Matthew

Matthew 6:7

⁷And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
you pray	Προσευχόμενοι	Proseuchomenoi	Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural	G4336 I pray, pray for
do not babble on	βατταλογήσητε	battalogēsēte	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural	G945 I chatter, utter empty words
like	ὥσπερ	hōsper	Adverb	G5618 just as, as
pagans	ἐθνικοί	ethnikoi	Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural	G1482 pagan, heathen, gentile; a Gentile, non-Jew
for	γὰρ	gar	Conjunction	G1063 for
they think	δοκοῦσιν	dokousin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G1380 I think, seem, appear, it seems
that	ὅτι	hoti	Conjunction	G3754 that, since, because
by	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
their	αὐτῶν	autōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
many words	πολυλογίᾳ	polylogia	Noun - Dative Feminine Singular	G4180 much-speaking
they will be heard	εἰσακουσθήσονται	eisakousthēsontai	Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural	G1522 I hear, listen to

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