Bible Verse Dictionary
Matthew 16:26 - Or
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) |
what | G5101 | τίς |
an interrogitive pronoun who: which or what (in direct or indirect questions) |
is a man | G444 | ἄνθρωπος |
[Noun Masculine] from G3700); manfaced that is a human being |
profited | G5623 | ὠφελέω |
[Verb] to be useful that is to benefit |
if | G1437 | ἐάν |
[Conjunction] a conditional particle; in case that provided etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty |
he shall gain | G2770 | κερδαίνω |
[Verb] to gain (literally or figuratively) |
the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
whole | G3650 | ὅλος |
[Adjective]
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world | G2889 | κόσμος |
[Noun Masculine] orderly arrangement that is decoration; by implication the world (in a wide or narrow sense including its inhabitants literally or figuratively [morally]) |
and | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
lose | G2210 | ζημιόω |
[Verb] to injure that is (reflexively or passively) to experience detriment |
his | G848 | αὑτοῦ |
self (in some oblique case or reflexive relation) |
own | G848 | αὑτοῦ |
self (in some oblique case or reflexive relation) |
soul | G5590 | ψυχή |
[Noun Feminine] breath that is (by implication) spirit abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151 which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222 which is mere vitality even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew [H5315] [H7307] and [H2416] |
or | G2228 | ἤ |
disjunctive or; comparative than |
what | G5101 | τίς |
an interrogitive pronoun who: which or what (in direct or indirect questions) |
shall a man | G444 | ἄνθρωπος |
[Noun Masculine] from G3700); manfaced that is a human being |
give | G1325 | δίδωμι |
[Verb] to give (used in a very wide application properly or by implication literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection) |
in exchange | G465 | ἀντάλλαγμα |
[Noun Neuter] an equivalent or ransom |
for | G1063 | γάρ |
[Conjunction] properly assigning a reason (used in argument explanation or intensification; often with other particles) |
his | G848 | αὑτοῦ |
self (in some oblique case or reflexive relation) |
soul | G5590 | ψυχή |
[Noun Feminine] breath that is (by implication) spirit abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151 which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222 which is mere vitality even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew [H5315] [H7307] and [H2416] |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.