Matthew 19:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.”
Matthew 19:8 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Matthew 19:820 words
λέγειlegeisay
αὐτοῖςautoishe / she / it / same
ὅτιhotithat / because
ΜωϋσῆςMōysēs
πρὸςprosto / toward
τὴνtēnthe
σκληροκαρδίανsklērokardianhardness of
heart
ὑμῶνhymōnyou
ἐπέτρεψενepetrepsengive leave (liberty, license), let
ὑμῖνhyminyou
ἀπολῦσαιapolysai(let) depart, dismiss, divorce
τὰςtasthe
γυναῖκαςgynaikaswife, woman
ὑμῶνhymōnyou
ἀπ’ap’from
ἀρχῆςarchēsbeginning, corner, (at the
δὲdeand / but
οὐounot
γέγονενgegonenarise, be
assembled, be(-come
οὕτωςhoutōsthus / so
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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