King James Version

Ephesians 5:29

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “Christ” (Χριστὸς) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “Lord” (κύριος) before the here.

οὐδεὶςoudeisno manοὐδείςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “no man”, the subject formG3762no one, none, nothing.no manγάρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ποτεpoteever yetποτέadverb — “ever yet”G4218at one time or other, at some time, formerly.ever yetτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἑαυτοῦheautouhis ownἑαυτοῦpersonal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “his own”, the of-formG1438himself, herself, itself.his ownσάρκαsarkafleshσάρξ (sarx)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “flesh”, the object formG4561flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred.This verse uses “flesh”.fleshἐμίσησενemisēsento hateμισέω (miseō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to hate”, a single actionG3404I hate, detest, love less, esteem less.This verse uses “hate”.ἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butἐκτρέφειektrepheinourishethἐκτρέφω (ektrephō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “nourisheth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1625I nourish, nurture, bring up.nourishethκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andθάλπειthalpeicherishethθάλπω (thalpō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “cherisheth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2282(properly: I warm, then) I cherish, nourish, foster, comfort.cherishethαὐτήνautēnitαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “it”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.itκαθὼςkathōseven asκαθώςconjunction — “even as”G2531according to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as.even asκαὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΧριστὸςchristosLordΧριστόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the subject formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.the Lordτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐκκλησίανekklēsianchurchἐκκλησία (ekklēsia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “church”, the object formG1577an assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.This verse uses “church”.the church

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κύριοςkuriosLordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord — the assembly,

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American Standard Version (1901)

for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;

Young’s Literal Translation

for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord — the assembly,

World English Bible

For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly,

Darby Translation

For no one has ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as also the Christ the assembly:

Douay-Rheims

For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, as also Christ doth the church:

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