Matthew 16:7

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{ "verseID": "Matthew.16.7", "source": "Οἱ δὲ διελογίζοντο ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, λέγοντες, ὅτι Ἄρτους οὐκ ἐλάβομεν.", "text": "They *de* *dielogizonto* in *heautois*, *legontes*, that *Artous* not we *elabomen*.", "grammar": { "*de*": "postpositive particle - but/and", "*dielogizonto*": "imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person plural - they were reasoning/discussing", "*heautois*": "reflexive pronoun, dative plural masculine - themselves", "*legontes*": "present active participle, nominative plural masculine - saying", "*Artous*": "accusative plural masculine - loaves of bread", "*elabomen*": "aorist active indicative, 1st person plural - we took/received" }, "variants": { "*dielogizonto*": "were reasoning/discussing/deliberating", "*heautois*": "themselves/among themselves", "*elabomen*": "we took/received/brought" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἱ δὲ διελογίζοντο ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, λέγοντες, ὅτι Ἄρτους οὐκ ἐλάβομεν.

Transliteration

They de dielogizonto in heautois, legontes, that Artous not we elabomen.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and
• *dielogizonto*: imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person plural - they were reasoning/discussing
• *heautois*: reflexive pronoun, dative plural masculine - themselves
• *legontes*: present active participle, nominative plural masculine - saying
• *Artous*: accusative plural masculine - loaves of bread
• *elabomen*: aorist active indicative, 1st person plural - we took/received

Word Meanings

• *dielogizonto*: were reasoning/discussing/deliberating
• *heautois*: themselves/among themselves
• *elabomen*: we took/received/brought

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They began to discuss this among themselves, saying, "It is because we did not bring any bread."

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they reasoned among themselves, saying, We took no bread.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And they thought in them selves sayinge: because we have brought no breed with vs.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The thought they in the selues, sayege: We haue take no bred wt us.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And they reasoned among themselues, saying, It is because we haue brought no bread.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And they thought in them selues, saying: for we haue taken no bread with vs.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And they reasoned among themselves, saying, [It is] because we have taken no bread.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They reasoned among themselves, saying, "We brought no bread."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and they were reasoning in themselves, saying, `Because we took no loaves.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they reasoned among themselves, saying, We took no bread.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they reasoned among themselves, saying, We took no bread.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, We took no bread.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They reasoned among themselves, saying, "We brought no bread."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So they began to discuss this among themselves, saying,“It is because we brought no bread.”

Referenced Verses

• Matt 15:16-18 : 16 { "verseID": "Matthew.15.16", "source": "Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν, Ἀκμὴν καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀσύνετοί ἐστε;", "text": "The *de* *Iēsous* *eipen*, *Akmēn* also you *asunetoi* *este*?", "grammar": { "*Ho de*": "but he", "*Iēsous*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus", "*eipen*": "aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - he said", "*Akmēn*": "adverb - still/yet", "*kai*": "conjunction - also/even", "*humeis*": "nominative, plural - you", "*asunetoi*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, plural - without understanding", "*este*": "present, indicative, active, 2nd person plural - you are" }, "variants": { "*eipen*": "said/spoke/told", "*Akmēn*": "still/yet/even now", "*asunetoi*": "without understanding/unintelligent/foolish" } } 17 { "verseID": "Matthew.15.17", "source": "Οὔπω νοεῖτε, ὅτι πᾶν τὸ εἰσπορευόμενον εἰς τὸ στόμα εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν χωρεῖ, καὶ εἰς ἀφεδρῶνα ἐκβάλλεται;", "text": "Not yet *noeite*, that all the [thing] *eisporeuomenon* into the *stoma* into the *koilian* *chōrei*, and into *aphedrōna* *ekballetai*?", "grammar": { "*Oupō*": "adverb - not yet", "*noeite*": "present, indicative, active, 2nd person plural - you understand", "*hoti*": "conjunction - that", "*pan*": "adjective, nominative, neuter, singular - all/everything", "*to eisporeuomenon*": "present participle, nominative, neuter, singular - the thing entering", "*eis*": "preposition + accusative - into", "*to stoma*": "accusative, neuter, singular - the mouth", "*eis tēn koilian*": "into the stomach/belly", "*chōrei*": "present, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - goes", "*kai*": "conjunction - and", "*eis aphedrōna*": "into the latrine/toilet", "*ekballetai*": "present, indicative, passive, 3rd person singular - is cast out" }, "variants": { "*noeite*": "understand/perceive/comprehend", "*eisporeuomenon*": "entering/going into", "*stoma*": "mouth/opening", "*koilian*": "belly/stomach/abdomen", "*chōrei*": "goes/proceeds/passes", "*aphedrōna*": "latrine/toilet/waste place", "*ekballetai*": "is cast out/expelled/thrown out" } } 18 { "verseID": "Matthew.15.18", "source": "Τὰ δὲ ἐκπορευόμενα ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ἐκ τῆς καρδίας ἐξέρχεται· κἀκεῖνα κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον.", "text": "The [things] *de* *ekporeuomena* out of the *stomatos* out of the *kardias* *exerchetai*; and those *koinoi* the *anthrōpon*.", "grammar": { "*Ta de*": "but the things", "*ekporeuomena*": "present participle, nominative, neuter, plural - proceeding/coming out", "*ek*": "preposition + genitive - out of", "*tou stomatos*": "genitive, neuter, singular - the mouth", "*ek tēs kardias*": "out of the heart", "*exerchetai*": "present, indicative, middle, 3rd person singular - come out", "*kakeina*": "contraction of *kai ekeina* - and those", "*koinoi*": "present, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - defiles", "*ton anthrōpon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - the man/person" }, "variants": { "*ekporeuomena*": "proceeding/coming out/going forth", "*stomatos*": "mouth/opening/speech", "*kardias*": "heart/mind/inner self", "*exerchetai*": "come out/go forth/proceed", "*koinoi*": "defiles/makes common/makes unclean", "*anthrōpon*": "man/person/human" } }
• Mark 8:16-18 : 16 { "verseID": "Mark.8.16", "source": "Καὶ διελογίζοντο πρὸς ἀλλήλους, λέγοντες, ὅτι Ἄρτους οὐκ ἔχομεν.", "text": "And they were *dielogizonto* *pros* one another, *legontes*, that *Artous* not we *echomen*.", "grammar": { "*dielogizonto*": "verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person plural - they were reasoning", "*pros*": "preposition with accusative - to/with", "*legontes*": "participle, present active nominative plural - saying", "*Artous*": "noun, masculine accusative plural - loaves/bread", "*echomen*": "verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural - we have" }, "variants": { "*dielogizonto*": "they were reasoning/discussing/considering", "*pros*": "to/with/towards", "*legontes*": "saying/speaking", "*Artous*": "loaves/bread", "*echomen*": "we have/possess" } } 17 { "verseID": "Mark.8.17", "source": "Καὶ γνοὺς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, λέγει αὐτοῖς, Τί διαλογίζεσθε, ὅτι ἄρτους οὐκ ἔχετε; οὔπω νοεῖτε, οὐδὲ συνίετε; ἔτι πεπωρωμένην ἔχετε τὴν καρδίαν ὑμῶν;", "text": "And having *gnous* the *Iēsous*, *legei* to them, Why *dialogizesthe*, that *artous* not you *echete*? Not yet you *noeite*, neither you *syniete*? Still having been *pepōrōmenēn* you *echete* the *kardian* of you?", "grammar": { "*gnous*": "participle, aorist active nominative singular - having known/perceived", "*Iēsous*": "noun, masculine nominative singular - Jesus", "*legei*": "verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular - he says", "*dialogizesthe*": "verb, present middle indicative, 2nd person plural - you reason/discuss", "*artous*": "noun, masculine accusative plural - loaves/bread", "*echete*": "verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you have", "*noeite*": "verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you perceive/understand", "*syniete*": "verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you comprehend", "*pepōrōmenēn*": "participle, perfect passive accusative feminine singular - having been hardened", "*kardian*": "noun, feminine accusative singular - heart" }, "variants": { "*gnous*": "having known/perceived/understood", "*legei*": "says/speaks/tells", "*dialogizesthe*": "you reason/discuss/argue", "*artous*": "loaves/bread", "*noeite*": "you perceive/understand/comprehend", "*syniete*": "you comprehend/understand", "*pepōrōmenēn*": "having been hardened/calloused/insensitive", "*kardian*": "heart/mind/inner self" } } 18 { "verseID": "Mark.8.18", "source": "Ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντες, οὐ βλέπετε; καὶ ὦτα ἔχοντες, οὐκ ἀκούετε; καὶ οὐ μνημονεύετε;", "text": "*Ophthalmous* having, not you *blepete*? And *ōta* having, not you *akouete*? And not you *mnēmoneuete*?", "grammar": { "*Ophthalmous*": "noun, masculine accusative plural - eyes", "*blepete*": "verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you see", "*ōta*": "noun, neuter accusative plural - ears", "*akouete*": "verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you hear", "*mnēmoneuete*": "verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you remember" }, "variants": { "*Ophthalmous*": "eyes/sight", "*blepete*": "you see/perceive/observe", "*ōta*": "ears/hearing", "*akouete*": "you hear/listen", "*mnēmoneuete*": "you remember/recall/keep in mind" } }
• Mark 9:10 : 10 { "verseID": "Mark.9.10", "source": "Καὶ τὸν λόγον ἐκράτησαν πρὸς ἑαυτούς, συζητοῦντες τί ἐστιν τὸ ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῆναι.", "text": "And the *logon* they *ekratēsan pros* themselves, *syzētountes ti estin* the from *nekrōn anastēnai*.", "grammar": { "*logon*": "accusative singular - word/saying", "*ekratēsan*": "aorist active, 3rd plural - they kept/held onto", "*pros*": "preposition - to/toward", "*syzētountes*": "present active participle, nominative plural - discussing/questioning together", "*ti*": "interrogative pronoun - what", "*estin*": "present active, 3rd singular - is", "*nekrōn*": "genitive plural - dead ones", "*anastēnai*": "aorist active infinitive - to rise up" }, "variants": { "*logon*": "word/saying/statement/matter", "*ekratēsan*": "kept/held onto/seized/retained", "*syzētountes*": "discussing/questioning together/debating", "*nekrōn*": "dead ones/corpses", "*anastēnai*": "to rise up/be resurrected" } }
• Luke 9:46 : 46 { "verseID": "Luke.9.46", "source": "¶Εἰσῆλθεν δὲ διαλογισμὸς ἐν αὐτοῖς, τὸ τίς ἂν εἴη μείζων αὐτῶν.", "text": "*Eisēlthen* *de* *dialogismos* in them, the who *an* *eiē* *meizōn* of them.", "grammar": { "*Eisēlthen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - entered/came in", "*de*": "postpositive adversative particle - but/and/now", "*dialogismos*": "nominative masculine singular - reasoning/argument/dispute", "*an*": "modal particle - would/might", "*eiē*": "present active optative, 3rd singular - might be", "*meizōn*": "nominative masculine singular comparative - greater/more important" }, "variants": { "*Eisēlthen*": "entered/came in/arose", "*dialogismos*": "reasoning/argument/dispute/discussion/debate", "*an*": "would/might/perchance (potential particle)", "*eiē*": "might be/could be", "*meizōn*": "greater/more important/superior" } }
• Acts 10:14 : 14 { "verseID": "Acts.10.14", "source": "Ὁ δὲ Πέτρος εἶπεν, Μηδαμῶς, Κύριε· ὅτι οὐδέποτε ἔφαγον πᾶν κοινὸν ἢ ἀκάθαρτον.", "text": "But *Petros* *eipen*, *Mēdamōs*, *Kurie*: because *oudepote* *ephagon* anything *koinon* or *akatharton*.", "grammar": { "*Petros*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Peter [proper name]", "*eipen*": "aorist active, 3rd singular - said", "*Mēdamōs*": "adverb - by no means/not at all", "*Kurie*": "vocative, masculine, singular - Lord/Sir", "*oudepote*": "adverb - never", "*ephagon*": "aorist active, 1st singular - I ate", "*koinon*": "accusative, neuter, singular - common/unclean", "*akatharton*": "accusative, neuter, singular - unclean/impure" }, "variants": { "*Mēdamōs*": "by no means/not at all/certainly not", "*Kurie*": "Lord/Sir/Master", "*oudepote*": "never/at no time", "*ephagon*": "ate/consumed", "*koinon*": "common/defiled/unclean [ritually]", "*akatharton*": "unclean/impure [ceremonially]" } }