Luke 11:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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

Grammar Details

• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *aitōn*: present participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - asking
• *lambanei*: present indicative, active, 3rd singular - receives/takes
• *zētōn*: present participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - seeking
• *heuriskei*: present indicative, active, 3rd singular - finds/discovers
• *krouonti*: present participle, active, dative, masculine, singular - knocking
• *anoigēsetai*: future indicative, passive, 3rd singular - it will be opened

Word Meanings

• *aitōn*: asking/requesting
• *lambanei*: receives/takes/obtains
• *zētōn*: seeking/searching for
• *heuriskei*: finds/discovers/comes upon
• *krouonti*: knocking/beating
• *anoigēsetai*: will be opened/will be unlocked

Referenced Verses

• Jas 5:11 : 11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
• Ps 31:22 : 22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
• Lam 3:8 : 8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
• Lam 3:18 : 18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
• Lam 3:54-58 : 54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. 55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. 56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. 57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. 58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
• Jonah 2:2-8 : 2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. 3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. 4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. 6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. 7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. 8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
• Luke 18:1 : 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
• Jas 4:3 : 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.