Luke 17:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.”

Luke 17:2 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · Luke 17:222 words

λυσιτελεῖlysiteleiit is better

αὐτῷautōhe / she / it / same

εἰeiforasmuch as, if, that

λίθοςlithos(mill-, stumbling-)stone

μυλικὸςmylikosmill(-stone)

περίκειταιperikeitaibe bound (compassed) with, hang about

περὶperi(there-)about, above, against

τὸνtonthe

τράχηλονtrachēlonneck

αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same

καὶkaiand / also

ἔρριπταιerriptaicast (down, out), scatter abroad

εἰςeisinto / to

τὴνtēnthe

θάλασσανthalassansea

ἢēor

ἵναhinaso that / in order that

σκανδαλίσῃskandalisē(make to) offend

τῶνtōnthe

μικρῶνmikrōnleast, less, little

τούτωνtoutōnhe (it was that), hereof, it

ἕναhenainto / to

ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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