KJV: Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
YLT: 'And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;
Darby: To every one that asks of thee, give; and from him that takes away what is thine, ask it not back.
ASV: Give to every one that asketh thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
παντὶ | To everyone |
Parse: Adjective, Dative Masculine Singular Root: πᾶς Sense: individually. |
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αἰτοῦντί | asking |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Dative Masculine Singular Root: αἰτέω Sense: to ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require. |
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δίδου | give |
Parse: Verb, Present Imperative Active, 2nd Person Singular Root: διδῶ Sense: to give. |
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τοῦ | the [one] |
Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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αἴροντος | taking away |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: αἴρω Sense: to raise up, elevate, lift up. |
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τὰ | what [is] |
Parse: Article, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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σὰ | yours |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Accusative Neuter 2nd Person Plural Root: σός Sense: thy, thine. |
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ἀπαίτει | ask [it] back |
Parse: Verb, Present Imperative Active, 2nd Person Singular Root: ἀπαιτέω Sense: to ask back, demand back, exact something due. |
Greek Commentary for Luke 6:30
Here the present active imperative in a prohibition, do not have the habit of asking back. This common verb only here in the N.T., for αιτουσιν aitousin is the correct text in Luke 12:20. The literary flavour of Luke‘s Koiné style is seen in his frequent use of words common in the literary Greek, but appearing nowhere else in the N.T. [source]
Peculiar to Luke. Augustine remarks, “omni petenti, non omnia petenti; give to every one that asks, but not everything he asks.” [source]
See on Matthew 15:23. Compare Matthew 5:42. [source]
Only here and Luke 12:20. Used in medical language of diseases demanding or requiring certain treatment. [source]