Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’Matthew 19:4
Original language and places
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Original language (Greek)
Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε ὅτι ὁ κτίσας ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς;
- ὉHo“Which”Article, nominative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- δὲde“now”Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
- ἀποκριθεὶςapokritheis“answering”Verb, aorist, passive (deponent), participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from ἀποκρίνω · “to answer” · Strong's G0611
- εἶπενeipen“He said”Verb, 2nd aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ἔπω, ἐρῶ, εἶπον · “to say” · Strong's G2036
- οὐκouk“Surely”Particle, negative · from οὐ · “no” · Strong's G3756
- ἀνέγνωτεanegnōte“you have read”Verb, 2nd aorist, active, indicative, 2nd person plural · from ἀναγινώσκω · “to read” · Strong's G0314
- ὅτιhoti“that”Conjunction · “that/since” · Strong's G3754G
- ὁho“the [One]”Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- κτίσαςktisas“created”Verb, aorist, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from κτίζω · “to create” · Strong's G2936
- ἀπ᾽ap᾽“from [the]”Preposition · from ἀπό · “away from” · Strong's G0575
- ἀρχῆςarchēs“beginning”Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · from ἀρχή · “beginning” · Strong's G0746
- ἄρσενarsen“male”Adjective, accusative, singular, neuter · from ἄρρην, ἄρσην · “male” · Strong's G0730
- καὶkai“and”Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
- θῆλυthēlu“female”Adjective, accusative, singular, neuter · from θῆλυς · “female” · Strong's G2338
- ἐποίησενepoiēsen“made”Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ποιέω · “to do/make” · Strong's G4160G
- αὐτούς;autous“them?”Personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine · 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)