Matthew 13:33
He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
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ASV
Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.
KJV
Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ἄλλην | Allēn | Another | G243 → |
| παραβολὴν | parabolēn | parable | G3850 → |
| ἐλάλησεν | elalēsen | spoke He | G2980 → |
| αὐτοῖς· | autois | to them: | G846 → |
| ὁμοία | homoia | Like | G3664 → |
| ἐστὶν | estin | is | G1510 → |
| ἡ | hē | the | G3588 → |
| βασιλεία | basileia | kingdom | G932 → |
| τῶν | tōn | of the | G3588 → |
| οὐρανῶν | ouranōn | heavens | G3772 → |
| ζύμῃ, | zumē | to leaven, | G2219 → |
| ἣν | hēn | which | G3739 → |
| λαβοῦσα | labousa | having taken | G2983 → |
| γυνὴ | gunē | a woman | G1135 → |
| ἐνέκρυψεν | enekrupsen | hid | G1470 → |
| εἰς | eis | in | G1519 → |
| ἀλεύρου | aleurou | of flour | G224 → |
| σάτα | sata | measures | G4568 → |
| τρία | tria | three | G5140 → |
| ἕως | he'ōs | until | G2193 → |
| οὗ | hou | of it | G3739 → |
| ἐζυμώθη | ezumōthē | was leavened | G2220 → |
| ὅλον.¶ | holon | all. | G3650 → |
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