Luke 12:27 — King James Version← Study notes
“Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.”
Luke 12:27 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Luke 12:2723 words
κατανοήσατεkatanoēsatebehold, consider, discover
τὰtathe
κρίναkrinalily
πῶςpōshow, after (by) what manner (means), that
αὐξάνειauxaneigrow (up), (give the)
increase
οὐounot
κοπιᾷkopia(bestow) labour, toil, be wearied
οὐδὲoudeneither
(indeed), never, no (more
νήθειnētheispin
λέγωlegōsay
δὲdeand / but
ὑμῖνhyminyou
οὐδὲoudeneither
(indeed), never, no (more
ΣολομὼνSolomōnSolomon
ἐνenabout, after, against
πάσῃpasēall / every
τῇtēthe
δόξῃdoxēdignity, glory(-ious), honour
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
περιεβάλετοperiebaletoarray, cast about, clothe(-d me)
ὡςhōsabout, after (that), (according) as (it ha…
ἓνheninto / to
τούτωνtoutōnhe (it was that), hereof, it
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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