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Ephesians 5:28 — King James Version← Study notes

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.


Ephesians 5:28Greek Interlinear

Greek · Ephesians 5:2820 words
οὕτωςhoutōsthus / so
ὀφείλουσινopheilousinbehove, be bound, (be) debt(-or)
καὶkaiand / also
οἱhoithe
ἄνδρεςandresfellow, husband, man
ἀγαπᾶνagapan(be-)love(-ed)
τὰςtasthe
ἑαυτῶνheautōnalone, her (own, -self)
γυναῖκαςgynaikaswife, woman
ὡςhōsabout, after (that), (according) as (it ha…
τὰtathe
ἑαυτῶνheautōnalone, her (own, -self)
σώματαsōmatabody
hothe
ἀγαπῶνagapōn(be-)love(-ed)
τὴνtēnthe
ἑαυτοῦheautoualone, her (own, -self)
γυναῖκαgynaikawife, woman
ἑαυτὸνheautonalone, her (own, -self)
ἀγαπᾷagapa(be-)love(-ed)
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Word-by-word meanings

οὕτωςhoutōsthus / so
ὀφείλουσινopheilousinbehove, be bound, (be) debt(-or)
καὶkaiand / also
οἱhoithe
ἄνδρεςandresfellow, husband, man
ἀγαπᾶνagapan(be-)love(-ed)
τὰςtasthe
ἑαυτῶνheautōnalone, her (own, -self)
γυναῖκαςgynaikaswife, woman
ὡςhōsabout, after (that), (according) as (it ha…
τὰtathe
ἑαυτῶνheautōnalone, her (own, -self)
σώματαsōmatabody
hothe
ἀγαπῶνagapōn(be-)love(-ed)
τὴνtēnthe
ἑαυτοῦheautoualone, her (own, -self)
γυναῖκαgynaikawife, woman
ἑαυτὸνheautonalone, her (own, -self)
ἀγαπᾷagapa(be-)love(-ed)

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