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αποκριθεις verb - aorist passive deponent participle - nominative singular masculine
apokrinomai  ap-ok-ree'-nom-ahee: to conclude for oneself, i.e. (by implication) to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak (where an address is expected) -- answer.
δε conjunction
de  deh: but, and, etc. -- also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
ο definite article - nominative singular 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.
πετρος noun - nominative singular masculine
Petros  pet'-ros: as a name, Petrus, an apostle -- Peter, rock.
ειπεν verb - second aorist active indicative - third person singular
epo  ep'-o: to speak or say (by word or writing) -- answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell.
αυτω personal pronoun - dative singular masculine
autos  ow-tos': the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
φρασον verb - aorist active middle - second person singular
phrazo  frad'-zo: to indicate (by word or act), i.e. (specially), to expound -- declare.
ημιν personal pronoun - first person dative plural
hemin  hay-meen': to (or for, with, by) us -- our, (for) us, we.
την definite article - accusative singular 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.
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.
ταυτην demonstrative pronoun - accusative singular feminine
houtos  hoo'-tos: the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated) -- he (it was that), hereof, it, she, such as, the same, these, they, this (man, same, woman), which, who.
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