Bible Verse Dictionary
Matthew 23:14 - Prayer
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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Woe | G3759 | οὐαί |
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unto you | G5213 | ὑμῖν |
to (with or by) you |
scribes | G1122 | γραμματεύς |
[Noun Masculine] a writer that is (professionally) scribe or secretary |
and | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
Pharisees | G5330 | Φαρισαῖος |
[Noun Masculine] a separatist that is exclusively religious; a Pharisaean that is Jewish sectary |
hypocrites | G5273 | ὑποκριτής |
[Noun Masculine] an actor under an assumed character (stage player) that is (figuratively) a dissembler ( |
for | G3754 | ὅτι |
[Conjunction] demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because |
ye devour | G2719 | κατεσθίω |
[Verb] to eat down that is devour (literally or figuratively) |
widows' houses | G3614 | οἰκία |
[Noun Feminine] properly residence (abstractly) but usually (concretely) an abode (literally or figuratively); by implication a family (especially domestics) |
and | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
for | G3754 | ὅτι |
[Conjunction] demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because |
a pretence | G4392 | πρόφασις |
[Noun Feminine] an outward showing that is pretext |
make long prayer | G4336 | προσεύχομαι |
[Verb] to pray to God that is supplicate worship |
therefore | G1223 | διά |
[Preposition] through (in very wide applications local causal or occasional). In composition it retains the same general import |
ye shall receive | G2983 | λαμβάνω |
[Verb] to take (in very many applications literally and figuratively [probably objective or active to get hold of; whereas G1209 is rather subjective or passive to have offered to one; while G138 is more violent to seize or remove]) |
the greater | G4056 | περισσοτέρως |
[Adverb] more superabundantly |
damnation | G2917 | κρίμα |
[Noun Neuter] a decision (the function or the effect for or against [ |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.