Matthew

Matthew 6:27

²⁷Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?^f

Footnotes

f 6:27 Or a single cubit to his height; a cubit was approximately 18 inches or 45 centimeters.

Word by word

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Who	τίς	tis	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G5101 who, which, what
of you	ὑμῶν	hymōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural	G4771 you
by	ἐξ	ex	Preposition	G1537 from out, out from among, from
worrying	μεριμνῶν	merimnōn	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3309 I am anxious, distracted
can	δύναται	dynatai	Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G1410 I am powerful, am able
add	προσθεῖναι	prostheinai	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G4369 I put to, add, do again
a single	ἕνα	hena	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular	G1520 one
hour	πῆχυν	pēchyn	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G4083 a cubit
to	ἐπὶ	epi	Preposition	G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at
his	αὐτοῦ	autou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
life	ἡλικίαν	hēlikian	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G2244 age, stature

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