Luke 6:48
He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
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ASV
he is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well builded.
KJV
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
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34 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὅμοιός | homoios | Like | G3664 → |
| ἐστιν | estin | he is | G1510 → |
| ἀνθρώπῳ | anthrōpō | to a man | G444 → |
| οἰκοδομοῦντι | oikodomounti | building | G3618 → |
| οἰκίαν | oikian | a house | G3614 → |
| ὃς | hos | who | G3739 → |
| ἔσκαψεν | eskapsen | dug | G4626 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἐβάθυνεν | ebathunen | he deepened | G900 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἔθηκεν | ethēken | he laid | G5087 → |
| θεμέλιον | themelion | a foundation | G2310 → |
| ἐπὶ | epi | on | G1909 → |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 → |
| πέτραν. | petran | rock. | G4073 → |
| πλημμύρης | plēmmurēs | when a flood | G4132 → |
| δὲ | de | then | G1161 → |
| γενομένης | genomenēs | having come | G1096 → |
| προσέρηξεν | proserēxen | burst upon | G4366 → |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → |
| ποταμὸς | potamos | stream | G4215 → |
| τῇ | tēa | the | G3588 → |
| οἰκίᾳ | oikia | house | G3614 → |
| ἐκείνῃ, | ekeinē | that, | G1565 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 → |
| ἴσχυσεν | ischusen | was able | G2480 → |
| σαλεῦσαι | saleusai | to shake | G4531 → |
| αὐτὴν | autēn | it | G846 → |
| διὰ | dia | because | G1223 → |
| τὸ | to | <the> | G3588 → |
| καλῶς | kalōs | well | G2573 → |
| οἰκοδομῆσθαι | oikodomēsthai | to have been built | G3618 → |
| αὐτήν | autēn | it | G846 → |
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