Mark
Mark 13:17–19
17How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! 18Pray that this will not occur in the winter. 19For those will be days of tribulation unseen from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never to be seen again.
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.
Mark 13:17
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| miserable | Οὐαὶ | Ouai | Interjection | G3759 woe!, alas! |
| those | ἐκείναις | ekeinais | Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Plural | G1565 that, that one there, yonder |
| days | ἡμέραις | hēmerais | Noun - Dative Feminine Plural | G2250 a day |
| for | ταῖς | tais | Article - Dative Feminine Plural | G3588 the |
| pregnant | ἐχούσαις | echousais | Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Feminine Plural | G2192 I have, hold, possess |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| nursing | θηλαζούσαις | thēlazousais | Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Feminine Plural | G2337 I give suck, suck |
Mark 13:18
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pray | προσεύχεσθε | proseuchesthe | Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural | G4336 I pray, pray for |
| that | ἵνα | hina | Conjunction | G2443 in order that, so that |
| this will not occur | γένηται | genētai | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Singular | G1096 I come into being, am born |
| in the winter | χειμῶνος | cheimōnos | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G5494 a tempest, the rainy season |
Mark 13:19
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | γὰρ | gar | Conjunction | G1063 for |
| those | ἐκεῖναι | ekeinai | Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Plural | G1565 that, that one there, yonder |
| will be | ἔσονται | esontai | Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural | G1510 I am, exist |
| days | ἡμέραι | hēmerai | Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural | G2250 a day |
| of tribulation | θλῖψις | thlipsis | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G2347 persecution, affliction, distress |
| unseen | τοιαύτη | toiautē | Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G5108 of such a kind, such |
| from | ἀπ’ | ap’ | Preposition | G575 from, away from |
| beginning | ἀρχῆς | archēs | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G746 ruler, beginning |
| of God’s creation | κτίσεως | ktiseōs | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G2937 creation, creature, institution |
| until | ἕως | heōs | Preposition | G2193 until, as far as |
| now | νῦν | nyn | Adverb | G3568 now, already, at present |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| never | οὐ | ou | Adverb | G3756 no, not |
| to be | γένηται | genētai | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Singular | G1096 I come into being, am born |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Mark 13:17 Luke 23:29 · Lamentations 4:10
Mark 13:19 Daniel 12:1 · Matthew 24:21 · Joel 2:2 · Daniel 9:26 · Luke 21:22–24 · Daniel 9:12 · Lamentations 1:12 · Mark 10:6
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.