Matthew 7:7

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Axe and it shalbe geven you. Seke and ye shall fynd. knocke and it shalbe opened vnto you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Αἰτεῖτε, καὶ δοθήσεται ὑμῖν· ζητεῖτε, καὶ εὑρήσετε· κρούετε, καὶ ἀνοιγήσεται ὑμῖν:

Transliteration

Aiteite, and dothēsetai hymin; zēteite, and heurēsete; krouete, and anoigēsetai hymin:

Grammar Details

• *Aiteite*: present active imperative, 2nd person plural - ask/request
• *dothēsetai*: future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - it will be given
• *hymin*: dative plural - to you
• *zēteite*: present active imperative, 2nd person plural - seek/search for
• *heurēsete*: future active indicative, 2nd person plural - you will find
• *krouete*: present active imperative, 2nd person plural - knock/beat
• *anoigēsetai*: future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - it will be opened

Word Meanings

• *aiteite*: ask/request/demand
• *zēteite*: seek/search for/strive for
• *krouete*: knock/beat [on a door]/strike

Referenced Verses

• Matt 21:22 : 22 And whatsoever ye shall axe in prayer (if ye beleve) ye shall receave it.
• 1 John 3:22 : 22 and what soever we axe we shall receave of him: be cause we kepe his commaundementes and do those thinges which are pleasinge in his sight.
• John 15:7 : 7 Yf ye byde in me and my wordes also byde in you: axe what ye will and it shalbe done to you.
• Mark 11:24 : 24 Therfore I saye vnto you what soever ye desyre when ye praye beleve yt ye shall have it and it shalbe done vnto you.
• John 15:16 : 16 Ye have not chosen me but I have chosen you and ordeyned you that ye go and bringe forthe frute and that youre frute remayne that whatsoever ye shall axe of the father in my name he shulde geve it you.
• John 14:13-14 : 13 And what soever ye axe in my name yt will I do yt the father might be glorified by the sonne. 14 Yf ye shall axe eny thige in my name I will do it
• John 16:23-24 : 23 And in that daye shall ye axe me no question. Verely verely I saye vnto you whatsoever ye shall axe the father in my name he will geve it you. 24 Hitherto have ye axed nothinge in my name. Axe and ye shall receave it: that youre ioye maye be full.
• 1 John 5:14-15 : 14 And this is the trust that we have in him: that yf we axe eny thinge accordynge to his will he heareth vs. 15 And yf we knowe that he heare vs what soever we axe we knowe that we shall have the peticions that we desyre of him.
• Jas 1:5-6 : 5 Yf eny of you lacke wysdome let him axe of God which geveth to all men indifferentlie and casteth no man in the teth: and it shal be geven him. 6 But let him axe in fayth and waver not. For he that douteth is lyke the waves of the see tost of the wynde and caried with violence.
• Heb 11:6 : 6 but with out fayth it is vnpossible to please him. For he that commeth to God must beleve that God is and that he is a rewarder of them that seke him.
• Luke 11:9-9 : 9 And I saye vnto you: axe and it shalbe geven you. Seke and ye shall fynde. knocke and it shalbe opened vnto you. 10 For every one that axeth receaveth: and he that seketh fyndeth: and to him that knocketh shall it be openned. 11 Yf the sonne shall axe breed of eny of you that is a father: wyll he geve him a stone? Or yf he axe fisshe wyll he for a fysshe geve him a serpent? 12 Or yf he axe an egge: wyll he offer him a scorpion? 13 Yf ye then which are evyll canne geve good giftes vnto youre chyldren how moche more shall the father of heaven geve an holy sprete to them that desyre it of him?
• Matt 6:33 : 33 But rather seke ye fyrst the kyngdome of heuen and the rightwisnes therof and all these thynges shalbe ministred vnto you.
• Matt 7:8 : 8 For whosoever axeth receaveth and he yt seketh fyndeth and to hym that knocketh it shalbe opened.
• Matt 7:11 : 11 Yf ye then which are evyll cane geve to youre chyldren good gyftes: how moche moore shall youre father which is in heve geve good thynges to them yt axe hym?
• Matt 18:19 : 19 Agayn I say vnto you that yf two of you shall agre in erth apon eny maner thynge what soever they shall desyre: it shalbe geven them of my father which is in heven.
• Luke 18:1 : 1 And he put forth a similitude vnto the signifyinge that men ought alwayes to praye and not to be wery
• Jas 5:15 : 15 and the prayer of fayth shall save the sicke and the LORde shall rayse him vp: and yf he have committed synnes they shalbe forgeuen him.
• John 4:10 : 10 Iesus answered and sayde vnto hir: yf thou knewest the gyfte of God and who it is that sayeth to the geve me drynke thou woldest have axed of him and he wolde have geven the water of lyfe.
• Rom 2:7 : 7 that is to saye prayse honoure and immortalite to them which cotinue in good doynge and seke eternall lyfe.
• Rom 3:11 : 11 There is none that vnderstondith there is none yt seketh after God
• Luke 13:25 : 25 When the good man of ye housse is rysen vp and hath shett to the dore ye shall beginne to stonde with out and to knocke at the dore sayinge: Lorde LORde open vnto vs: and he shall answer and saye vnto you: I knowe you not whence ye are.
• Rev 3:17-18 : 17 because thou sayst thou arte riche and incresyd wt goodes and haste nede of nothynge and knowest not howe thou arte wretched and miserable poore blinde and nakyd. 18 I counsell the to bye of me golde tryed in the fyre that thou mayste be riche and whyte raymet yt thou mayste be clothed yt thy fylthy nakednes do not apere: and anoynt thyne eyes with eye salve yt thou mayste se.