Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?Luke 3:7
Original language and places
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Original language (Greek)
Ἔλεγεν οὖν τοῖς ἐκπορευομένοις ὄχλοις βαπτισθῆναι ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ· γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν, τίς ὑπέδειξεν ὑμῖν φυγεῖν ἀπὸ τῆς μελλούσης ὀργῆς;
- ἜλεγενElegen“He was saying”Verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from λέγω · “to speak” · Strong's G3004G
- οὖνoun“therefore”Conjunction · “therefore/then” · Strong's G3767
- τοῖςtois“to the”Article, dative, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- ἐκπορευομένοιςekporeuomenois“coming out”Verb, present, middle or passive (deponent), participle, dative, plural, masculine · from ἐκπορεύω · “to depart” · Strong's G1607
- ὄχλοιςochlois“crowds”Noun, dative, plural, masculine · from ὄχλος · “crowd” · Strong's G3793
- βαπτισθῆναιbaptisthēnai“to be baptized”Verb, aorist, passive, infinitive · from βαπτίζω · “to baptize” · Strong's G0907
- ὑπ᾽hup᾽“by”Preposition · from ὑπό · “by/under” · Strong's G5259G
- αὐτοῦ·autou“him;”Personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
- γεννήματαgennēmata“Offspring”Noun, vocative, plural, neuter · from γέννημα · “offspring” · Strong's G1081G
- ἐχιδνῶν,echidnōn“of vipers,”Noun, genitive, plural, feminine · from ἔχιδνα · “snake” · Strong's G2191
- τίςtis“who”Interrogative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · “which?” · Strong's G5101
- ὑπέδειξενhupedeixen“forewarned”Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ὑποδείκνυμι · “to show” · Strong's G5263
- ὑμῖνhumin“you”Personal pronoun, 2nd person, dative, plural · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
- φυγεῖνphugein“to flee”Verb, 2nd aorist, active, infinitive · from φεύγω · “to flee” · Strong's G5343
- ἀπὸapo“from”Preposition · from ἀπό · “away from” · Strong's G0575
- τῆςtēs“the”Article, genitive, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- μελλούσηςmellousēs“soon coming”Verb, present, active, participle, genitive, singular, feminine · from μέλλω · “to ensue” · Strong's G3195
- ὀργῆς;orgēs“wrath?”Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · from ὀργή · “wrath” · Strong's G3709
- Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)