Bible Verse Dictionary
Matthew 7:14 - Gate
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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Because | G3754 | ὅτι |
[Conjunction] demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because |
strait | G4728 | στενός |
[Adjective] narrow (from obstacles standing close about) |
is the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
gate | G4439 | πύλη |
[Noun Feminine] a gate that is the leaf or wing of a folding entrance (literally or figuratively) |
and | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
narrow | G2346 | θλίβω |
[Verb] to crowd (literally or figuratively) |
is the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
way | G3598 | ὁδός |
[Noun Feminine] a road; by implication a progress (the route act or distance); figuratively a mode or means |
which | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
leadeth | G520 | ἀπάγω |
[Verb] to take off (in various senses) |
unto | G1519 | εἰς |
[Preposition] to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) of place time or (figuratively) purpose (result etc.); also in adverbial phrases. |
life | G2222 | ζωή |
[Noun Feminine] life (literally or figuratively) |
and | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
few | G3641 | ὀλίγος |
[Adjective] puny (in extent degree number duration or value); especially neuter (adverbially) somewhat |
there be | G1526 | εἰσί |
[Verb] they are |
that find | G2147 | εὑρίσκω |
[Verb] which (together with another cognate form εὑρέω heureō) is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect; to find (literally or figuratively) |
it | G846 | αὐτός |
backward); the reflexive pronoun self used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.