Matthew

Matthew 19:5

⁵and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’^b?

Footnotes

b 19:5 Genesis 2:24|GEN 2:24(see also LXX)

Read all of Matthew 19

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
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
said	εἶπεν	eipen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing)
For this reason	Ἕνεκα	Heneka	Preposition	G1752 for the sake of, on account of, wherefore
a man	ἄνθρωπος	anthrōpos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G444 a man, one of the human race
will leave	καταλείψει	kataleipsei	Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2641 I leave behind, abandon
father	πατέρα	patera	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3962 father, Father, ancestor
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
mother	μητέρα	mētera	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3384 a mother
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
be united to	κολληθήσεται	kollēthēsetai	Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G2853 I glue, cleave, keep company with
his	αὐτοῦ	autou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
wife	γυναικὶ	gynaiki	Noun - Dative Feminine Singular	G1135 a woman, wife, my lady
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
the	οἱ	hoi	Article - Nominative Masculine Plural	G3588 the
two	δύο	dyo	Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural	G1417 two
will become	ἔσονται	esontai	Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural	G1510 I am, exist
one	μίαν	mian	Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular	G1520 one
flesh	σάρκα	sarka	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G4561 flesh, body

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Genesis 2:21–24 · 1 Corinthians 7:4 · 1 Corinthians 7:2 · Ephesians 5:31 · Mark 10:5–9 · 1 Corinthians 6:16 · Romans 12:9 · Psalm 63:8 · 1 Samuel 18:1 · 1 Kings 11:2 · Psalm 45:10 · Deuteronomy 4:4

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.