Matthew
Matthew 21:33
33Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Listen to | ἀκούσατε | akousate | Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G191 I hear, listen |
| another | Ἄλλην | Allēn | Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular | G243 other, another, different |
| parable | παραβολὴν | parabolēn | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3850 a parable, comparison |
| There was | ἦν | ēn | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| a landowner | Ἄνθρωπος | Anthrōpos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G444 a man, one of the human race |
| who | ὅστις | hostis | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3748 whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever |
| planted | ἐφύτευσεν | ephyteusen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G5452 I plant |
| a vineyard | ἀμπελῶνα | ampelōna | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G290 a vineyard |
| He put | περιέθηκεν | periethēken | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G4060 I put around, bestow |
| a wall | φραγμὸν | phragmon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G5418 a hedge, fence, partition |
| around it | αὐτῷ | autō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| dug | ὤρυξεν | ōryxen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G3736 I dig, dig out |
| a winepress | ληνὸν | lēnon | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3025 a winepress |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| it | αὐτῷ | autō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| built | ᾠκοδόμησεν | ōkodomēsen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G3618 I build, build up, edify |
| a tower | πύργον | pyrgon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G4444 a tower, fortified structure |
| Then | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| he rented it out | ἐξέδετο | exedeto | Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular | G1554 I give out, let, let out for my own advantage |
| to | γεωργοῖς | geōrgois | Noun - Dative Masculine Plural | G1092 a worker of the soil, husbandman, vine-dresser |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| went away on a journey | ἀπεδήμησεν | apedēmēsen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G589 I go into another country |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Isaiah 5:1–4 · Mark 12:1–12 · Luke 20:9–19 · Jeremiah 2:21 · John 15:1 · Song of Solomon 8:11–12 · Psalm 80:8–16 · Malachi 2:4–9 · Hosea 4:1 · Luke 19:12
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.