King James Version

Matthew 26:5

But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.

Study

Greek

Tap a word to see its meaning.

ἔλεγονelegonthey saidλέγω (legō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they said”, an ongoing action in the pastG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.they saidδέdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ΜὴmēNotμήadverb — “Not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.Notἐνenonἐνpreposition — “on”G1722in, on, among.onτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἑορτῇheortēfeastἑορτήnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “feast”, the to- or for-formG1859a festival, feast, periodically recurring.This verse uses “feast”.the feastἵναhinaday, lestἵναconjunction — “day, lest”G2443in order that, so that.day, lestμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.θόρυβοςthorubosan uproarθόρυβοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “an uproar”, the subject formG2351(a) din, hubbub, confused noise, outcry, (b) riot, disturbance.an uproarγένηταιgenētaito beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.ἐνenamongἐνpreposition — “among”G1722in, on, among.amongτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.λαῷlaōpeopleλαός (laos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “people”, the to- or for-formG2992(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.the people

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and they said, 'Not in the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.'

Compare Public-Domain Translations

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

American Standard Version (1901)

But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among the people.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they said, 'Not in the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.'

World English Bible

But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”

Darby Translation

but they said, Not in the feast, that there be not a tumult among the people.

Douay-Rheims

But they said: Not on the festival day, lest perhaps there should be a tumult among the people.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Analytics Cookies