Luke 11:37

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ἐν δὲ τῷ λαλῆσαι, ἠρώτα αὐτὸν Φαρισαῖος τις ὅπως ἀριστήσῃ παρʼ αὐτῷ: εἰσελθὼν δὲ, ἀνέπεσεν.

Transliteration

And in the lalēsai, ērōta him Pharisaios tis hopōs aristēsē with him: and having eiselthōn, he anepesen.

Grammar Details

*lalēsai*: aorist active infinitive - to speak
*ērōta*: imperfect indicative active, 3rd person singular - was asking/requesting
*Pharisaios*: noun, nominative masculine singular - Pharisee
*tis*: indefinite pronoun, nominative masculine singular - certain/some
*hopōs*: conjunction - that/in order that
*aristēsē*: aorist subjunctive active, 3rd person singular - might dine/eat a meal
*eiselthōn*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having entered
*anepesen*: aorist indicative active, 3rd person singular - reclined/sat down

Word Meanings

*lalēsai*: to speak/to talk
*ērōta*: was asking/was requesting/was urging
*Pharisaios*: Pharisee/member of Jewish sect
*aristēsē*: might dine/might eat a meal/might breakfast
*anepesen*: reclined/sat down/took his place at table

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Referenced Verses

Luke 7:36 : 36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.
Luke 14:1 : 1 And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.
1 Cor 9:19-23 : 19 For though I was free from all [men,] I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more. 20 And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; 21 to them that are without law, as without law, not being without law to God, but under law to Christ, that I might gain them that are without law. 22 To the weak I became {G5613} weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some. 23 And I do all things for the gospel's sake, that I may be a joint partaker thereof.

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