“I tell” | λέγω | Properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean | tell |
“you,” | ὑμῖν | To (with or by) you | you |
“this man” | οὗτος | The he (she or it), i.e., this or that (often with article repeated) | man |
“went down” | κατέβη | To descend (literally or figuratively) | down |
“to” | εἰς | To or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases | to |
“his” | αὐτοῦ | 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 | his |
“house” | οἶκον | A dwelling (more or less extensive, literal or figurative); by implication, a family (more or less related, literally or figuratively) | house |
“justified” | δεδικαιωμένος | To render (i.e., show or regard as) just or innocent | justified |
“rather” | | (No Greek definition. English implied.) | |
“than” | ἢ | Disjunctive, or; comparative, than | than |
“the other:” | ἐκεῖνος· | That one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed | other |
“for” | ὅτι | Demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because | for |
“every one” | πᾶς | All, any, every, the whole | every one |
“that” | ὁ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | that |
“exalteth” | ὑψῶν | To elevate (literally or figuratively) | exalteth |
“himself” | ἑαυτὸν | (him- her-, it-, them-, my-, thy-, our-, your-)self (selves), etc | himself |
“shall be abased;” | ταπεινωθήσεται | To depress; figuratively, to humiliate (in condition or heart) | abased |
“and” | δὲ | But, and, etc | and |
“he that” | ὁ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | he that |
“humbleth” | ταπεινῶν | To depress; figuratively, to humiliate (in condition or heart) | humbleth |
“himself” | ἑαυτὸν | (him- her-, it-, them-, my-, thy-, our-, your-)self (selves), etc | himself |
“shall be exalted.” | ὑψωθήσεται | To elevate (literally or figuratively) | exalted |