King James Version

Matthew 19:3

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Study

Greek

Tap a word to see its meaning.

The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (οἱ) before Pharisees here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to him” (αὐτῷ·) before If here.

Καὶkaialsoκαίconjunction — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.alsoπροσῆλθονprosēlthoncameπροσέρχομαι (proserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “came”, a single actionG4334I come up to, come to, come near (to), approach, consent (to).cameαὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himΦαρισαῖοιpharisaioiPhariseeΦαρισαῖος (pharisaios)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “Pharisee”, the subject formG5330a Pharisee, one of the Jewish sect so called.πειράζοντεςpeirazontestemptingπειράζω (peirazō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “tempting”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3985I try, tempt, test.temptingαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andλέγοντεςlegontessayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “saying”, 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.sayingΕἰeiIs it lawfulεἰparticle — “Is it lawful”G1487if.Is it lawfulἔξεστινexestinit is permittedἔξεστι(ν)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “it is permitted”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1832it is permitted, lawful, possible.This verse uses “it is permitted”.ἀνθρώπῳanthrōpōfor a manἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “for a man”, the to- or for-formG444a man, one of the human race.This verse uses “a man”.for a manἀπολῦσαιapolusaito put awayἀπολύω (apoluō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to put away”, a single actionG630I release, let go, send away, divorce, am rid; mid: I depart.to put awayτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γυναῖκαgunaikawifeγυνή (gunē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “wife”, the object formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.This verse uses “wife”.wifeαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.κατὰkataforκατάpreposition — “for”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.forπᾶσανpasaneveryπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “every”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.everyαἰτίανaitiancauseαἰτία (aitia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “cause”, the object formG156a cause, reason, excuse; a charge, accusation; guilt; circumstances, case.cause

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.αὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, 'Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?'

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Young’s Literal Translation

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, 'Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?'

World English Bible

Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

Darby Translation

And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Douay-Rheims

And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, and saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

See Also

Analytics Cookies