Mark 7:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἡ δὲ ἀπεκρίθη καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, Ναὶ, Κύριε: καὶ γὰρ τὰ κυνάρια ὑποκάτω τῆς τραπέζης ἐσθίει ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων τῶν παιδίων.

Transliteration

But she apekrithē and legei to him, Yes, Kyrie: for even the kynaria hypokatō of the trapezēs esthiei from the psichiōn of the paidiōn.

Grammar Details

• *apekrithē*: aorist passive, 3rd singular - answered
• *legei*: present active, 3rd singular - says
• *Kyrie*: vocative, masculine, singular - Lord/Sir/Master
• *kynaria*: nominative, neuter, plural - little dogs/puppies
• *hypokatō*: adverb - underneath/below
• *trapezēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - table
• *esthiei*: present active, 3rd singular - eats
• *psichiōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - crumbs
• *paidiōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - children

Word Meanings

• *apekrithē*: answered/replied/responded
• *Kyrie*: Lord/Sir/Master
• *kynaria*: little dogs/puppies/house dogs
• *hypokatō*: underneath/below/under
• *trapezēs*: table/dining table
• *psichiōn*: crumbs/scraps/fragments
• *paidiōn*: children/little ones

Referenced Verses

• Ps 145:16 : 16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
• Isa 45:22 : 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
• Isa 49:6 : 6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
• Matt 5:45 : 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
• Luke 7:6-8 : 6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: 7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. 8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
• Luke 15:30-32 : 30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. 31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. 32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
• Acts 11:17-18 : 17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God? 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
• Rom 3:29 : 29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
• Rom 10:12 : 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
• Rom 15:8-9 : 8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
• Eph 2:12-14 : 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
• Eph 3:8 : 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;