Matthew 13:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δέ ἔφη, Οὔ· μήποτε συλλέγοντες τὰ ζιζάνια, ἐκριζώσητε ἅμα αὐτοῖς τὸν σῖτον.

Transliteration

He de ephē, No; lest syllegontes ta zizania, ekrizōsēte hama autois ton siton.

Grammar Details

*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
*ephē*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was saying/said
*syllegontes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - gathering/collecting
*ta zizania*: accusative, neuter, plural - the tares/weeds
*ekrizōsēte*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person plural - you might uproot
*hama*: adverb/preposition - at once/together with
*autois*: dative, neuter, plural - with them
*ton siton*: accusative, masculine, singular - the wheat

Word Meanings

*syllegontes*: gathering/collecting/picking
*ekrizōsēte*: uproot/pull out by the roots/extract
*hama*: together with/at the same time as/along with
*siton*: wheat/grain

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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