Luke 6:38 — King James Version← Study notes
“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.”
Luke 6:38 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Luke 6:3820 words
δίδοτεdidotegive
καὶkaiand / also
δοθήσεταιdothēsetaigive
ὑμῖνhyminyou
μέτρονmetronmeasure
καλὸνkalonfair, good(-ly), honest
πεπιεσμένονpepiesmenonpress down
σεσαλευμένονsesaleumenonmove, shake (together), which can(-not) be…
ὑπερεκχυννόμενονhyperekchynnomenon
δώσουσινdōsousingive
εἰςeisinto / to
τὸνtonthe
κόλπονkolponbosom, creek
ὑμῶνhymōnyou
ᾧhōwho / which
γὰρgarfor
μέτρῳmetrōmeasure
μετρεῖτεmetreitefiguratively, to
estimate:--measure, mete
ἀντιμετρηθήσεταιantimetrēthēsetaimeasure again
ὑμῖνhyminyou
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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