Matthew 7:8

American Standard Version (1901)

for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Πᾶς γὰρ ὁ αἰτῶν λαμβάνει· καὶ ὁ ζητῶν εὑρίσκει· καὶ τῷ κρούοντι ἀνοιγήσεται.

Transliteration

Every gar the aitōn lambanei; and the zētōn heuriskei; and to the krouonti anoigēsetai.

Grammar Details

• *Pas*: nominative singular masculine - all/every/each
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *ho aitōn*: nominative singular masculine present active participle - the one asking
• *lambanei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - receives/takes
• *ho zētōn*: nominative singular masculine present active participle - the one seeking
• *heuriskei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - finds
• *tō krouonti*: dative singular masculine present active participle - to the one knocking
• *anoigēsetai*: future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - it will be opened

Word Meanings

• *aitōn*: asking/requesting/begging
• *lambanei*: receives/takes/obtains
• *zētōn*: seeking/searching for/striving for
• *heuriskei*: finds/discovers/obtains
• *krouonti*: knocking/beating/striking

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 33:19 : 19 His prayer also, and how [God] was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.
• Ps 81:10 : 10 I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
• Ps 81:16 : 16 He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.
• Matt 15:22-28 : 22 And behold, a Canaanitish woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon. 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24 But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 But she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26 And he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs. 27 But she said, Yea, Lord: for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it done unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that hour.
• Luke 23:42-43 : 42 And he said, Jesus, remember me when thou comest in thy kingdom. 43 And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
• John 2:2 : 2 and Jesus also was bidden, and his disciples, to the marriage.
• John 3:8-9 : 8 The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? 10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?
• Acts 9:11 : 11 And the Lord [said] unto him, Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus: for behold, he prayeth;
• 2 Chr 33:1-2 : 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, after the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.