Luke 17:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And if he sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐὰν ἑπτάκις τῆς ἡμέρας ἁμάρτῃ εἰς σέ, καὶ ἑπτάκις τῆς ἡμέρας ἐπιστρέψῃ ἐπί σε, λέγων, Μετανοῶ· ἀφήσεις αὐτῷ.

Transliteration

And if heptakis of the hēmeras he hamartē against you, and heptakis of the hēmeras he epistrepsē to you, legōn, Metanoō; you shall aphēseis him.

Grammar Details

*heptakis*: adverb - seven times
*hēmeras*: genitive, feminine, singular - day
*hamartē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd singular - sin/err
*epistrepsē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd singular - turn/return
*legōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - saying
*Metanoō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I repent/I am repenting
*aphēseis*: future active indicative, 2nd singular - you will forgive

Word Meanings

*heptakis*: seven times (symbolically complete number)
*epistrepsē*: return/turn back/convert
*Metanoō*: I repent/I change my mind
*aphēseis*: you will forgive/release/let go

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Matt 18:21-22 : 21 Then came Peter and said to him, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until seven times? 22 Jesus says unto him, I say not unto you, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven.
Matt 18:35 : 35 So shall also my heavenly Father do unto you, if you forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.
Rom 12:20 : 20 But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.
1 Cor 13:4-7 : 4 Love suffereth long, [and] is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil; 6 rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth; 7 beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Eph 4:31-32 : 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice: 32 and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.
Col 3:12-13 : 12 Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; 13 forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:
2 Thess 3:13-14 : 13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing. 14 And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.
Matt 5:44 : 44 but I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;
Matt 6:12 : 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Matt 6:14-15 : 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matt 18:16 : 16 But if he hear you not, take with you one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.

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