Luke 11:33 — King James Version← Study notes
“No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.”
Luke 11:33 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Luke 11:3320 words
ΟὐδεὶςOudeisno one
λύχνονlychnoncandle, light
ἅψαςhapsaskindle, light
εἰςeisinto / to
κρύπτηνkryptēnsecret
τίθησινtithēsin+ advise, appoint, bow
οὐδὲoudeneither
(indeed), never, no (more
ὑπὸhypounder / by
τὸνtonthe
μόδιονmodionbushel
ἀλλ’all’and, but (even), howbeit
ἐπὶepiabout (the times), above, after
τὴνtēnthe
λυχνίανlychniancandlestick
ἵναhinaso that / in order that
οἱhoithe
εἰσπορευόμενοιeisporeuomenoicome
(enter) in, go into
τὸtothe
φέγγοςphengoslight
βλέπωσινblepōsinbehold, beware, lie
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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