ελεγεν verb - imperfect active indicative - third person singular
lego leg'-o: ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
δε conjunction
de deh: but, and, etc. -- also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
προς preposition
pros pros: a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward
τους definite article - accusative plural masculine
ho ho: the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
κεκλημενους verb - perfect passive participle - accusative plural masculine
kaleo kal-eh'-o: to call (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise) -- bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called).
παραβολην noun - accusative singular feminine
parabole par-ab-ol-ay': a similitude (parable), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage -- comparison, figure, parable, proverb.
επεχων verb - present active passive - nominative singular masculine
epecho ep-ekh'-o: to hold upon, i.e. (by implication) to retain; (by extension) to detain; to pay attention to -- give (take) heed unto, hold forth, mark, stay.;
πως adverb
pos poce: an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much! -- how, after (by) what manner (means), that. (Occasionally unexpressed in English).
τας definite article - accusative plural feminine
ho ho: the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
πρωτοκλισιας noun - accusative plural feminine
protoklisia pro-tok-lis-ee'-ah: a reclining first (in the place of honor) at the dinner-bed, i.e. preeminence at meals -- chief (highest, uppermost) room.
εξελεγοντο verb - imperfect middle indicative - third person
eklegomai ek-leg'-om-ahee: to select -- make choice, choose (out), chosen.
λεγων verb - present active passive - nominative singular masculine
lego leg'-o: ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
προς preposition
pros pros: a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward
αυτους personal pronoun - accusative plural masculine
autos ow-tos': the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
