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Matthew 27:7

And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.

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συμβούλιονsumboulioncounselσυμβούλιονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “counsel”, the object formG4824(a) a body of advisers (assessors) in a court, a council, (b) abstr: consultation, counsel, advice; resolution, decree.counselδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.λαβόντεςlabontesto takeλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to take”, a single actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.This verse uses “take”.ἠγόρασανēgorasanand boughtἀγοράζω (agorazō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “and bought”, a single actionG59I buy.and boughtἐξexwithἐκ (ek)preposition — “with”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.withαὐτῶνautōnthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, neuter — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.Ἀγρὸνagronfieldἀγρός (agros)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “field”, the object formG68a field, especially as bearing a crop; the country, lands, property in land, a country estate.fieldτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.Κεραμέωςkerameōspotterκεραμεύς (kerameus)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “potter”, the of-formG2763a potter.εἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toταφὴνtaphēnburyταφή (taphē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “bury”, the object formG5027a burial, burial place.buryτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ξένοιςxenoisstrangersξένος (xenos)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “strangers”, the to- or for-formG3581alien, new, novel; noun: a guest, stranger, foreigner.strangers

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter, for the burial of strangers;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.

Young’s Literal Translation

and having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter, for the burial of strangers;

World English Bible

They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them to bury strangers in.

Darby Translation

And having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter for a burying-ground for strangers.

Douay-Rheims

And after they had consulted together, they bought with them the potter’s field, to be a burying place for strangers.

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