Matthew 23:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ πατέρα μὴ καλέσητε ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς: εἷς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν, ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.

Transliteration

And patera mē kalesēte of-you upon the gēs: one gar estin the Patēr of-you, the one in the ouranois.

Grammar Details

*patera*: accusative, masculine, singular - father (direct object)
*mē kalesēte*: aorist, active, subjunctive, 2nd person plural - do not call/name
*hymōn*: genitive, plural - of you (possessive)
*epi*: preposition with genitive - upon/on
*gēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - earth/land/ground
*heis*: nominative, masculine, singular - one/single
*gar*: conjunction - for/because
*estin*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - is/exists
*Patēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - Father
*ho en*: article with preposition - the one in
*ouranois*: dative, masculine, plural - heavens

Word Meanings

*patera*: father/patriarch
*kalesēte*: call/name/address as
*gēs*: earth/land/ground/world
*Patēr*: Father (as divine title)
*ouranois*: heavens/sky/celestial realm

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Mal 1:6 : 6 A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
Rom 8:14-17 : 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Heb 12:9 : 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
1 John 3:1 : 1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Job 32:21-22 : 21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man. 22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
1 Cor 4:15 : 15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
2 Kgs 2:12 : 12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
Matt 7:11 : 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Acts 22:1 : 1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
2 Kgs 6:21 : 21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
2 Kgs 13:14 : 14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
Matt 6:8-9 : 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Matt 6:32 : 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
1 Tim 5:1-2 : 1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; 2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

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