Luke
Luke 12:36
36Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.
Word by word
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| you | ὑμεῖς | hymeis | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| like | ὅμοιοι | homoioi | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3664 like, similar to |
| waiting for | προσδεχομένοις | prosdechomenois | Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Masculine Plural | G4327 I expect, welcome, accept |
| their | ἑαυτῶν | heautōn | Reflexive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G1438 himself, herself, itself |
| master | κύριον | kyrion | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G2962 lord, Lord, master, sir |
| to return | ἀναλύσῃ | analysē | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular | G360 I depart, return |
| from | ἐκ | ek | Preposition | G1537 from out, out from among, from |
| the | τῶν | tōn | Article - Genitive Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| wedding banquet | γάμων | gamōn | Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural | G1062 a marriage, wedding, wedding-feast |
| so that | ἵνα | hina | Conjunction | G2443 in order that, so that |
| when he comes | ἐλθόντος | elthontos | Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular | G2064 I come, go |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| knocks | κρούσαντος | krousantos | Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular | G2925 I knock |
| they can open | ἀνοίξωσιν | anoixōsin | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural | G455 I open |
| for him | αὐτῷ | autō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| at once | εὐθέως | eutheōs | Adverb | G2112 immediately, soon |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jude 1:20–21 · James 5:7–8 · Lamentations 3:25–26 · Revelation 3:20 · Mark 13:34–37 · Isaiah 64:4 · Matthew 25:1–13 · Matthew 24:42–44 · Song of Solomon 5:5–6 · Matthew 22:1–14 · Luke 2:25–30
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.