Matthew
Matthew 18:16
16But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’d
Footnotes
- d 18:16 Deuteronomy 19:15|DEU 19:15
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But | δὲ | de | Conjunction | G1161 but, on the other hand, and |
| if | ἐὰν | ean | Conjunction | G1437 if |
| he will not listen | ἀκούσῃ | akousē | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular | G191 I hear, listen |
| take | παράλαβε | paralabe | Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G3880 I take, receive |
| one | ἕνα | hena | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular | G1520 one |
| or | ἢ | ē | Conjunction | G2228 or, than |
| two | δύο | dyo | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural | G1417 two |
| others | ἔτι | eti | Adverb | G2089 still, yet, even now |
| along | μετὰ | meta | Preposition | G3326 with, after |
| so that | ἵνα | hina | Conjunction | G2443 in order that, so that |
| every | πᾶν | pan | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
| matter | ῥῆμα | rhēma | Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular | G4487 a thing spoken |
| may be established | σταθῇ | stathē | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G2476 I cause to stand, stand |
| by | Ἐπὶ | Epi | Preposition | G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at |
| testimony | στόματος | stomatos | Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular | G4750 the mouth, speech |
| of two | δύο | dyo | Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural | G1417 two |
| or | ἢ | ē | Conjunction | G2228 or, than |
| three | τριῶν | triōn | Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural | G5140 three |
| witnesses | μαρτύρων | martyrōn | Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural | G3144 a witness |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Deuteronomy 19:15 · 2 Corinthians 13:1 · John 8:17 · 1 Timothy 5:19 · Hebrews 10:28 · Numbers 35:30 · Deuteronomy 17:6 · 1 Kings 21:13 · 1 John 5:7–8 · Revelation 11:3
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.