Mark 6:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἔλεγεν γὰρ ὁ Ἰωάννης τῷ Ἡρώδῃ, ὅτι Οὐκ ἔξεστίν σοι ἔχειν τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου.

Transliteration

Elegen for the Iōannēs to the Hērōdē, that Not exestin for you echein the gynaika of the adelphou of you.

Grammar Details

*Elegen*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular - was saying [continuous]
*exestin*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - it is lawful/permitted
*echein*: present active infinitive - to have/possess
*gynaika*: accusative, feminine, singular - wife/woman
*adelphou*: genitive, masculine, singular - brother

Word Meanings

*Elegen*: was saying/kept saying/told
*exestin*: is lawful/is permitted/is right
*echein*: to have/possess/keep
*gynaika*: wife/woman
*adelphou*: brother/male sibling

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Referenced Verses

Lev 18:16 : 16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
Lev 20:21 : 21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
1 Kgs 22:14 : 14 And Micaiah said, As Jehovah liveth, what Jehovah saith unto me, that will I speak.
Ezek 3:18-19 : 18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand. 19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
Matt 14:3-4 : 3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
Acts 20:26-27 : 26 Wherefore I testify unto you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 27 For I {G5288} shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God.
Acts 24:24-26 : 24 But after certain days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus. 25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, Go thy way for this time; and when I have a convenient season, I will call thee unto me. 26 He hoped withal that money would be given him of Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

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3For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
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