Mark 4:32
But after it is planted, it grows to be the largest of all garden plants and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the air nest in its shade.”
BSB
Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
yet when it is sown, groweth up, and becometh greater than all the herbs, and putteth out great branches; so that the birds of the heaven can lodge under the shadow thereof.
KJV
But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
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25 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ὅταν | hotan | when | G3752 → |
| σπαρῇ, | sparēa | it may be sown, | G4687 → |
| ἀναβαίνει | anabainei | it grows up | G305 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| γίνεται | ginetai | becomes | G1096 → |
| μεῖζον | meizon | greater | G3173 → |
| πάντων | pantōn | than all | G3956 → |
| τῶν | tōn | the | G3588 → |
| λαχάνων | lachanōn | garden plants | G3001 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ποιεῖ | poiei | it produces | G4160 → |
| κλάδους | kladous | branches | G2798 → |
| μεγάλους | megalous | great | G3173 → |
| ὥστε | hōste | so that | G5620 → |
| δύνασθαι | dunasthai | to be able | G1410 → |
| ὑπὸ | hupo | under | G5259 → |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 → |
| σκιὰν | skian | shadow | G4639 → |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | of it | G846 → |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 → |
| πετεινὰ | peteina | birds | G4071 → |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → |
| οὐρανοῦ | ouranou | air | G3772 → |
| κατασκηνοῦν.¶ | kataskēnoun | to perch. | G2681 → |
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