King James Version

Revelation 2:14

But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “in” (ἕν) before the here.

ἀλλὰallaButἀλλάconjunction — “But”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.ButἔχωechōI haveἔχωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.I haveκατὰkataagainstκατάpreposition — “against”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.This verse uses “against”.againstσοῦsoutheeσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “thee”, the of-formG4771you.theeὀλίγαoligalittleὀλίγος (oligos)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “little”, the object formG3641(a) especially in plur: few, (b) in sing: small; hence, of time: short, of degree: light, slight, little.ὅτιhotibecauseὅτιconjunction — “because”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “because”.becauseἔχειςecheisthou hastἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “thou hast”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.thou hastἐκεῖekeithereἐκεῖadverb — “there”G1563(a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there.This verse uses “there”.thereκρατοῦνταςkratountasthem that holdκρατέω (krateō)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “them that hold”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2902I am strong, mighty, hence: I rule, am master, prevail; I obtain, take hold of; I hold, hold fast.them that holdτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.διδαχὴνdidachēndoctrineδιδαχή (didachē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “doctrine”, the object formG1322teaching, doctrine, what is taught.This verse uses “doctrine”.the doctrineΒαλαάμbalaamof BalaamΒαλαάμnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Balaam”, the of-formG903Balaam, son of Beor of Pethor on the Euphrates, a soothsayer in the Old Testament.of Balaamὃςhoswhoὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “who”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “who”.whoἐδίδασκενedidaskento teachδιδάσκω (didaskō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to teach”, an ongoing action in the pastG1321I teach, direct, admonish.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ΒαλὰκbalakBalacΒαλάκnoun, dative, singular, masculine — “Balac”, the to- or for-formG904Balak, son of Zippor, King of Moab.Balacβαλεῖνbaleinto castβάλλω (ballō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to cast”, a single actionG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.This verse uses “cast”.to castσκάνδαλονskandalona stumblingblockσκάνδαλονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “a stumblingblock”, the object formG4625a snare, stumbling-block, cause for error.a stumblingblockἐνώπιονenōpionbeforeἐνώπιονpreposition — “before”G1799before the face of, in the presence of, in the eyes of.beforeτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.υἱῶνhuiōnchildrenυἱός (huios)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “children”, the of-formG5207a son, descendent.the childrenἸσραήλisraēlof IsraelἸσραήλnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Israel”, the of-formG2474(Hebrew), Israel, surname of Jacob, then the Jewish people, the people of God.of Israelφαγεῖνphageinto eatἐσθίω (esthíō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to eat”, a single actionG2068I eat, partake of food; met: I devour, consume (e.g. as rust does).Strong’s files this form under G5315 (φάγω, eat).to eatεἰδωλόθυταeidōlothutathings sacrificed unto idolsεἰδωλόθυτον (eidōlothuton)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “things sacrificed unto idols”, the object formG1494(of meat), sacrificed to an image (or an idol).things sacrificed unto idolsκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπορνεῦσαιporneusaito commit fornicationπορνεύω (porneuō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to commit fornication”, a single actionG4203I fornicate; met: I practice idolatry.to commit fornication

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ἕνhentaughtἐνpreposition — “taught”G1722in, on, among.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'But I have against thee a few things: That thou hast there those holding the teaching of Balaam, who did teach Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat idol-sacrifices, and to commit whoredom;

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American Standard Version (1901)

But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there some that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

But I have a few things against you , because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel , to eat things sacrificed to idols , and to commit sexual immorality .

Darby Translation

But I have a few things against thee: that thou hast there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a snare before the sons of Israel, to eat [of] idol sacrifices and commit fornication.

Douay-Rheims

But I have against thee a few things: because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat, and to commit fornication:

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