hestēkasi	G2476	V-RAI-3P	stand
ζητοῦντές	zētountes	G2212	V-PAP-NPM	desiring
σοι	soi	G4671	P-2DS	with thee
λαλῆσαι.	lalēsai	G2980	V-AAN	to speak

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G80 — ἀδελφός (adelphós, ad-el-fos'): a brother — from Α (as a connective particle) and (the womb); a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like Α):--brother.
• G846 — αὐτός (autós, ow-tos'): he, she, it, they, them, same — from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of ἀήρ through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative ἑαυτοῦ) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare αὑτοῦ.
• G1161 — δέ (dé, deh): but, on the other hand, and — a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
• G1854 — ἔξω (éxō, ex'-o): without, outside — adverb from ἐκ; out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively:--away, forth, (with-)out (of, -ward), strange.
• G2036 — ἔπω (épō, ep'-o): a primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from ἐρέω, ῥέω, and φημί); to speak or say (by word or writing):--answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell. Compare λέγω.
• G2212 — ζητέω (zētéō, dzay-teh'-o): I seek, search for, desire — of uncertain affinity; to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life):--be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means). Compare πυνθάνομαι.
• G2400 — ἰδού (idoú, id-oo'): See! Lo! Behold! Look! — second person singular imperative middle voice of εἴδω; used as imperative lo!; --behold, lo, see.
• G2476 — ἵστημι (hístēmi, his'-tay-mee): I cause to stand, stand — a prolonged form of a primary (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses); to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively):--abide, appoint, bring, continue, covenant, establish, hold up, lay, present, set (up), stanch, stand (by, forth, still, up). Compare τίθημι.
• G2532 — καί (kaí, kahee): and, even, also, namely — apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
• G2980 — λαλέω (laléō, lal-eh'-o): I speak, say — a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. utter words:--preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter. Compare λέγω.
• G3384 — μήτηρ (mḗtēr, may'-tare): a mother — apparently a primary word; a "mother" (literally or figuratively, immediate or remote):--mother.
• G4671 — σοί (soí, soy): dative case of σύ; to thee:--thee, thine own, thou, thy.
• G4675 — σοῦ (soû, soo): genitive case of σύ; of thee, thy:--X home, thee, thine (own), thou, thy.
• G5100 — τὶς (tìs, tis): any one, some one — an enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object:--a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).

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

Reciprocal references (3): Exodus 18:6, John 7:3, 1 John 5:3

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