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Matthew 16:18

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

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κἀγὼkagōand Iκἀγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “and I”, the subject formG2504Strong’s files this form under G2532 (καί).alsoδέdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.σοιsoiunto theeσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “unto thee”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto theeλέγωlegōto speakλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “speak”.ὅτιhotiThatὅτιconjunction — “That”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.Thatσὺsuthouσύpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “thou”, the subject formG4771you.thouεἶeiartεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “art”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.artΠέτροςpetrosPeterΠέτροςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Peter”, the subject formG4074Peter, a Greek name meaning "rock".Peterκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.uponταύτῃtautēthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “this”, the to- or for-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.πέτρᾳpetrarockπέτραnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “rock”, the to- or for-formG4073a rock, ledge, cliff, cave, stony ground.rockοἰκοδομήσωoikodomēsōI will buildοἰκοδομέω (oikodomeō)verb, future active indicative, 1st person singular — “I will build”, an action still aheadG3618I erect a building, build; fig. of the building up of character: I build up, edify, encourage.This verse uses “build”.I will buildμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).myτὴνtēntheὁ (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”.churchκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπύλαιpulaigatesπύλη (pulē)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “gates”, the subject formG4439a gate.the gatesᾅδουhadouof hellᾅδης (hadēs)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of hell”, the of-formG86Hades, the unseen world.of hellοὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notκατισχύσουσινkatischusousinprevail againstκατισχύω (katischuō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person plural — “prevail against”, an action still aheadG2729I prevail against, overpower, get the upper hand.This verse uses “prevail against”.prevail againstαὐτῆςautēsitαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “it”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.it

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

World English Bible

I also tell you that you are Peter , and on this rock I will build my assembly , and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it .

Darby Translation

And I also, I say unto thee that thou art Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and hades' gates shall not prevail against it.

Douay-Rheims

And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

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