Mark
Mark 7:18–19
18“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him, 19because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)i
Footnotes
- i 7:19 Or and then is eliminated, thereby expelling all foods.”
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 7:18
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Are | ἐστε | este | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G1510 I am, exist |
| you | ὑμεῖς | hymeis | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| still | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| so | Οὕτως | Houtōs | Adverb | G3779 thus, so, in this manner |
| dull | ἀσύνετοί | asynetoi | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural | G801 unintelligent, unwise, undiscerning |
| He asked | λέγει | legei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G3004 I say, speak |
| Do you not understand | νοεῖτε | noeite | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G3539 I understand, consider |
| Nothing | πᾶν | pan | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
| that | τὸ | to | Article - Nominative Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| enters | εἰσπορευόμενον | eisporeuomenon | Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular | G1531 I journey into, go into |
| a | τὸν | ton | Article - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| man | ἄνθρωπον | anthrōpon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G444 a man, one of the human race |
| from the outside | ἔξωθεν | exōthen | Adverb | G1855 from without, outside |
| can | δύναται | dynatai | Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G1410 I am powerful, am able |
| defile | κοινῶσαι | koinōsai | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G2840 I make unclean, regard as unclean |
| him | αὐτὸν | auton | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
Mark 7:19
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| because | ὅτι | hoti | Conjunction | G3754 that, since, because |
| it does not enter | εἰσπορεύεται | eisporeuetai | Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G1531 I journey into, go into |
| his | αὐτοῦ | autou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| heart | καρδίαν | kardian | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G2588 the heart, inner life, intention |
| but | ἀλλ’ | all’ | Conjunction | G235 but, except |
| into | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| the | τὴν | tēn | Article - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3588 the |
| stomach | κοιλίαν | koilian | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G2836 belly, womb, the inner man |
| and then | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| is eliminated | ἐκπορεύεται | ekporeuetai | Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G1607 I journey out, come forth |
| foods | βρώματα | brōmata | Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural | G1033 food of any kind |
| are clean | καθαρίζων | katharizōn | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2511 I make clean |
Cross-references
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Mark 7:18 Matthew 15:16–17 · Hebrews 5:11 · Luke 24:25 · Matthew 16:11 · Isaiah 28:9–10 · Jeremiah 5:4–5 · Mark 4:13 · 1 Corinthians 3:2 · John 3:10
Mark 7:19 Matthew 15:17 · 1 Corinthians 6:13 · Acts 10:15 · Colossians 2:16 · Luke 11:41 · Colossians 2:21–22 · Acts 11:9 · Romans 14:1–12
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.