Matthew 19:4

Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
Matthew 19:4
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Original language (Greek)

Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε ὅτι ὁ κτίσας ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς;

  1. ὉHo“Which”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  2. δὲde“now”
    Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
  3. ἀποκριθεὶςapokritheis“answering”
    Verb, aorist, passive (deponent), participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from ἀποκρίνω · “to answer” · Strong's G0611
  4. εἶπενeipen“He said”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ἔπω, ἐρῶ, εἶπον · “to say” · Strong's G2036
  5. οὐκouk“Surely”
    Particle, negative · from οὐ · “no” · Strong's G3756
  6. ἀνέγνωτεanegnōte“you have read”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, active, indicative, 2nd person plural · from ἀναγινώσκω · “to read” · Strong's G0314
  7. ὅτιhoti“that”
    Conjunction · “that/since” · Strong's G3754G
  8. ὁho“the [One]”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  9. κτίσαςktisas“created”
    Verb, aorist, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from κτίζω · “to create” · Strong's G2936
  10. ἀπ᾽ap᾽“from [the]”
    Preposition · from ἀπό · “away from” · Strong's G0575
  11. ἀρχῆςarchēs“beginning”
    Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · from ἀρχή · “beginning” · Strong's G0746
  12. ἄρσενarsen“male”
    Adjective, accusative, singular, neuter · from ἄρρην, ἄρσην · “male” · Strong's G0730
  13. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  14. θῆλυthēlu“female”
    Adjective, accusative, singular, neuter · from θῆλυς · “female” · Strong's G2338
  15. ἐποίησενepoiēsen“made”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ποιέω · “to do/make” · Strong's G4160G
  16. 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)