MAT 23

Matthew 23:33

WEB

You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?

BSB

You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

KJV

Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

Greek interlinear

G3789

ὄφιςóphis/of'-is/

serpent

Derivation: probably from G3700 (through the idea of sharpness of vision);

a snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan

KJV: serpent.

See also: G3700.

G1081

γέννημαgénnēma/ghen'-nay-mah/

fruit, generation

Derivation: from G1080;

offspring; by analogy, produce (literally or figuratively)

KJV: fruit, generation.

See also: G1080.

G2191

ἔχιδναéchidna/ekh'-id-nah/

viper

Derivation: of uncertain origin;

an adder or other poisonous snake (literally or figuratively)

KJV: viper.

G4459

πῶςpōs/poce/

how, after (by) what manner (means), that

Derivation: adverb from the base of G4226;

an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!

KJV: how, after (by) what manner (means), that.

(Occasionally unexpressed in English).

See also: G4226.

G5343

φεύγωpheúgō/fyoo'-go/

escape, flee (away)

Derivation: apparently a primary verb;

to run away (literally or figuratively); by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish

KJV: escape, flee (away).

G575

ἀπόapó/apo'/

(X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with

Derivation: a primary particle;

"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)

KJV: (X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with.

In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.

G3588

ho/ho/

the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc

, including the feminine , and the neuter τό in all their inflections;

Derivation: the definite article;

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)

KJV: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

G2920

κρίσιςkrísis/kree'-sis/

accusation, condemnation, damnation, judgment

decision (subjectively or objectively, for or against); by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law)

KJV: accusation, condemnation, damnation, judgment.

G1067

γέενναgéenna/gheh'-en-nah/

hell

Derivation: of Hebrew origin (H1516 and H2011);

valley of (the son of) Hinnom; ge-henna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment

KJV: hell.

See also: H1516, H2011.

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