“Then” | δὲ | But, and, etc | Then |
“said he” | εἶπεν | To speak or say (by word or writing) | said |
“unto” | πρὸς | A preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e., near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e., whither or for which it is predicated) | unto |
“the” | τὸν | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
“dresser of his vineyard,” | ἀμπελουργόν | A vine-worker, i.e., pruner | dresser vineyard |
“Behold,” | Ἰδού, | Used as imperative lo! | Behold |
“these three” | τρία | "three" | these three |
“years” | ἔτη | A year | years |
“I come” | ἔρχομαι | To come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | come |
“seeking” | ζητῶν | To seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life) | seeking |
“fruit” | καρπὸν | Fruit (as plucked), literally or figuratively | fruit |
“on” | ἐν | "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc | on |
“this” | ταύτῃ | The he (she or it), i.e., this or that (often with article repeated) | this |
“fig tree,” | συκῇ | A fig-tree | fig tree |
“and” | καὶ | And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words | and |
“find” | εὑρίσκω· | To find (literally or figuratively) | find |
“none:” | οὐχ | The absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not | none |
“cut down;” | ἔκκοψον | To exscind; figuratively, to frustrate | cut down |
“it” | αὐτήν | The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons | it |
“why” | ἱνατί | For what reason ?, i.e., why? | why |
“cumbereth it” | καταργεῖ | To be (render) entirely idle (useless), literally or figuratively | cumbereth |
“the” | τὴν | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
“ground?” | γῆν | Soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application) | ground |