Luke 13:21

Jesus tells what the kingdom of God is like.

Greek

ὁμοίαho-MOY-ahἐστὶνes-TEENζύμῃ,ZOO-mayἣνhaynλαβοῦσαlah-BOO-sahγυνὴgoo-NAYἔκρυψενEH-krup-senεἰςaysἀλεύρουah-LEW-rooσάταSAH-tahτρίαTREE-ahἕωςHEH-ohsοὗhooἐζυμώθηeh-zoo-MOH-thayὅλον.HO-lon

Latin

SimileSIH-mih-lehestestfermentō,fer-MEN-tohquodkwodacceptumah-KEP-tummulierMOO-lee-erabsconditabs-KON-ditininfarīnaefah-REE-naisataSAH-tahtria,TREE-ahdōnecDOH-nekfermentārēturfer-men-tah-RAY-turtōtum.TOH-tum

English

It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until the whole was leavened.

Word by word

Greek	Latin	Note
ὁμοίαfrom ὅμοιος, “like, similar”	Similefrom similis	ὁμοία: like, from ὅμοιος. It takes the dative. Latin: simile, from similis.
ἐστὶνfrom εἰμί, “to be”	estfrom sum	ἐστίν, est: it is.
ζύμῃfrom ζύμη, “yeast, leaven”	fermentōfrom fermentum	ζύμῃ: yeast, dative. Latin: fermentō.
ἣνfrom ὅς, “who, which”	quodfrom quī	ἥν: which, feminine like yeast. Latin quod is neuter like fermentum.
λαβοῦσαfrom λαμβάνω, “to take, receive”	acceptumfrom accipiō	λαβοῦσα: having taken, from λαμβάνω. Latin turns it around: acceptum, having been taken, a passive participle.
γυνὴfrom γυνή, “woman, wife”	mulierall forms	γυνή: woman. Compare gynecology. Latin: mulier.
ἔκρυψενfrom κρύπτω, “to hide”	absconditfrom abscondō	ἔκρυψεν: she hid, from κρύπτω. Compare cryptic. Latin: abscondit.
εἰςall forms, “into, to”	inall forms	εἰς: into. Latin: in.
ἀλεύρουfrom ἄλευρον, “flour”	farīnaefrom farīna	ἀλεύρου: of flour. Latin: farīnae.
σάταfrom σάτον, “a measure”	satafrom satum	σάτα: measures, a Hebrew measure. Latin borrows it: sata.
τρίαfrom τρεῖς, “three”	triafrom trēs	τρία: three, from τρεῖς. Latin: tria, from trēs.
ἕως οὗfrom ἕως, “until”	dōnecall forms	ἕως οὗ: until. Latin: dōnec.
ἐζυμώθηfrom ζυμόω, “to leaven”	fermentārēturfrom fermentō	ἐζυμώθη: it was leavened, an aorist passive of ζυμόω. Latin: fermentārētur, a subjunctive after dōnec.
ὅλονfrom ὅλος, “whole, all”	tōtumfrom tōtus	ὅλον: the whole, from ὅλος. Compare holistic. Latin: tōtum, from tōtus. Compare total.

New core words

Greek

ὅμοιος like, similar γυνή woman, wife τρεῖς three ὅλος whole, all

Latin

similis like, similar (+ dat.)mulier woman; wife trēs three tōtus whole, all, entire

Greek core words met196 / 345 Latin core words met210 / 345

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