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Matthew 3:3
🇬🇷 KOINE GREEK

📖 King James Version

For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

🔤 Interlinear Analysis — Greek (Abbott-Smith)

# Greek Transliteration Strong's Morphology Translation Definition
1 οὗτος houtos G3778 D-NSM this/he/she/it οὗτος, including nominative masculine plural houtoi, nominative feminine singular haute, and nominative feminine plural hautai from the article ὁ and αὐτός; the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated): he (it was that), hereof, it, she, such as, the same, these, they, this (man, same, woman), which, who.
2 γάρ gar G1063 CONJ for γάρ a primary particle; properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles): and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
3 ἐστιν estin G1510 V-PAI-3S to be εἰμί the first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist (used only when emphatic): am, have been, X it is I, was. See also εἶ, εἴην, εἶναι, εἷς καθ’ εἷς, ἦν, ἔσομαι, ἐσμέν, ἐστέ, εἰμί0, εἰμί1, εἰμί2, εἰμί3.
4 ho G3588 T-NSM 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.
5 ῥηθεὶς rhētheis G2036 V-APP-NSM to say ἔπω a primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from ἐρέω, ῥέω, and φημί); to speak or say (by word or writing): answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell. Compare λέγω.
6 διὰ dia G1223 PREP through/because of διά a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional): after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) … fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
7 Ἠσαΐου Ēsaiou G2268 N-GSM-P Isaiah Ἡσαΐας of Hebrew origin (יְשַׁעְיָה); Hesaias (i.e. Jeshajah), an Israelite: Esaias.
8 τοῦ tou G3588 T-GSM 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.
9 προφήτου prophētou G4396 N-GSM prophet προφήτης from a compound of πρό and φημί; a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet: prophet.
10 λέγοντος legontos G3004 V-PAP-GSM to speak λέγω a primary verb; properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas ἔπω and φημί generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while ῥέω is properly to break silence merely, and λαλέω means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean: ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
11 Φωνὴ Phōnē G5456 N-NSF voice/sound φωνή probably akin to φαίνω through the idea of disclosure; a tone (articulate, bestial or artificial); by implication, an address (for any purpose), saying or language: noise, sound, voice.
12 βοῶντος boōntos G994 V-PAP-GSM to cry out βοάω apparently a prolonged form of a primary verb; to halloo, i.e. shout (for help or in a tumultuous way): cry.
13 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.
14 τῇ tē G3588 T-DSF 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 ἐρήμῳ erēmō G2048 A-DSF deserted ἔρημος of uncertain affinity; lonesome, i.e. (by implication) waste (usually as a noun, χώρα being implied): desert, desolate, solitary, wilderness.
16 Ἑτοιμάσατε Hetoimasate G2090 V-AAM-2P to make ready ἑτοιμάζω from ἕτοιμος; to prepare: prepare, provide, make ready. Compare κατασκευάζω.
17 τὴν tēn G3588 T-ASF 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.
18 ὁδὸν hodon G3598 N-ASF road ὁδός apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress (the route, act or distance); figuratively, a mode or means: journey, (high-)way.
19 Κυρίου Kyriou G2962 N-GSM lord κύριος from kuros (supremacy); supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title): God, Lord, master, Sir.
20 εὐθείας eutheias G2117 A-APF straight/upright εὐθύς perhaps from εὖ and τίθημι; straight, i.e. (literally) level, or (figuratively) true; adverbially (of time) at once: anon, by and by, forthwith, immediately, straightway.
21 ποιεῖτε poieite G4160 V-PAM-2P to do/make ποιέω apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct): abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. Compare πράσσω.
22 τὰς tas G3588 T-APF 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.
23 τρίβους tribous G5147 N-APF path τρίβος from tribo (to "rub"; akin to teiro, truo, and the base of τράγος, τραῦμα); a rut or worn track: path.
24 αὐτοῦ autou G846 P-GSM he/she/it/self αὐτός from the particle au (perhaps akin to the base of ἀήρ through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative ἑαυτοῦ) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy-)self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare αὑτοῦ.