Mark 7:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and [when they come] from the marketplace, except {G3361} they bathe themselves, they eat not; and many other things there are, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels.)

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἀπό ἀγορᾶς, ἐὰν μὴ βαπτίσωνται, οὐκ ἐσθίουσιν. Καὶ ἄλλα πολλά ἐστιν, ἃ παρέλαβον κρατεῖν, βαπτισμοὺς ποτηρίων, καὶ ξεστῶν, καὶ χαλκίων, καὶ κλινῶν.

Transliteration

And from agoras, if not they baptisōntai, not they esthiousin. And alla polla is, which they parelabon to kratein, baptismous of potēriōn, and xestōn, and chalkiōn, and klinōn.

Grammar Details

*agoras*: genitive, feminine, singular - marketplace
*baptisōntai*: aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd plural - they may wash/dip/immerse themselves
*esthiousin*: present active, 3rd plural - they eat
*alla polla*: nominative, neuter, plural - many other things
*parelabon*: aorist active, 3rd plural - they received/took over
*kratein*: present active infinitive - to hold/keep/observe
*baptismous*: accusative, masculine, plural - washings/cleansings
*potēriōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - cups
*xestōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - pitchers/vessels/jugs
*chalkiōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - copper vessels/bronze kettles
*klinōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - couches/dining beds

Word Meanings

*agoras*: marketplace/public square/market
*baptisōntai*: wash/immerse/cleanse themselves ritually
*parelabon*: received/took over by tradition
*xestōn*: wooden vessels/pitchers/measuring containers
*chalkiōn*: bronze vessels/copper pots/kettles

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Referenced Verses

Matt 23:25 : 25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess.
Heb 9:10 : 10 [None being] only (with meats and drinks and divers washings) {G2532} carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
Jas 4:8 : 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.
Luke 11:38-39 : 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first bathed himself before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now {G2511} ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
John 2:6 : 6 Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews' manner of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece.
Isa 1:16 : 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
Job 9:30-31 : 30 If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean; 31 Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Ps 26:6 : 6 I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;
John 3:25 : 25 There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purifying.
Matt 27:24 : 24 So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye [to it].
1 John 1:7 : 7 but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus {G5547} his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

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