KJV: And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
YLT: And she said, 'Yes, sir, for even the little dogs do eat of the crumbs that are falling from their lords' table;'
Darby: But she said, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.
ASV: But she said, Yea, Lord: for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters table.
Ἡ | - |
Parse: Article, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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εἶπεν | she said |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to speak, say. |
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Ναί | Yes |
Parse: Particle Root: ναί Sense: yea, verily, truly, assuredly, even so. |
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κύριε | Lord |
Parse: Noun, Vocative Masculine Singular Root: κύριος Sense: he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord. |
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καὶ | even |
Parse: Conjunction Root: καί Sense: and, also, even, indeed, but. |
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γὰρ | however |
Parse: Conjunction Root: γάρ Sense: for. |
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κυνάρια | dogs |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Plural Root: κυνάριον Sense: a little dog. |
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ἐσθίει | eat |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἐσθίω Sense: to eat. |
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ψιχίων | crumbs |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Plural Root: ψιχίον Sense: a little morsel, a crumb. |
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τῶν | - |
Parse: Article, Genitive Neuter Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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πιπτόντων | falling |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Genitive Neuter Plural Root: πίπτω Sense: to descend from a higher place to a lower. |
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τραπέζης | table |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: τράπεζα Sense: a table. |
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τῶν | of the |
Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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κυρίων | masters |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: κύριος Sense: he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord. |
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αὐτῶν | of them |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
Greek Commentary for Matthew 15:27
She took no offence at the implication of being a Gentile dog. The rather she with quick wit took Christ‘s very word for little dogs (κυναρια kunaria) and deftly turned it to her own advantage, for the little dogs eat of the crumbs (πσιχιων psichiōn little morsels, diminutive again) that fall from the table of their masters (κυριων kuriōn), the children. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Matthew 15:27
Diminutive: little dogs. In Matthew 15:27, Wyc. renders the little whelps, and Tynd., in both verses, whelPsalms The picture is of a family meal, with the pet house-dogs running round the table. [source]
Lit. sinners taken from the Gentiles, or sprung from. Sinners, in the conventional Jewish sense; born heathen, and as such sinners; not implying that Jews are not sinners. The Jew regarded the Gentile as impure, and styled him a dog (Matthew 15:27). See Romans 2:12; 1 Corinthians 6:1; 1 Corinthians 9:21; Ephesians 2:12; Luke 18:32; Luke 24:7. Possibly Paul here cites the very words by which Peter sought to justify his separation from the Gentile Christians, and takes up these words in order to draw from them an opposite conclusion. This is quite according to Paul's habit. [source]
See Hebrews 8:2 for σκηνη skēnē Large tents usually had two divisions (the outer and the inner or the first and the second). Note πρωτη prōtē for the first of two as with the first covenant (Hebrews 8:7, Hebrews 8:13; Hebrews 9:1). The large outer tent was entered first and was called αγια Hagia (Holy), the first division of the tabernacle. The two divisions are here termed two tabernacles. Was prepared First aorist passive of κατασκευαζω kataskeuazō See Hebrews 3:3. For the furniture see Exod 25; 26. Three items are named here: the candlestick (η λυχνια hē luchnia late word for λυχνιον luchnion) or lampstand, necessary since there were no windows (Exodus 25:31-39); the table (η τραπεζα hē trapeza old word, Matthew 15:27) for the bread (Exodus 25:23-30; Leviticus 24:6 of pure gold); the shewbread (η προτεσις των αρτων hē prothesis tōn artōn) as in Exodus 25:30; Exodus 40:23; Leviticus 24:5-9. Probably a hendiadys for the table with the loaves of God‘s Presence. [source]