Matthew 23:14

Οὐαὶ δέ ὑμῖν γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί ὅτι κατεσθίετε τὰς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν καὶ προφάσει μακρὰ προσευχόμενοι· διὰ τοῦτο λήψεσθε περισσότερον κρίμα
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
Οὐαὶ
G3759
ouai
woe
  • alas, woe
δέ
G1161
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
ὑμῖν
G5213
hymin
to (with or by) you
  • you
γραμματεῖς
G1122
grammateus
a professional writer
  • a clerk, scribe, especially a public servant, secretary, recorder, whose office and influence differed in different states
    • "a man learned in the Mosaic law and in the sacred writings, an interpreter, teacher"a religious teacher: so instructed that from his learning and ability to teach advantage may redound to the kingdom of heaven
καὶ
G2532
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
Φαρισαῖοι
G5330
pharisaios
a separatist, i.e., exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e., Jewish sectary
  • A Jewish sect (which seems to have started after the Jewish exile) that focused on outward forms of piety, enemies of Jesus Christ
ὑποκριταί
G5273
hypokritēs
an actor under an assumed character (stage-player), i.e., (figuratively) a dissembler (___%___hypocrite___%___
  • one who answers, an interpreter
    • "an actor, stage player"a dissembler, pretender, hypocrite
ὅτι
G3754
hoti
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
  • that, because, since
κατεσθίετε
G2719
katesthiō
to eat up, i.e., devour (literally or figuratively)
  • to consume by eating, to eat up, devour
    • of birds
      • "of a dragon"of a man eating up the little book
      • to ruin (by the infliction of injuries)
    metaphorically
    • to devour i.e., squander, waste: substance
      • "to devour i.e., forcibly appropriate: widows' property"to strip one of his goods"by fire, to devour i.e., to utterly consume, destroy"of the consumption of the strength of body and mind by strong emotions
τὰς
G3588
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
οἰκίας
G3614
oikia
properly, residence (abstractly), but usually (concretely) an abode (literally or figuratively); by implication, a family (especially domestics)
  • a house
    • an inhabited edifice, a dwelling
      • "the inmates of a house, the family"property, wealth, goods
τῶν
G3588
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
χηρῶν
G5503
chēra
a widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively
  • a widow
    • "metaphorically a city stripped of its inhabitants and riches is represented under the figure of a widow
καὶ
G2532
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
προφάσει
G4392
prophasis
an outward showing, i.e., pretext
  • a pretext (alleged reason, pretended cause)
    • "show
    • under color as though they would do something
      • "in pretence, ostensibly
μακρὰ
G3117
makros
long (in place (distant) or time (neuter plural))
  • long
    • of place: remote, distant, far off
      • "of time: long, long lasting
προσευχόμενοι·
G4336
proseuchomai
to pray to God, i.e., supplicate, worship
  • to offer prayers, to pray
διὰ
G1223
dia
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
  • through
    • of place
      • with
        • "in
      of time
      • throughout
        • "during
      of means
      • by
        • "by the means of
    through
    • the ground or reason by which something is or is not done
      • by reason of
        • "on account of"because of for this reason"therefore"on this account
τοῦτο
G5124
touto
that thing
  • that (thing), this (thing)
λήψεσθε
G2983
lambanō
while G0138 is more violent, to seize or remove))
  • to take
    • to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it
      • to take up a thing to be carried
        • "to take upon one's self
      to take in order to carry away
      • without the notion of violence, i.e., to remove, take away
      to take what is one's own, to take to one's self, to make one's own
      • to claim, procure, for one's self
        • to associate with one's self as companion, attendant
        of that which when taken is not let go, to seize, to lay hold of, apprehend"to take by craft (our catch, used of hunters, fisherman, etc.), to circumvent one by fraud"to take to one's self, lay hold upon, take possession of, i.e., to appropriate to one's self"catch at, reach after, strive to obtain"to take a thing due, to collect, gather (tribute)
      to take
      • to admit, receive
        • "to receive what is offered"not to refuse or reject"to receive a person, give him access to one's self,
        • to regard any one's power, rank, external circumstances, and on that account to do some injustice or neglect something
      to take, to choose, select"to take beginning, to prove anything, to make a trial of, to experience
    to receive (what is given), to gain, get, obtain, to get back
περισσότερον
G4053
perissos
superabundant (in quantity) or superior (in quality); by implication, excessive; adverbially (with G1537) violently; neuter (as noun) preeminence
  • exceeding some number or measure or rank or need
    • over and above, more than is necessary, superadded
      • exceeding abundantly, supremely
        • "something further, more, much more than all, more plainly
      superior, extraordinary, surpassing, uncommon
      • pre-eminence, superiority, advantage, more eminent, more remarkable, more excellent
κρίμα
G2917
krima
a decision (the function or the effect, for or against (___%___crime___%___))
  • a decree, judgments
    • "judgment
    • condemnation of wrong, the decision (whether severe or mild) which one passes on the faults of others
      • "in a forensic sense
      • the sentence of a judge
        • "the punishment with which one is sentenced"condemnatory sentence, penal judgment, sentence
    a matter to be judicially decided, a lawsuit, a case in court

Οὐαὶ δέ ὑμῖν γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί ὅτι κατεσθίετε τὰς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν καὶ προφάσει μακρὰ προσευχόμενοι· διὰ τοῦτο λήψεσθε περισσότερον κρίμα
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Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
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