1 Thessalonians 5:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Αὐτοὶ γὰρ ἀκριβῶς οἴδατε ὅτι ἡ ἡμέρα Κυρίου ὡς κλέπτης ἐν νυκτὶ οὕτως ἔρχεται.

Transliteration

Autoi gar akribōs oidate hoti the hēmera Kyriou hōs kleptēs en nykti houtōs erchetai.

Grammar Details

*Autoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - yourselves
*gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
*akribōs*: adverb - accurately/precisely
*oidate*: perfect, active, indicative, 2nd person plural - you know
*hoti*: conjunction - that
*hēmera*: nominative, feminine, singular - day
*Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Lord
*hōs*: comparative particle - as/like
*kleptēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - thief
*en*: preposition + dative - in
*nykti*: dative, feminine, singular - night
*houtōs*: adverb - thus/so/in this manner
*erchetai*: present, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - comes/is coming

Word Meanings

*akribōs*: accurately/precisely/exactly
*oidate*: you know/you have knowledge (perfect tense indicating complete knowledge)
*Kyriou*: of Lord/of the Lord/belonging to the Lord
*erchetai*: comes/is coming/arrives

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; {G1722} {G3571} in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein {G846} shall be burned up.
Rev 16:15 : 15 (Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)
Rev 3:3 : 3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and didst hear; and keep [it], and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come {G1909} {G4571} as a thief, and thou shalt not {G3361} know what hour I will come upon thee.
Matt 24:42-44 : 42 Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through. 44 Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Luke 12:39-40 : 39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through. 40 Be ye {G3767} also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Matt 25:13 : 13 Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.
Mark 13:34-35 : 34 [ It is] as [when] a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, {G2532} commanded also the porter to watch. 35 Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning;
Jer 23:20 : 20 The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it perfectly.

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