Mark 13:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος μὴ καταβάτω εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν, μηδὲ εἰσελθέτω, ἆραί τι ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ:

Transliteration

The de one on the dōmatos mē katabatō into the oikian, mēde eiselthetō, to arai anything from the oikias of-him:

Grammar Details

• *de*: conjunction, adversative/continuative - but/and/now
• *dōmatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - roof/housetop
• *mē*: negative particle with imperative - not
• *katabatō*: aorist imperative, active, 3rd singular - let him go down
• *oikian*: accusative, feminine, singular - house
• *mēde*: negative conjunction - nor/and not
• *eiselthetō*: aorist imperative, active, 3rd singular - let him enter
• *arai*: aorist infinitive, active - to take/pick up
• *oikias*: genitive, feminine, singular - house

Word Meanings

• *dōmatos*: roof/housetop/terrace
• *katabatō*: let him go down/descend
• *oikian*: house/home/dwelling
• *eiselthetō*: let him enter/go into
• *arai*: to take/pick up/carry away

Referenced Verses

• Gen 19:15-17 : 15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
• Gen 19:22 : 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
• Gen 19:26 : 26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
• Job 2:4 : 4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
• Prov 6:4-5 : 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
• Prov 22:3 : 3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
• Matt 24:16-18 : 16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18 {G2532} Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
• Luke 17:31-33 : 31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. 32 Remember Lot's wife. 33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
• Acts 27:18-19 : 18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; 19 And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
• Acts 27:38 : 38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
• Phil 3:7-8 : 7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
• Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.