Matthew 8:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Αἱ ἀλώπεκες φωλεοὺς ἔχουσιν, καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατασκηνώσεις· ὁ δὲ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἔχει ποῦ τὴν κεφαλὴν κλίνῃ.

Transliteration

And legei to-him the Iēsous, The alōpekes phōleous echousin, and the peteina of-the ouranou kataskēnōseis; the de Huios of-the anthrōpou not echei where the kephalēn klinē.

Grammar Details

*legei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - says
αὐτῷ: dative masculine singular pronoun - to him
ὁ: nominative masculine singular article - the
*Iēsous*: nominative masculine singular - Jesus
Αἱ: nominative feminine plural article - the
*alōpekes*: nominative feminine plural - foxes
*phōleous*: accusative masculine plural - holes/dens
*echousin*: present active indicative, 3rd person plural - have
τὰ: nominative neuter plural article - the
*peteina*: nominative neuter plural - birds
τοῦ: genitive masculine singular article - of the
*ouranou*: genitive masculine singular - heaven/sky
*kataskēnōseis*: accusative feminine plural - nests
*de*: postpositive particle - but/and/now
*Huios*: nominative masculine singular - Son
*anthrōpou*: genitive masculine singular - man
οὐκ: negation - not
*echei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - has
ποῦ: interrogative adverb - where
τὴν: accusative feminine singular article - the
*kephalēn*: accusative feminine singular - head
*klinē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might lay

Word Meanings

*legei*: says/tells/speaks
*Iēsous*: Jesus
*alōpekes*: foxes
*phōleous*: holes/dens/lairs
*echousin*: have/possess
*peteina*: birds/fowls
*ouranou*: heaven/sky
*kataskēnōseis*: nests/dwelling places
*de*: but/and/now (adversative particle)
*Huios*: Son
*anthrōpou*: man/mankind/humanity
*echei*: has/possesses
*kephalēn*: head
*klinē*: might lay/recline/rest

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 84:3 : 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found{H8804)} an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay{H8804)} her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
Matt 12:40 : 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Luke 2:7 : 7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
Luke 2:16 : 16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
Ps 40:17 : 17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh{H8799)} upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer{H8764)}; make no tarrying{H8762)}, O my God.
Ps 69:29 : 29 But I am poor and sorrowful{H8802)}: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high{H8762)}.
Matt 16:13 : 13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
Matt 16:27 : 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Matt 17:9 : 9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
Ps 104:17 : 17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
Ps 109:22 : 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Isa 53:2-3 : 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Dan 7:13 : 13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
Matt 12:8 : 8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
Matt 12:32 : 32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Matt 19:28 : 28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Luke 2:12 : 12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
Luke 8:3 : 3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

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