Matthew 18:12 — King James Version← Study notes
“How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?”
Matthew 18:12 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Matthew 18:1227 words
τίtia (kind
of), any (man, thing
ὑμῖνhyminyou
δοκεῖdokeibe accounted, (of own) please(-ure), be of…
ἐὰνeanbefore, but, except
γένηταίgenētaiarise, be
assembled, be(-come
τινιtinia (kind
of), any (man, thing
ἀνθρώπῳanthrōpōman / human being
ἑκατὸνhekatonhundred
πρόβαταprobatasheep(-fold)
καὶkaiand / also
πλανηθῇplanēthēgo astray, deceive, err
ἓνheninto / to
ἐξexfrom / out of
αὐτῶνautōnhe / she / it / same
οὐχὶouchinay, not
ἀφήσειaphēseicry, forgive, forsake
τὰtathe
ἐνενήκονταenenēkonta
ἐννέαenneanine
ἐπὶepiabout (the times), above, after
τὰtathe
ὄρηorēhill, mount(-ain)
καὶkaiand / also
πορευθεὶςporeutheisdepart, go (away, forth
ζητεῖzēteibe (go) about, desire, endeavour
τὸtothe
πλανώμενονplanōmenongo astray, deceive, err
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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