Matthew

Matthew 4:18

¹⁸As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

Read all of Matthew 4

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
As	Περιπατῶν	Peripatōn	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular	G4043 I walk, conduct my life
beside	παρὰ	para	Preposition	G3844 from, in the presence of
the	τὴν	tēn	Article - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3588 the
Sea	θάλασσαν	thalassan	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G2281 the sea, lake
of Galilee	Γαλιλαίας	Galilaias	Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G1056 Galilee
He saw	εἶδεν	eiden	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G3708 I see, look upon, experience
two	δύο	dyo	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural	G1417 two
brothers	ἀδελφούς	adelphous	Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural	G80 a brother
Simon	Σίμωνα	Simōna	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G4613 Simon
called	λεγόμενον	legomenon	Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3004 I say, speak
Peter	Πέτρον	Petron	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G4074 Peter
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
his	αὐτοῦ	autou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
brother	ἀδελφὸν	adelphon	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G80 a brother
Andrew	Ἀνδρέαν	Andrean	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G406 Andrew
They were casting	βάλλοντας	ballontas	Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural	G906 I cast, throw, rush, put, place, drop
a net	ἀμφίβληστρον	amphiblēstron	Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular	G293 a fishing net, drag-net
into	εἰς	eis	Preposition	G1519 into, in, among, till, for
the	τὴν	tēn	Article - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3588 the
sea	θάλασσαν	thalassan	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G2281 the sea, lake
for	γὰρ	gar	Conjunction	G1063 for
they were	ἦσαν	ēsan	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G1510 I am, exist
fishermen	ἁλιεῖς	halieis	Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural	G231 a fisherman

Cross-references

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

John 1:40–42 · Matthew 10:2 · Mark 1:16–20 · Luke 6:14 · Luke 5:1–11 · Matthew 16:18 · John 6:1 · John 21:1 · Matthew 15:29 · 1 Corinthians 1:27–29 · Mark 7:31 · John 6:8

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.