Mark 7:3
(For the Pharisees and all the Jews don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.This verse in the real world
In what words
- πυγμήpygmḗthe clenched hand, i.e. (only in dative case as adverb) with the fist (hard scrubbing)
- παράδοσιςparádosistransmission, i.e. (concretely) a precept; specially, the Jewish traditionary law
- νίπτωníptōto cleanse (especially the hands or the feet or the face); ceremonially, to perform abluti
- κρατέωkratéōto use strength, i.e. seize or retain (literally or figuratively)
- ἐσθίωesthíōused only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315 (φάγω); to eat (usually lite
- ἐὰν μήeàn mḗif not, i.e. unless
- ΦαρισαῖοςPharisaîosa separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
- χείρcheírthe hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by Hebraism) a means or instrumen
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Gal 1:14, Mrk 7:13, Col 2:8, Col 2:21–23, Mrk 7:5, 1Pe 1:18, Mat 15:2–6, Mrk 7:7–10