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Matthew 27:6

And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

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οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.Andἀρχιερεῖςarchiereischief priestsἀρχιερεύς (archiereus)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “chief priests”, the subject formG749high priest, chief priest.This verse uses “chief priest”.the chief priestsλαβόντεςlabontestookλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “took”, a single actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.tookτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀργύριαarguriasilver piecesἀργύριον (argurion)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “silver pieces”, the object formG694silver, a piece of silver, a shekel, money in general.This verse uses “silver”.the silver piecesεἶπανeipanto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to say”, a single 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 “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).and saidΟὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἔξεστινexestinlawfulἔξεστι(ν)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “lawful”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1832it is permitted, lawful, possible.This verse uses “lawful”.lawfulβαλεῖνbaleinto for to putβάλλω (ballō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to for to put”, a single actionG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.This verse uses “put”.for to putαὐτὰautathemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κορβανᾶνkorbanantreasuryκορβανᾶς (korbanas)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “treasury”, the object formG2878a gift, offering, anything consecrated to God.the treasuryἐπεὶepeibecauseἐπείconjunction — “because”G1893of time: when, after; of cause: since, because; otherwise: else.becauseτιμὴtimēpriceτιμήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “price”, the subject formG5092a price, honor.the priceαἵματόςhaimatosof bloodαἷμα (haima)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of blood”, the of-formG129blood (especially as shed).of bloodἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And the chief priests having taken the silverlings, said, 'It is not lawful to put them to the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood;'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the chief priests having taken the silverlings, said, 'It is not lawful to put them to the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood;'

World English Bible

The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.”

Darby Translation

And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, It is not lawful to cast them into the Corban, since it is [the] price of blood.

Douay-Rheims

But the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said: It is not lawful to put them into the corbona, because it is the price of blood.

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