Luke
Luke 12:3
3What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What | ὅσα | hosa | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural | G3745 how much, how great, how many |
| you have spoken | εἴπατε | eipate | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| the | τῇ | tē | Article - Dative Feminine Singular | G3588 the |
| dark | σκοτίᾳ | skotia | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G4653 darkness |
| will be heard | ἀκουσθήσεται | akousthēsetai | Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G191 I hear, listen |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| the | τῷ | tō | Article - Dative Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| daylight | φωτὶ | phōti | Noun - Dative Neuter Singular | G5457 light, a source of light |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| what | ὃ | ho | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| you have whispered | ἐλαλήσατε | elalēsate | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G2980 I speak, say |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| the | τοῖς | tois | Article - Dative Neuter Plural | G3588 the |
| inner rooms | ταμείοις | tameiois | Noun - Dative Neuter Plural | G5009 a secret chamber |
| will be proclaimed | κηρυχθήσεται | kērychthēsetai | Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G2784 I proclaim, herald, preach |
| from | ἐπὶ | epi | Preposition | G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at |
| the | τῶν | tōn | Article - Genitive Neuter Plural | G3588 the |
| housetops | δωμάτων | dōmatōn | Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural | G1430 the top of the house |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Matthew 10:27 · Ecclesiastes 10:20 · Matthew 12:36 · Ecclesiastes 10:12–13 · Jude 1:14–15 · Job 24:14–15
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.