7{
"verseID": "Matthew.15.7",
"source": "Ὑποκριταί, καλῶς προεφήτευσεν περὶ ὑμῶν Ἠσαΐας, λέγων,",
"text": "*Hupokritai*, *kalōs* *proephēteusen* concerning you *Ēsaias*, *legōn*,",
"grammar": {
"*Hupokritai*": "nominative, masculine, plural - hypocrites",
"*kalōs*": "adverb - well/rightly",
"*proephēteusen*": "aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - he prophesied",
"*peri*": "preposition + genitive - concerning/about",
"*humōn*": "genitive, plural - of you/your",
"*Ēsaias*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Isaiah",
"*legōn*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, singular - saying"
},
"variants": {
"*Hupokritai*": "hypocrites/actors/pretenders",
"*kalōs*": "well/rightly/properly",
"*proephēteusen*": "prophesied/spoke forth",
"*legōn*": "saying/speaking/declaring"
}
}
8{
"verseID": "Matthew.15.8",
"source": "Ἐγγίζει μοι ὁ λαὸς οὗτος τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν, καὶ τοῖς χείλεσίν με τιμᾷ· ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἀπέχει ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ.",
"text": "*Engizei* to me the *laos* this with the *stomati* of them, and with the *cheilesin* me *tima*; the *de* *kardia* of them *porrō* *apechei* from me.",
"grammar": {
"*Engizei*": "present, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - draws near",
"*moi*": "dative, singular - to me",
"*ho laos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - the people",
"*houtos*": "demonstrative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - this",
"*tō stomati*": "dative, neuter, singular - with the mouth",
"*autōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of them/their",
"*kai*": "conjunction - and",
"*tois cheilesin*": "dative, neuter, plural - with the lips",
"*me*": "accusative, singular - me",
"*tima*": "present, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - honors",
"*hē de kardia*": "nominative, feminine, singular - but the heart",
"*porrō*": "adverb - far",
"*apechei*": "present, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - is distant",
"*ap' emou*": "from me"
},
"variants": {
"*Engizei*": "draws near/approaches",
"*laos*": "people/nation/crowd",
"*stomati*": "mouth/speech",
"*cheilesin*": "lips/speech",
"*tima*": "honors/respects/values",
"*kardia*": "heart/mind/inner self",
"*porrō*": "far/distant/remote",
"*apechei*": "is distant/keeps away/abstains"
}
}
9{
"verseID": "Matthew.15.9",
"source": "Μάτην δὲ σέβονταί με, διδάσκοντες διδασκαλίας ἐντάλματα ἀνθρώπων.",
"text": "*Matēn* *de* *sebontai* me, *didaskontes* *didaskalias* *entalmata* of *anthrōpōn*.",
"grammar": {
"*Matēn*": "adverb - in vain/uselessly",
"*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and",
"*sebontai*": "present, indicative, middle, 3rd person plural - they worship/revere",
"*me*": "accusative, singular - me",
"*didaskontes*": "present participle, nominative, masculine, plural - teaching",
"*didaskalias*": "accusative, feminine, plural - teachings/doctrines",
"*entalmata*": "accusative, neuter, plural - commandments/precepts",
"*anthrōpōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of men/humans"
},
"variants": {
"*Matēn*": "in vain/uselessly/to no purpose",
"*sebontai*": "worship/revere/venerate",
"*didaskontes*": "teaching/instructing",
"*didaskalias*": "teachings/doctrines/instructions",
"*entalmata*": "commandments/precepts/rules",
"*anthrōpōn*": "men/humans/people"
}
}