You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?Luke 12:56
Original language and places
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Original language (Greek)
ὑποκριταί, τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς καὶ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οἴδατε δοκιμάζειν, τὸν καιρὸν δὲ τοῦτον πῶς οὐκ οἴδατε δοκιμάζειν;
- ὑποκριταί,hupokritai“Hypocrites!”Noun, vocative, plural, masculine · from ὑποκριτής · “hypocrite” · Strong's G5273
- τὸto“The”Article, accusative, singular, neuter · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- πρόσωπονprosōpon“appearance”Noun, accusative, singular, neuter · “face” · Strong's G4383
- τῆςtēs“of the”Article, genitive, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- γῆςgēs“earth”Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · from γῆ · “earth” · Strong's G1093G
- καὶkai“and”Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
- τοῦtou“of the”Article, genitive, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- οὐρανοῦouranou“sky”Noun, genitive, singular, masculine · from οὐρανός · “heaven” · Strong's G3772
- οἴδατεoidate“you know [how]”Verb, present, active, indicative, 2nd person plural · from εἴδω · “to perceive” · Strong's G6063
- δοκιμάζειν,dokimazein“to discern,”Verb, present, active, infinitive · from δοκιμάζω · “to test” · Strong's G1381
- τὸνton“the”Article, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- καιρὸνkairon“time”Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from καιρός · “time/right time” · Strong's G2540
- δὲde“however”Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
- τοῦτονtouton“this”Demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine · from οὗτος · “this/he/she/it” · Strong's G3778
- πῶςpōs“how”Particle, interrogative · from πως · “how?!” · Strong's G4459
- οὐκouk“not”Particle, negative · from οὐ · “no” · Strong's G3756
- οἴδατεoidate“do you know”Verb, present, active, indicative, 2nd person plural · from εἴδω · “to perceive” · Strong's G6063
- δοκιμάζειν;dokimazein“to discern?”Verb, present, active, infinitive · from δοκιμάζω · “to test” · Strong's G1381
- Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)