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Matthew 19:9 — King James Version← Study notes

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.


Matthew 19:9Greek Interlinear

Greek · Matthew 19:922 words
λέγωlegōsay
δὲdeand / but
ὑμῖνhyminyou
ὅτιhotithat / because
ὃςhoswho / which
ἂνanif / would
ἀπολύσῃapolysē(let) depart, dismiss, divorce
τὴνtēnthe
γυναῖκαgynaikawife, woman
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
μὴnot
ἐπὶepiabout (the times), above, after
πορνείᾳporneiafornication
καὶkaiand / also
γαμήσῃgamēsēmarry (a wife)
ἄλληνallēnother
μοιχᾶταιmoichatai
καὶkaiand / also
hothe
ἀπολελυμένηνapolelymenēn(let) depart, dismiss, divorce
γαμήσαςgamēsasmarry (a wife)
μοιχᾶταιmoichatai
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Word-by-word meanings

λέγωlegōsay
δὲdeand / but
ὑμῖνhyminyou
ὅτιhotithat / because
ὃςhoswho / which
ἂνanif / would
ἀπολύσῃapolysē(let) depart, dismiss, divorce
τὴνtēnthe
γυναῖκαgynaikawife, woman
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
μὴnot
ἐπὶepiabout (the times), above, after
πορνείᾳporneiafornication
καὶkaiand / also
γαμήσῃgamēsēmarry (a wife)
ἄλληνallēnother
μοιχᾶταιmoichatai
καὶkaiand / also
hothe
ἀπολελυμένηνapolelymenēn(let) depart, dismiss, divorce
γαμήσαςgamēsasmarry (a wife)
μοιχᾶταιmoichatai

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