Matthew

Matthew 5:34

³⁴But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
I	ἐγὼ	egō	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
tell	λέγω	legō	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular	G3004 I say, speak
you	ὑμῖν	hymin	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural	G4771 you
not	μὴ	mē	Adverb	G3361 not, lest
to swear	ὀμόσαι	omosai	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G3660 I swear, take an oath
at all	ὅλως	holōs	Adverb	G3654 wholly, altogether, not at all
by	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
heaven	οὐρανῷ	ouranō	Noun - Dative Masculine Singular	G3772 the sky, the heaven
for	ὅτι	hoti	Conjunction	G3754 that, since, because
it is	ἐστὶν	estin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1510 I am, exist
God’s	Θεοῦ	Theou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G2316 God, a god
throne	θρόνος	thronos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2362 a throne, seat

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