Ephesians 5:28

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{ "verseID": "Ephesians.5.28", "source": "Οὕτως ὀφείλουσιν οἱ ἄνδρες ἀγαπᾶν τὰς ἑαυτῶν γυναῖκας ὡς τὰ ἑαυτῶν σώματα. Ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἑαυτὸν ἀγαπᾷ.", "text": "*Houtōs opheilousin* the *andres agapan* the *heautōn gynaikas* as the *heautōn sōmata*. The *agapōn* the *heautou gynaika heauton agapa*", "grammar": { "*Houtōs*": "adverb - so/thus/in this manner", "*opheilousin*": "present, active, indicative, 3rd plural - they ought/are obligated", "*andres*": "nominative, masculine, plural - husbands/men", "*agapan*": "present infinitive, active - to love", "*heautōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural, reflexive pronoun - of themselves/their own", "*gynaikas*": "accusative, feminine, plural - wives/women", "*sōmata*": "accusative, neuter, plural - bodies", "*agapōn*": "present participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - loving one", "*heautou*": "genitive, masculine, singular, reflexive pronoun - of himself", "*gynaika*": "accusative, feminine, singular - wife/woman", "*heauton*": "accusative, masculine, singular, reflexive pronoun - himself", "*agapa*": "present, active, indicative, 3rd singular - loves" }, "variants": { "*Houtōs*": "so/thus/in this manner", "*opheilousin*": "ought/are obligated/should", "*andres*": "husbands/men", "*agapan*": "to love/to cherish", "*gynaikas*": "wives/women", "*sōmata*": "bodies/physical forms", "*agapōn*": "loving one/one who loves", "*gynaika*": "wife/woman", "*agapa*": "loves/cherishes" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὕτως ὀφείλουσιν οἱ ἄνδρες ἀγαπᾶν τὰς ἑαυτῶν γυναῖκας ὡς τὰ ἑαυτῶν σώματα. Ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἑαυτὸν ἀγαπᾷ.

Transliteration

Houtōs opheilousin the andres agapan the heautōn gynaikas as the heautōn sōmata. The agapōn the heautou gynaika heauton agapa

Grammar Details

• *Houtōs*: adverb - so/thus/in this manner
• *opheilousin*: present, active, indicative, 3rd plural - they ought/are obligated
• *andres*: nominative, masculine, plural - husbands/men
• *agapan*: present infinitive, active - to love
• *heautōn*: genitive, masculine, plural, reflexive pronoun - of themselves/their own
• *gynaikas*: accusative, feminine, plural - wives/women
• *sōmata*: accusative, neuter, plural - bodies
• *agapōn*: present participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - loving one
• *heautou*: genitive, masculine, singular, reflexive pronoun - of himself
• *gynaika*: accusative, feminine, singular - wife/woman
• *heauton*: accusative, masculine, singular, reflexive pronoun - himself
• *agapa*: present, active, indicative, 3rd singular - loves

Word Meanings

• *Houtōs*: so/thus/in this manner
• *opheilousin*: ought/are obligated/should
• *andres*: husbands/men
• *agapan*: to love/to cherish
• *gynaikas*: wives/women
• *sōmata*: bodies/physical forms
• *agapōn*: loving one/one who loves
• *gynaika*: wife/woman
• *agapa*: loves/cherishes

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  So men ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Even so{G3779} ought{G3784} husbands{G435} also to love{G25} their{G1438} own wives{G1135} as{G5613} their own{G1438} bodies.{G4983} He that{G3588} loveth{G25} his{G1438} own wife{G1135} loveth{G25} himself:{G1438}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  So{G3779} ought{G3784}{(G5719)} men{G435} to love{G25}{(G5721)} their{G1438} wives{G1135} as{G5613} their own{G1438} bodies{G4983}. He that loveth{G25}{(G5723)} his{G1438} wife{G1135} loveth{G25}{(G5719)} himself{G1438}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  So ought men to love their wyves as their awne bodyes. He that loveth his wyfe loveth him sylfe.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  So oughte men also to loue their wyues, euen as their awne bodyes. He that loueth his wife, loueth himselfe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: he that loueth his wife, loueth him selfe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  So ought men to loue their wyues, as their owne bodies. He that loueth his wyfe, loueth hym selfe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife -- himself he doth love;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:

• World English Bible (2000)

  Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Referenced Verses

• Eph 5:25 : 25 { "verseID": "Ephesians.5.25", "source": "Οἱ ἄνδρες, ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς γυναῖκας ἑαυτῶν, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, καὶ ἑαυτὸν παρέδωκεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς·", "text": "The *andres*, *agapate* the *gynaikas heautōn*, *kathōs* also the *Christos ēgapēsen* the *ekklēsian*, and *heauton paredōken hyper autēs*", "grammar": { "*andres*": "nominative, masculine, plural - husbands/men", "*agapate*": "present imperative, active, 2nd plural - love [continuous command]", "*gynaikas*": "accusative, feminine, plural - wives/women", "*heautōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural, reflexive pronoun - of yourselves/your own", "*kathōs*": "adverb - just as/even as", "*Christos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Christ", "*ēgapēsen*": "aorist, active, indicative, 3rd singular - loved [completed action]", "*ekklēsian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - church/assembly", "*heauton*": "accusative, masculine, singular, reflexive pronoun - himself", "*paredōken*": "aorist, active, indicative, 3rd singular - gave up/delivered", "*hyper*": "preposition + genitive - for/on behalf of", "*autēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of her" }, "variants": { "*andres*": "husbands/men", "*agapate*": "love/cherish", "*gynaikas*": "wives/women", "*kathōs*": "just as/according as/even as", "*ēgapēsen*": "loved/cherished", "*ekklēsian*": "church/assembly/congregation", "*paredōken*": "gave up/delivered/surrendered", "*hyper*": "for/on behalf of/for the sake of" } }
• Eph 5:33 : 33 { "verseID": "Ephesians.5.33", "source": "Πλὴν καὶ ὑμεῖς οἱ καθʼ ἕνα ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα οὕτως ἀγαπάτω ὡς ἑαυτόν· ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἵνα φοβῆται τὸν ἄνδρα.", "text": "*Plēn* also you the *kath' hena hekastos* the *heautou gynaika houtōs apapatō* as *heauton*; the *de gynē* that *phobētai ton andra*", "grammar": { "*Plēn*": "adverb - nevertheless/however", "*kath' hena*": "distributive phrase - one by one/each", "*hekastos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - each one", "*heautou*": "genitive, masculine, singular, reflexive pronoun - of himself", "*gynaika*": "accusative, feminine, singular - wife/woman", "*houtōs*": "adverb - so/thus/in this manner", "*apapatō*": "present imperative, active, 3rd singular - let love [continuous command]", "*heauton*": "accusative, masculine, singular, reflexive pronoun - himself", "*de*": "conjunction - but/and", "*gynē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - wife/woman", "*hina*": "conjunction - that/so that", "*phobētai*": "present subjunctive, middle/passive, 3rd singular - might fear/respect", "*andra*": "accusative, masculine, singular - husband/man" }, "variants": { "*Plēn*": "nevertheless/however/in any case", "*kath' hena hekastos*": "each one/every one/individually", "*gynaika*": "wife/woman", "*houtōs*": "so/thus/in this manner", "*apapatō*": "let love/cherish", "*gynē*": "wife/woman", "*phobētai*": "might fear/respect/reverence", "*andra*": "husband/man" } }
• Eph 5:31 : 31 { "verseID": "Ephesians.5.31", "source": "Ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα, καὶ προσκολληθήσεται πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν.", "text": "For this *kataleixei anthrōpos* the *patera autou* and the *mētera*, and *proskollēthēsetai pros* the *gynaika autou*, and *esontai hoi dyo eis sarka mian*", "grammar": { "*Anti*": "preposition - for/because of", "*toutou*": "genitive, neuter, singular - of this", "*kataleixei*": "future, active, indicative, 3rd singular - will leave", "*anthrōpos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - man/human", "*patera*": "accusative, masculine, singular - father", "*autou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of him", "*mētera*": "accusative, feminine, singular - mother", "*proskollēthēsetai*": "future, passive, indicative, 3rd singular - will be joined", "*pros*": "preposition + accusative - to/toward", "*gynaika*": "accusative, feminine, singular - wife/woman", "*esontai*": "future, middle/passive, indicative, 3rd plural - will be", "*hoi dyo*": "nominative, masculine, plural - the two", "*eis*": "preposition + accusative - for/to/into", "*sarka*": "accusative, feminine, singular - flesh", "*mian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - one" }, "variants": { "*kataleixei*": "will leave/forsake/abandon", "*anthrōpos*": "man/human/person", "*patera*": "father/forefather", "*mētera*": "mother", "*proskollēthēsetai*": "will be joined/united/glued to", "*gynaika*": "wife/woman", "*esontai*": "will be/shall become", "*sarka mian*": "one flesh/single body" } }
• Gen 2:21-24 : 21 { "verseID": "Genesis.2.21", "source": "וַיַּפֵּל֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֧ים ׀ תַּרְדֵּמָ֛ה עַל־הָאָדָ֖ם וַיִּישָׁ֑ן וַיִּקַּ֗ח אַחַת֙ מִצַּלְעֹתָ֔יו וַיִּסְגֹּ֥ר בָּשָׂ֖ר תַּחְתֶּֽנָּה׃", "text": "*wayyappēl YHWH ʾĕlōhîm tardēmāh ʿal-hāʾāḏām wayyîšān wayyiqqaḥ ʾaḥaṯ miṣṣalʿōṯāyw wayyisgōr bāśār taḥtennāh*", "grammar": { "*wayyappēl*": "waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he caused to fall", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God", "*tardēmāh*": "noun, feminine, singular - deep sleep", "*ʿal-hāʾāḏām*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - upon the man", "*wayyîšān*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he slept", "*wayyiqqaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he took", "*ʾaḥaṯ*": "number, feminine, singular - one", "*miṣṣalʿōṯāyw*": "preposition + noun, feminine, plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - from his ribs/sides", "*wayyisgōr*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he closed up", "*bāśār*": "noun, masculine, singular - flesh", "*taḥtennāh*": "preposition + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - in its place" }, "variants": { "*wayyappēl*": "caused to fall/brought down", "*tardēmāh*": "deep sleep/trance", "*wayyîšān*": "slept/fell asleep", "*ʾaḥaṯ miṣṣalʿōṯāyw*": "one of his ribs/one of his sides", "*wayyisgōr*": "closed up/sealed", "*bāśār*": "flesh/meat/skin", "*taḥtennāh*": "in its place/underneath it/where it had been" } } 22 { "verseID": "Genesis.2.22", "source": "וַיִּבֶן֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֧ים ׀ אֶֽת־הַצֵּלָ֛ע אֲשֶׁר־לָקַ֥ח מִן־הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וַיְבִאֶ֖הָ אֶל־הֽ͏ָאָדָֽם׃", "text": "*wayyiḇen YHWH ʾĕlōhîm ʾeṯ-haṣṣēlāʿ ʾăšer-lāqaḥ min-hāʾāḏām ləʾiššāh wayḇiʾehā ʾel-hāʾāḏām*", "grammar": { "*wayyiḇen*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he built", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God", "*ʾeṯ-haṣṣēlāʿ*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun, feminine, singular - the rib/side", "*ʾăšer-lāqaḥ*": "relative pronoun + Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - which he had taken", "*min-hāʾāḏām*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - from the man", "*ləʾiššāh*": "preposition + noun, feminine, singular - into a woman", "*wayḇiʾehā*": "waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd singular masculine + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and he brought her", "*ʾel-hāʾāḏām*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - to the man" }, "variants": { "*wayyiḇen*": "built/fashioned/formed", "*haṣṣēlāʿ*": "the rib/the side/the part", "*ləʾiššāh*": "into a woman/for a woman", "*wayḇiʾehā*": "brought her/led her/presented her" } } 23 { "verseID": "Genesis.2.23", "source": "וַיֹּאמֶר֮ הֽ͏ָאָדָם֒ זֹ֣את הַפַּ֗עַם עֶ֚צֶם מֵֽעֲצָמַ֔י וּבָשָׂ֖ר מִבְּשָׂרִ֑י לְזֹאת֙ יִקָּרֵ֣א אִשָּׁ֔ה כִּ֥י מֵאִ֖ישׁ לֻֽקֳחָה־זֹּֽאת׃", "text": "*wayyōʾmer hāʾāḏām zōʾṯ happaʿam ʿeṣem mēʿăṣāmay ûḇāśār mibbəśārî ləzōʾṯ yiqqārēʾ ʾiššāh kî mēʾîš luqŏḥāh-zōʾṯ*", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he said", "*hāʾāḏām*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the man", "*zōʾṯ*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine, singular - this", "*happaʿam*": "definite article + noun, feminine, singular - the time/instance", "*ʿeṣem*": "noun, feminine, singular construct - bone of", "*mēʿăṣāmay*": "preposition + noun, feminine, plural + 1st person singular suffix - from my bones", "*ûḇāśār*": "conjunction + noun, masculine, singular - and flesh", "*mibbəśārî*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - from my flesh", "*ləzōʾṯ*": "preposition + demonstrative pronoun, feminine, singular - for this one", "*yiqqārēʾ*": "Niphal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - she shall be called", "*ʾiššāh*": "noun, feminine, singular - woman", "*kî*": "conjunction - because", "*mēʾîš*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular - from man", "*luqŏḥāh-zōʾṯ*": "Pual perfect, 3rd singular feminine + demonstrative pronoun, feminine, singular - this one was taken" }, "variants": { "*happaʿam*": "this time/now/at last", "*ʿeṣem mēʿăṣāmay*": "bone of my bones/bone from my bones", "*ûḇāśār mibbəśārî*": "and flesh of my flesh/and flesh from my flesh", "*yiqqārēʾ*": "shall be called/will be named", "*ʾiššāh*": "woman/female/wife", "*mēʾîš*": "from man/from husband", "*luqŏḥāh*": "was taken/was drawn out" } } 24 { "verseID": "Genesis.2.24", "source": "עַל־כֵּן֙ יֽ͏ַעֲזָב־אִ֔ישׁ אֶת־אָבִ֖יו וְאֶת־אִמּ֑וֹ וְדָבַ֣ק בְּאִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וְהָי֖וּ לְבָשָׂ֥ר אֶחָֽד׃", "text": "*ʿal-kēn yaʿăzāḇ-ʾîš ʾeṯ-ʾāḇîw wə-ʾeṯ-ʾimmô wə-ḏāḇaq bəʾištô wə-hāyû ləḇāśār ʾeḥāḏ*", "grammar": { "*ʿal-kēn*": "preposition + adverb - therefore", "*yaʿăzāḇ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - he shall leave", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine, singular - man", "*ʾeṯ-ʾāḇîw*": "direct object marker + noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his father", "*wə-ʾeṯ-ʾimmô*": "conjunction + direct object marker + noun, feminine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his mother", "*wə-ḏāḇaq*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd singular masculine - and cleave/cling", "*bəʾištô*": "preposition + noun, feminine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his wife", "*wə-hāyû*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd plural - and they shall become", "*ləḇāśār*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular - to flesh", "*ʾeḥāḏ*": "number, masculine, singular - one" }, "variants": { "*ʿal-kēn*": "therefore/for this reason", "*yaʿăzāḇ*": "shall leave/will leave/leaves", "*ʾîš*": "man/husband", "*wə-ḏāḇaq*": "and cling/and be joined/and hold fast", "*bəʾištô*": "to his wife/with his wife", "*ləḇāśār ʾeḥāḏ*": "one flesh/united flesh" } }
• Matt 19:5 : 5 { "verseID": "Matthew.19.5", "source": "Καὶ εἶπεν, Ἕνεκεν τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα, καὶ προσκολληθήσεται τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ: καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν;", "text": "And *eipen*, *Heneken toutou kataleipsei anthrōpos* the *patera* and the *mētera*, and *proskollēthēsetai* to the *gynaiki* of him: and *esontai* the two into *sarka mian*?", "grammar": { "*eipen*": "aorist, 3rd singular, active - said", "*Heneken*": "preposition - because of/for the sake of", "*toutou*": "genitive, neuter, singular - this", "*kataleipsei*": "future, 3rd singular, active - shall leave", "*anthrōpos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - man", "*patera*": "accusative, masculine, singular - father", "*mētera*": "accusative, feminine, singular - mother", "*proskollēthēsetai*": "future, 3rd singular, passive - shall be joined/cleave", "*gynaiki*": "dative, feminine, singular - to wife/woman", "*esontai*": "future, 3rd plural, middle - they will be", "*sarka*": "accusative, feminine, singular - flesh", "*mian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - one" }, "variants": { "*Heneken toutou*": "for this reason/because of this", "*kataleipsei*": "shall leave/will forsake", "*proskollēthēsetai*": "shall be joined/cleave/be glued to", "*sarka mian*": "one flesh/single body" } }