Luke 8:16 — King James Version← Study notes
“No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.”
Luke 8:16 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Luke 8:1621 words
ΟὐδεὶςOudeisno one
δὲdeand / but
λύχνονlychnoncandle, light
ἅψαςhapsaskindle, light
καλύπτειkalypteicover, hide
αὐτὸνautonhe / she / it / same
σκεύειskeueigoods, sail, stuff
ἢēor
ὑποκάτωhypokatōunder
κλίνηςklinēsbed, table
τίθησινtithēsin+ advise, appoint, bow
ἀλλ’all’and, but (even), howbeit
ἐπὶepiabout (the times), above, after
λυχνίαςlychniascandlestick
τίθησινtithēsin+ advise, appoint, bow
ἵναhinaso that / in order that
οἱhoithe
εἰσπορευόμενοιeisporeuomenoicome
(enter) in, go into
βλέπωσινblepōsinbehold, beware, lie
τὸtothe
φῶςphōsfire, light
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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