Luke 10:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἰδού, δίδωμι ὑμῖν τὴν ἐξουσίαν τοῦ πατεῖν ἐπάνω ὄφεων καὶ σκορπίων, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ ἐχθροῦ: καὶ οὐδὲν ὑμᾶς οὐ μὴ ἀδικήσει.

Transliteration

Idou, didōmi to you the exousian tou patein epanō opheōn and skorpiōn, and epi pasan the dynamin tou echthrou: and ouden you ou mē adikēsei.

Grammar Details

*Idou*: aorist middle imperative used as interjection - behold/look/see
*didōmi*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I give/grant
*exousian*: accusative, feminine, singular - authority/power
*tou patein*: articular infinitive, genitive - of trampling/treading
*epanō*: preposition + genitive - over/above
*opheōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - serpents
*skorpiōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - scorpions
*epi*: preposition + accusative - over/against
*pasan*: accusative, feminine, singular - all/every
*dynamin*: accusative, feminine, singular - power/might
*echthrou*: genitive, masculine, singular - enemy
*ouden*: accusative, neuter, singular - nothing
*ou mē*: emphatic negation - by no means/never
*adikēsei*: future active indicative, 3rd singular - will harm/injure

Word Meanings

*didōmi*: I give/grant/entrust
*exousian*: authority/power/right
*patein*: trampling/treading/stepping on
*opheōn*: serpents/snakes
*skorpiōn*: scorpions
*dynamin*: power/might/strength/ability
*echthrou*: enemy/opponent/adversary
*adikēsei*: will harm/injure/hurt/wrong

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Mark 16:18 : 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Ps 91:13 : 13 Thou shalt tread{H8799)} upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet{H8799)}.
Acts 28:5 : 5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
Rom 16:20 : 20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
Luke 21:17-18 : 17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. 18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
Rev 11:5 : 5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
Ezek 2:6 : 6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
Heb 13:5-6 : 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Rom 8:31-39 : 31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. 34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written , For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Isa 11:8 : 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.

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