Matthew 15:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἡ δὲ εἶπεν, Ναί, Κύριε: καὶ γὰρ τὰ κυνάρια ἐσθίει ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τῶν κυρίων αὐτῶν.

Transliteration

She de eipen, Yes, Kurie: kai gar the kunaria esthiei from the psichiōn the [ones] piptontōn from the trapezēs of the kuriōn of them.

Grammar Details

• *Hē de*: but she
• *eipen*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - she said
• *Nai*: affirmative particle - yes
• *Kurie*: vocative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *kai gar*: conjunction + conjunction - for even/yet even
• *ta kunaria*: nominative, neuter, plural - the little dogs
• *esthiei*: present, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - eats
• *apo*: preposition + genitive - from
• *tōn psichiōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - the crumbs
• *tōn piptontōn*: present participle, genitive, neuter, plural - the ones falling
• *tēs trapezēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - the table
• *tōn kuriōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of the masters/lords
• *autōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - of them/their

Word Meanings

• *eipen*: said/spoke/told
• *Kurie*: Lord/Master/Sir
• *kunaria*: little dogs/puppies/house dogs
• *esthiei*: eats/consumes
• *psichiōn*: crumbs/scraps/bits
• *piptontōn*: falling/dropping
• *trapezēs*: table/dining surface
• *kuriōn*: masters/lords/owners

Referenced Verses

• Job 40:4-5 : 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
• Matt 8:8 : 8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
• Luke 15:18-19 : 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
• Luke 18:13 : 13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
• 1 Cor 15:8-9 : 8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
• 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;
• 1 Tim 1:13-15 : 13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
• Gen 32:10 : 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
• Luke 23:40-42 : 40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. 42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
• Rom 3:4 : 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
• Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
• 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.
• Luke 16:21 : 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
• Luke 7:6-7 : 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.
• Job 42:2-6 : 2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
• Ps 51:4-5 : 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned{H8804)}, and done{H8804)} this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified{H8799)} when thou speakest{H8800)}, and be clear{H8799)} when thou judgest{H8800)}. 5 Behold, I was shapen{H8797)} in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive{H8765)} me.
• Ezek 16:63 : 63 That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
• Dan 9:18 : 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
• 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.
• Eph 3:19 : 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.