Matthew 7:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Πᾶς γὰρ ὁ αἰτῶν λαμβάνει· καὶ ὁ ζητῶν εὑρίσκει· καὶ τῷ κρούοντι ἀνοιγήσεται.

Transliteration

Every gar the aitōn lambanei; and the zētōn heuriskei; and to the krouonti anoigēsetai.

Grammar Details

• *Pas*: nominative singular masculine - all/every/each
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *ho aitōn*: nominative singular masculine present active participle - the one asking
• *lambanei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - receives/takes
• *ho zētōn*: nominative singular masculine present active participle - the one seeking
• *heuriskei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - finds
• *tō krouonti*: dative singular masculine present active participle - to the one knocking
• *anoigēsetai*: future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - it will be opened

Word Meanings

• *aitōn*: asking/requesting/begging
• *lambanei*: receives/takes/obtains
• *zētōn*: seeking/searching for/striving for
• *heuriskei*: finds/discovers/obtains
• *krouonti*: knocking/beating/striking

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 33:19 : 19 His prayer also, and [how God] was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they [are] written among the sayings of the seers.
• Ps 81:10 : 10 I [am] the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
• Ps 81:16 : 16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
• Matt 15:22-28 : 22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, [thou] Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24 But he answered and said, ‹I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.› 25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26 But he answered and said, ‹It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast› [it] ‹to dogs.› 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, ‹O woman, great› [is] ‹thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt.› And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
• Luke 23:42-43 : 42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. 43 And Jesus said unto him, ‹Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.›
• John 2:2 : 2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
• John 3:8-9 : 8 ‹The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.› 9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? 10 Jesus answered and said unto him, ‹Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?›
• Acts 9:11 : 11 And the Lord [said] unto him, ‹Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for› [one] ‹called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,›
• 2 Chr 33:1-2 : 1 ¶ Manasseh [was] twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: 2 But did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.