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Luke 7:32

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’
Luke 7:32
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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)

ὅμοιοί εἰσιν παιδίοις τοῖς ἐν ἀγορᾷ καθημένοις καὶ προσφωνοῦσιν ἀλλήλοις ἃ λέγει· ηὐλήσαμεν ὑμῖν, καὶ οὐκ ὠρχήσασθε· ἐθρηνήσαμεν καὶ οὐκ ἐκλαύσατε.

  1. ὅμοιοίhomoioi“Like”
    Adjective, nominative, plural, masculine · from ὅμοιος · “like” · Strong's G3664
  2. εἰσινeisin“are they”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person plural · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
  3. παιδίοιςpaidiois“to little children”
    Noun, dative, plural, neuter · from παιδίον · “child” · Strong's G3813
  4. τοῖςtois“<the>”
    Article, dative, plural, neuter · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  5. ἐνen“in”
    Preposition · “in/on/among” · Strong's G1722
  6. ἀγορᾷagora“the marketplace”
    Noun, dative, singular, feminine · from ἀγορά · “marketplace” · Strong's G0058
  7. καθημένοιςkathēmenois“sitting”
    Verb, present, middle or passive (deponent), participle, dative, plural, neuter · from κάθημαι · “to sit” · Strong's G2521
  8. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  9. προσφωνοῦσινprosphōnousin“calling”
    Verb, present, active, participle, dative, plural, neuter · from προσφωνέω · “to call to/summon” · Strong's G4377
  10. ἀλλήλοιςallēlois“to each other”
    Reciprocal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine · from ἀλλήλων · “one another” · Strong's G0240
  11. ἃha“one”
    Relative pronoun, nominative, plural, neuter · from ὅς, ἥ · “which” · Strong's G3739
  12. λέγει·legei“says:”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from λέγω · “to speak” · Strong's G3004G
  13. ηὐλήσαμενēulēsamen“We piped”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 1st person plural · from αὐλέω · “to play the flute” · Strong's G0832
  14. ὑμῖν,humin“to you,”
    Personal pronoun, 2nd person, dative, plural · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
  15. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  16. οὐκouk“not”
    Particle, negative · from οὐ · “no” · Strong's G3756
  17. ὠρχήσασθε·ōrchēsasthe“you did dance;”
    Verb, aorist, middle (deponent), indicative, 2nd person plural · from ὀρχέομαι · “to dance” · Strong's G3738
  18. ἐθρηνήσαμενethrēnēsamen“we sang a dirge”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 1st person plural · from θρηνέω · “to lament” · Strong's G2354
  19. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  20. οὐκouk“not”
    Particle, negative · from οὐ · “no” · Strong's G3756
  21. ἐκλαύσατε.eklausate“you did weep.”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 2nd person plural · from κλαίω · “to weep” · Strong's G2799
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)