Luke 11:10

American Standard Version (1901)

For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Πᾶς γὰρ ὁ αἰτῶν λαμβάνει· καὶ ὁ ζητῶν εὑρίσκει· καὶ τῷ κρούοντι ἀνοιγήσεται.

Transliteration

All gar the one aitōn lambanei; and the one zētōn heuriskei; and to the one krouonti anoigēsetai.

Grammar Details

• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *aitōn*: present participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - asking
• *lambanei*: present indicative, active, 3rd singular - receives/takes
• *zētōn*: present participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - seeking
• *heuriskei*: present indicative, active, 3rd singular - finds/discovers
• *krouonti*: present participle, active, dative, masculine, singular - knocking
• *anoigēsetai*: future indicative, passive, 3rd singular - it will be opened

Word Meanings

• *aitōn*: asking/requesting
• *lambanei*: receives/takes/obtains
• *zētōn*: seeking/searching for
• *heuriskei*: finds/discovers/comes upon
• *krouonti*: knocking/beating
• *anoigēsetai*: will be opened/will be unlocked

Referenced Verses

• Jas 5:11 : 11 Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.
• Ps 31:22 : 22 As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.
• Lam 3:8 : 8 Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.
• Lam 3:18 : 18 And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.
• Lam 3:54-58 : 54 Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off. 55 I called upon thy name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon. 56 Thou heardest my voice; hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. 57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not. 58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
• Jonah 2:2-8 : 2 And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, [And] thou heardest my voice. 3 For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me. 4 And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head. 6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The earth with its bars [closed] upon me for ever: Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God. 7 When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple. 8 They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.
• Luke 18:1 : 1 And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;
• Jas 4:3 : 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend [it] in your pleasures.