Bible Verse Dictionary
Mark 7:3 - For
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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For | G1063 | γάρ |
[Conjunction] properly assigning a reason (used in argument explanation or intensification; often with other particles) |
the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
Pharisees | G5330 | Φαρισαῖος |
[Noun Masculine] a separatist that is exclusively religious; a Pharisaean that is Jewish sectary |
and | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
all | G3956 | πᾶς |
[Adjective] apparently a primary word; all any: every the whole |
the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
Jews | G2453 | Ἰουδαῖος |
[Adjective] udaean that is belonging to Jehudah |
except | G3362 | ἐὰν μή |
[Conjunction] if not that is unless |
they wash | G3538 | νίπτω |
[Verb] ceremonially to perform ablution |
their hands | G5495 | χείρ |
[Noun Feminine] the hand (literally or figuratively [power]; especially [by Hebraism] a means or instrument) |
oft | G4435 | πυγμή |
[Noun Feminine] the clenched hand that is (only in the dative case as adverb) with the fist (hard scrubbing) |
eat | G2068 | ἐσθίω |
[Verb] used only in certain tenses the rest being supplied by G5315; to eat (usually literally) |
not | G3756 | οὐ |
the absolutely negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not |
holding | G2902 | κρατέω |
[Verb] to use strength that is seize or retain (literally or figuratively) |
the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
tradition | G3862 | παράδοσις |
[Noun Feminine] transmission that is (concretely) a precept; specifically the Jewish traditionary law |
of the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
elders | G4245 | πρεσβύτερος |
[Adjective] older; as noun a senior; specifically an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively member of the celestial council) or Christian |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.