Mark 7:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But she answered and saith unto him, Yea, Lord; even the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἡ δὲ ἀπεκρίθη καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, Ναὶ, Κύριε: καὶ γὰρ τὰ κυνάρια ὑποκάτω τῆς τραπέζης ἐσθίει ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων τῶν παιδίων.

Transliteration

But she apekrithē and legei to him, Yes, Kyrie: for even the kynaria hypokatō of the trapezēs esthiei from the psichiōn of the paidiōn.

Grammar Details

*apekrithē*: aorist passive, 3rd singular - answered
*legei*: present active, 3rd singular - says
*Kyrie*: vocative, masculine, singular - Lord/Sir/Master
*kynaria*: nominative, neuter, plural - little dogs/puppies
*hypokatō*: adverb - underneath/below
*trapezēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - table
*esthiei*: present active, 3rd singular - eats
*psichiōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - crumbs
*paidiōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - children

Word Meanings

*apekrithē*: answered/replied/responded
*Kyrie*: Lord/Sir/Master
*kynaria*: little dogs/puppies/house dogs
*hypokatō*: underneath/below/under
*trapezēs*: table/dining table
*psichiōn*: crumbs/scraps/fragments
*paidiōn*: children/little ones

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 145:16 : 16 Thou openest thy hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Isa 45:22 : 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
Isa 49:6 : 6 yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Matt 5:45 : 45 that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.
Luke 7:6-8 : 6 And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: 7 wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say the word, and my servant shall be healed. 8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under myself soldiers: and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Luke 15:30-32 : 30 but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf. 31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine. 32 But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive [again]; and [was] lost, and is found.
Acts 11:17-18 : 17 If then {G5613} God gave unto them the like gift as [he did] also unto us, when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God? 18 And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also hath God granted repentance unto life.
Rom 3:29 : 29 Or is God [the God] of Jews only? is he not [the] [God] of Gentiles also? Yea, of Gentiles also:
Rom 10:12 : 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek: for the same [Lord] is Lord of all, and is rich unto all that call upon him:
Rom 15:8-9 : 8 For I say that Christ hath been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises [given] unto the fathers, 9 and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, Therefore {G5124} will I give praise unto thee among the Gentiles, And sing unto thy name.
Eph 2:12-14 : 12 that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who made both one, and brake down the middle wall of partition,
Eph 3:8 : 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

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