Matthew
Matthew 7:4
4How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How | πῶς | pōs | Adverb | G4459 how, in what manner |
| can you say | ἐρεῖς | ereis | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G2046 I say, speak |
| to | τῷ | tō | Article - Dative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| your | σου | sou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular | G4771 you |
| brother | ἀδελφῷ | adelphō | Noun - Dative Masculine Singular | G80 a brother |
| Let | Ἄφες | Aphes | Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G863 I send away, release, remit, forgive, permit |
| me take | ἐκβάλω | ekbalō | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular | G1544 I throw, cast, put out, banish, bring forth, produce |
| the | τὸ | to | Article - Accusative Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| speck | κάρφος | karphos | Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G2595 a dry stalk, chip of wood |
| out of | ἐκ | ek | Preposition | G1537 from out, out from among, from |
| your | σου | sou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular | G4771 you |
| eye | ὀφθαλμοῦ | ophthalmou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G3788 the eye |
| while | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| a beam | δοκὸς | dokos | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G1385 a beam |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| your | σοῦ | sou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular | G4771 you |
| eye | ὀφθαλμῷ | ophthalmō | Noun - Dative Masculine Singular | G3788 the eye |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.