Matthew 19:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made [them] from the beginning made them male and female,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε, ὅτι ὁ ποιήσας ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς,

Transliteration

He de apokritheis eipen to them, Not anegnōte, that the one poiēsas from archēs arsen kai thēly epoiēsen them,

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and
• *apokritheis*: aorist participle, passive deponent, nominative, masculine, singular - having answered
• *eipen*: aorist, 3rd singular, active - said
• *anegnōte*: aorist, 2nd plural, active - you have read
• *poiēsas*: aorist participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - who made/created
• *archēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - beginning
• *arsen*: accusative, neuter, singular - male
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *thēly*: accusative, neuter, singular - female
• *epoiēsen*: aorist, 3rd singular, active - made/created

Word Meanings

• *apokritheis*: answering/in response
• *anegnōte*: have you not read/did you not read
• *poiēsas*: the one who made/the creator
• *archēs*: the beginning/originally

Referenced Verses

• Gen 5:2 : 2 male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
• Gen 1:27 : 27 And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
• Gen 2:18 : 18 And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
• Gen 2:23 : 23 And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
• Luke 10:26 : 26 And he said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
• Mal 2:15 : 15 And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
• Matt 12:3 : 3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him;
• Matt 21:6 : 6 And the disciples went, and did even as Jesus appointed them,
• Matt 21:42 : 42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes?
• Matt 22:31 : 31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
• Mark 2:25 : 25 And he said unto them, Did ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he, and they that were with him?
• Mark 12:10 : 10 Have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;
• Mark 12:26 : 26 But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book of Moses, in [the place] [concerning] the Bush, how God spake unto him, saying, I [am] the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
• Luke 6:3 : 3 And Jesus answering {G4314} them said, Have ye not read even this, what David did, when he was hungry, he, and they that were with him;