Luke 6:48

He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
Luke 6:48
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

ὅμοιός ἐστιν ἀνθρώπῳ οἰκοδομοῦντι οἰκίαν ὃς ἔσκαψεν καὶ ἐβάθυνεν καὶ ἔθηκεν θεμέλιον ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν. πλημμύρης δὲ γενομένης προσέρηξεν ὁ ποταμὸς τῇ οἰκίᾳ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσεν σαλεῦσαι αὐτὴν διὰ τὸ καλῶς οἰκοδομῆσθαι αὐτήν

  1. ὅμοιόςhomoios“Like”
    Adjective, nominative, singular, masculine · from ὅμοιος · “like” · Strong's G3664
  2. ἐστινestin“he is”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
  3. ἀνθρώπῳanthrōpō“to a man”
    Noun, dative, singular, masculine · from ἄνθρωπος · “a human” · Strong's G0444
  4. οἰκοδομοῦντιoikodomounti“building”
    Verb, present, active, participle, dative, singular, masculine · from οἰκοδομέω · “to build” · Strong's G3618
  5. οἰκίανoikian“a house”
    Noun, accusative, singular, feminine · from οἰκία · “home” · Strong's G3614G
  6. ὃςhos“who”
    Relative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · from ὅς, ἥ · “which” · Strong's G3739
  7. ἔσκαψενeskapsen“dug”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from σκάπτω · “to dig” · Strong's G4626
  8. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  9. ἐβάθυνενebathunen“he deepened”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from βαθύνω · “to dig deep” · Strong's G0900
  10. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  11. ἔθηκενethēken“he laid”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from τίθημι · “to place” · Strong's G5087
  12. θεμέλιονthemelion“a foundation”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from θεμέλιος · “foundation” · Strong's G2310
  13. ἐπὶepi“on”
    Preposition · from ἐπί · “upon/to/against” · Strong's G1909
  14. τὴνtēn“the”
    Article, accusative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  15. πέτραν.petran“rock.”
    Noun, accusative, singular, feminine · from πέτρα · “rock” · Strong's G4073
  16. πλημμύρηςplēmmurēs“when a flood”
    Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · from πλήμμυρα · “flood” · Strong's G4132
  17. δὲde“then”
    Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
  18. γενομένηςgenomenēs“having come”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, middle (deponent), participle, genitive, singular, feminine · from γίνομαι · “to be” · Strong's G1096
  19. προσέρηξενproserēxen“burst upon”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from προσρήγνυμι · “to strike upon” · Strong's G4366
  20. ὁho“the”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  21. ποταμὸςpotamos“stream”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · from ποταμός · “river” · Strong's G4215
  22. τῇtēa“the”
    Article, dative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  23. οἰκίᾳoikia“house”
    Noun, dative, singular, feminine · from οἰκία · “home” · Strong's G3614G
  24. ἐκείνῃ,ekeinē“that,”
    Demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, feminine · from ἐκεῖνος · “that” · Strong's G1565
  25. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  26. οὐκouk“not”
    Particle, negative · from οὐ · “no” · Strong's G3756
  27. ἴσχυσενischusen“was able”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ἰσχύω · “be strong” · Strong's G2480
  28. σαλεῦσαιsaleusai“to shake”
    Verb, aorist, active, infinitive · from σαλεύω · “to shake” · Strong's G4531
  29. αὐτὴνautēn“it”
    Personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  30. διὰdia“because”
    Preposition · from διά · “through/because of” · Strong's G1223
  31. τὸto“<the>”
    Article, accusative, singular, neuter · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  32. καλῶςkalōs“well”
    Adverb · “well” · Strong's G2573
  33. οἰκοδομῆσθαιoikodomēsthai“to have been built”
    Verb, perfect, passive, infinitive · from οἰκοδομέω · “to build” · Strong's G3618
  34. αὐτήνautēn“it”
    Personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)