Luke 3:7

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
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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;

  1. ἜλεγενElegen“He was saying”
    Verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from λέγω · “to speak” · Strong's G3004G
  2. οὖνoun“therefore”
    Conjunction · “therefore/then” · Strong's G3767
  3. τοῖςtois“to the”
    Article, dative, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  4. ἐκπορευομένοιςekporeuomenois“coming out”
    Verb, present, middle or passive (deponent), participle, dative, plural, masculine · from ἐκπορεύω · “to depart” · Strong's G1607
  5. ὄχλοιςochlois“crowds”
    Noun, dative, plural, masculine · from ὄχλος · “crowd” · Strong's G3793
  6. βαπτισθῆναιbaptisthēnai“to be baptized”
    Verb, aorist, passive, infinitive · from βαπτίζω · “to baptize” · Strong's G0907
  7. ὑπ᾽hup᾽“by”
    Preposition · from ὑπό · “by/under” · Strong's G5259G
  8. αὐτοῦ·autou“him;”
    Personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  9. γεννήματαgennēmata“Offspring”
    Noun, vocative, plural, neuter · from γέννημα · “offspring” · Strong's G1081G
  10. ἐχιδνῶν,echidnōn“of vipers,”
    Noun, genitive, plural, feminine · from ἔχιδνα · “snake” · Strong's G2191
  11. τίςtis“who”
    Interrogative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · “which?” · Strong's G5101
  12. ὑπέδειξενhupedeixen“forewarned”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ὑποδείκνυμι · “to show” · Strong's G5263
  13. ὑμῖνhumin“you”
    Personal pronoun, 2nd person, dative, plural · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
  14. φυγεῖνphugein“to flee”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, active, infinitive · from φεύγω · “to flee” · Strong's G5343
  15. ἀπὸapo“from”
    Preposition · from ἀπό · “away from” · Strong's G0575
  16. τῆςtēs“the”
    Article, genitive, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  17. μελλούσηςmellousēs“soon coming”
    Verb, present, active, participle, genitive, singular, feminine · from μέλλω · “to ensue” · Strong's G3195
  18. 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)