Bible Verse Dictionary
Matthew 23:2 - Scribes
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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Saying | G3004 | λέγω |
[Verb] properly to |
The | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
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 |
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 |
sit | G2523 | καθίζω |
[Verb] to seat down that is set (figuratively appoint); intransitively to sit (down); figuratively to settle (hover dwell) |
in | G1909 | ἐπί |
[Preposition] of rest (with the dative case) at on etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards upon etc.: about (the times) above after against among as long as (touching) at beside X-(idiom) have charge of (be- [where-]) fore in (a place as much as the time of -to) (because) of (up-) on (behalf of) over (by for) the space of through (-out) (un-) to (-ward) with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import at |
Moses' seat | G2515 | καθέδρα |
[Noun Feminine] a bench (literally or figuratively) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.