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Matthew 10:16
🇬🇷 KOINE GREEK

📖 King James Version

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

🔤 Interlinear Analysis — Greek (Abbott-Smith)

# Greek Transliteration Strong's Morphology Translation Definition
1 Ἰδοὺ Idou G2400 INJ look! ἰδού second person singular imperative middle voice of εἴδω; used as imperative lo!; --behold, lo, see.
2 ἐγὼ egō G1473 P-1NS I/we ἐγώ a primary pronoun of the first person I (only expressed when emphatic): I, me. For the other cases and the plural see ἐμέ, ἐμοί, ἐμοῦ, ἡμᾶς, ἡμεῖς, ἡμῖν, ἡμῶν, etc.
3 ἀποστέλλω apostellō G649 V-PAI-1S to send ἀποστέλλω from ἀπό and στέλλω; set apart, i.e. (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively: put in, send (away, forth, out), set (at liberty).
4 ὑμᾶς hymas G4771 P-2AP you σύ the personal pronoun of the second person singular; thou: thou. See also σέ, σοί, σοῦ; and for the plural ὑμᾶς, ὑμεῖς, ὑμῖν, ὑμῶν.
5 ὡς hōs G5613 CONJ which/how ὡς probably adverb of comparative from ὅς; which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows): about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.
6 πρόβατα probata G4263 N-APN sheep πρόβατον probably neuter of a presumed derivative of προβαίνω; something that walks forward (a quadruped), i.e. (specially), a sheep (literally or figuratively): sheep(-fold).
7 ἐν en G1722 PREP in/on/among ἐν a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between εἰς and ἐκ); "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (… sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
8 μέσῳ mesō G3319 A-DSN midst μέσος from μετά; middle (as an adjective or (neuter) noun): among, X before them, between, + forth, mid(-day, -night), midst, way.
9 λύκων lykōn G3074 N-GPM wolf λύκος perhaps akin to the base of λευκός (from the whitish hair); a wolf: wolf.
10 γίνεσθε ginesthe G1096 V-PNM-2P to be γίνομαι a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.): arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
11 οὖν oun G3767 CONJ therefore/then οὖν apparently a primary word; (adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly: and (so, truly), but, now (then), so (likewise then), then, therefore, verily, wherefore.
12 φρόνιμοι phronimoi G5429 A-NPM thoughtful φρόνιμος from φρήν; thoughtful, i.e. sagacious or discreet (implying a cautious character; while σοφός denotes practical skill or acumen; and συνετός indicates rather intelligence or mental acquirement); in a bad sense conceited (also in the comparative): wise(-r).
13 ὡς hōs G5613 CONJ which/how ὡς probably adverb of comparative from ὅς; which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows): about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.
14 οἱ hoi G3588 T-NPM the/this/who ὁ, including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom): the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
15 ὄφεις opheis G3789 N-NPM snake ὄφις probably from ὀπτάνομαι (through the idea of sharpness of vision); a snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan: serpent.
16 καὶ kai G2532 CONJ and καί apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
17 ἀκέραιοι akeraioi G185 A-NPM innocent ἀκέραιος from Α (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of κεράννυμι; unmixed, i.e. (figuratively) innocent: harmless, simple.
18 ὡς hōs G5613 CONJ which/how ὡς probably adverb of comparative from ὅς; which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows): about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.
19 αἱ hai G3588 T-NPF the/this/who ὁ, including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom): the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
20 περιστεραί peristerai G4058 N-NPF dove περιστερά of uncertain derivation; a pigeon: dove, pigeon.