Mark 12:1 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.”
Mark 12:1 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Mark 12:124 words
ΚαὶKaiand / also
ἤρξατοērxatoreign
(rule) over
αὐτοῖςautoishe / she / it / same
ἐνenabout, after, against
παραβολαῖςparabolaiscomparison, figure, parable
λαλεῖνlaleinpreach, say, speak (after)
ἈμπελῶναAmpelōnavineyard
ἄνθρωποςanthrōposman / human being
ἐφύτευσενephyteusenplant
καὶkaiand / also
περιέθηκενperiethēkenbestow upon, hedge round about, put about (on
φραγμὸνphragmonhedge (+ round about), partition
καὶkaiand / also
ὤρυξενōryxendig
ὑπολήνιονhypolēnionwinefat
καὶkaiand / also
ᾠκοδόμησενōkodomēsen(be in) build(-er, -ing, up)
πύργονpyrgontower
καὶkaiand / also
ἐξέδετοexedetolet
forth (out)
αὐτὸνautonhe / she / it / same
γεωργοῖςgeōrgoishusbandman
καὶkaiand / also
ἀπεδήμησενapedēmēsengo (travel) into a
far country, journey
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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