Luke
Luke 13:21
21It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
Word by word
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| It is | ἐστὶν | estin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| like | ὁμοία | homoia | Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular | G3664 like, similar to |
| leaven | ζύμῃ | zymē | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G2219 leaven, ferment |
| that | ἣν | hēn | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| a woman | γυνὴ | gynē | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G1135 a woman, wife, my lady |
| took | λαβοῦσα | labousa | Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular | G2983 I receive, take |
| mixed | ἔκρυψεν | ekrypsen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2928 I hide, conceal, lay up |
| into | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| three | τρία | tria | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural | G5140 three |
| measures | σάτα | sata | Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural | G4568 nearly three English gallons |
| of flour | ἀλεύρου | aleurou | Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular | G224 meal, flour |
| until | ἕως | heōs | Preposition | G2193 until, as far as |
| all | ὅλον | holon | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular | G3650 all, the whole, entire |
| of it | οὗ | hou | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| was leavened | ἐζυμώθη | ezymōthē | Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G2220 I leaven, ferment |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Matthew 13:33 · 1 Corinthians 5:6 · Philippians 1:6 · John 15:2 · John 4:14 · Proverbs 4:18 · James 1:21 · 1 Thessalonians 5:23–24 · Philippians 1:9–11
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.