Matthew 12:45 — King James Version← Study notes
“Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.”
Matthew 12:45 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Matthew 12:4533 words
τότεtotethat time, then
πορεύεταιporeuetaidepart, go (away, forth
καὶkaiand / also
παραλαμβάνειparalambaneireceive, take (unto, with)
μεθ’meth’after(-ward), he again, against
ἑαυτοῦheautoualone, her (own, -self)
ἑπτὰheptaseven
ἕτεραheteraaltered, else, next (day)
πνεύματαpneumataSpirit / spirit
πονηρότεραponēroterabad, evil, grievous
ἑαυτοῦheautoualone, her (own, -self)
καὶkaiand / also
εἰσελθόνταeiselthontacome (in, into), enter in(-to)
κατοικεῖkatoikeidwell(-er), inhabitant(-ter)
ἐκεῖekeithere, thither(-ward), (to) yonder (place)
καὶkaiand / also
γίνεταιginetaiarise, be
assembled, be(-come
τὰtathe
ἔσχαταeschataends of, last, latter end
τοῦtouthe
ἀνθρώπουanthrōpouman / human being
ἐκείνουekeinouthat one
χείροναcheironasorer, worse
τῶνtōnthe
πρώτωνprōtōnbefore, beginning, best
οὕτωςhoutōsthus / so
ἔσταιestaiam, have been, is I
καὶkaiand / also
τῇtēthe
γενεᾷgeneaage, generation, nation
ταύτῃtautēhe (it was that), hereof, it
τῇtēthe
πονηρᾷponērabad, evil, grievous
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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