Matthew 7:10
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?”
ὄφις
A serpent, a snake. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness so the Son of Man must be lifted up. The bronze serpent was a shadow of the cross.
ἐάν
if
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ἐάν
a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty
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ἐπιδίδωμι
will he give
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ἐπιδίδωμι
to give over (by hand or surrender)
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ἤ
Or
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ἤ
disjunctive, or; comparative, than
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ἰχθύς
a fish
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ἰχθύς
a fish
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