Luke 14:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;”
Luke 14:8 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Luke 14:818 words
ὍτανHotanas long
(soon) as, that, + till
κληθῇςklēthēsbid, call (forth), (whose
ὑπόhypounder / by
τινοςtinosa (kind
of), any (man, thing
εἰςeisinto / to
γάμουςgamousmarriage, wedding
μὴmēnot
κατακλιθῇςkataklithēs(make) sit down (at meat)
εἰςeisinto / to
τὴνtēnthe
πρωτοκλισίανprōtoklisianchief (highest, uppermost)
room
μήποτεmēpotelest
ἐντιμότερόςentimoterosdear, more honourable, precious
σουsouyou
ᾖēam, have been, is I
κεκλημένοςkeklēmenosbid, call (forth), (whose
ὑπ’hyp’under / by
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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