Luke 17:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐὰν ἑπτάκις τῆς ἡμέρας ἁμάρτῃ εἰς σέ, καὶ ἑπτάκις τῆς ἡμέρας ἐπιστρέψῃ ἐπί σε, λέγων, Μετανοῶ· ἀφήσεις αὐτῷ.

Transliteration

And if heptakis of the hēmeras he hamartē against you, and heptakis of the hēmeras he epistrepsē to you, legōn, Metanoō; you shall aphēseis him.

Grammar Details

*heptakis*: adverb - seven times
*hēmeras*: genitive, feminine, singular - day
*hamartē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd singular - sin/err
*epistrepsē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd singular - turn/return
*legōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - saying
*Metanoō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I repent/I am repenting
*aphēseis*: future active indicative, 2nd singular - you will forgive

Word Meanings

*heptakis*: seven times (symbolically complete number)
*epistrepsē*: return/turn back/convert
*Metanoō*: I repent/I change my mind
*aphēseis*: you will forgive/release/let go

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Matt 18:21-22 : 21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
Matt 18:35 : 35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Rom 12:20 : 20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
1 Cor 13:4-7 : 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Eph 4:31-32 : 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Col 3:12-13 : 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
2 Thess 3:13-14 : 13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. 14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
Matt 5:44 : 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Matt 6:12 : 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Matt 6:14-15 : 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matt 18:16 : 16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

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