Matthew 9:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

{G1161} No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὐδεὶς δὲ ἐπιβάλλει ἐπίβλημα ῥάκους ἀγνάφου ἐπὶ ἱματίῳ παλαιῷ, αἴρει γὰρ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱματίου, καὶ χεῖρον σχίσμα γίνεται.

Transliteration

But no one epiballei epiblēma of rhakous agnaphou upon an himatiō palaiō, for it airei the plērōma of it from the himatiou, and worse schisma ginetai.

Grammar Details

*epiballei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - puts on/places
*epiblēma*: accusative, neuter, singular - patch
*rhakous*: genitive, neuter, singular - cloth/rag
*agnaphou*: genitive, neuter, singular - unshrunk/unfulled
*himatiō*: dative, neuter, singular - garment/cloak
*palaiō*: dative, neuter, singular - old
*airei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - takes away
*plērōma*: accusative, neuter, singular - fullness/completeness
*himatiou*: genitive, neuter, singular - garment/cloak
*schisma*: nominative, neuter, singular - tear/division
*ginetai*: present middle indicative, 3rd person singular - becomes/happens

Word Meanings

*epiballei*: puts on/places/sews
*epiblēma*: patch/piece
*rhakous agnaphou*: unshrunk cloth/unfulled rag
*himatiō palaiō*: old garment/old cloak
*airei*: takes away/pulls/tears
*plērōma*: fullness/completeness/what fills
*schisma*: tear/rent/division

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Referenced Verses

Gen 33:14 : 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
Ps 125:3 : 3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
Isa 40:11 : 11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
John 16:12 : 12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
1 Cor 3:1-2 : 1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
1 Cor 13:13 : 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

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