ἀλλ’ ὁ ὄχλος οὗτος ὁ μὴ γινώσκων τὸν νόμον ἐπάρατοί εἰσιν (John 7:49)

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Title:  But this Crowd, not Knowing the Law, is Accursed

The text is, “ἀλλ’ ὁ ὄχλος οὗτος ὁ μὴ γινώσκων τὸν νόμον ἐπάρατοί εἰσιν”.

“ἀλλ’”:  coordinating adversative conjunction meaning “but”.

“ὁ”:  masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the” but it is not rendered into English here.

“ὄχλος”:  masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “crowd”.

“οὗτος”:  masculine, singular, nominative, demonstrative pronoun meaning “this”.

“ὁ”:  masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.

“μὴ”:  negative particle meaning “not”.

“γινώσκων”:  present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “ones knowing”.

“τὸν”:  masculine, singular, accusative article meaning “the”.

“νόμον:  masculine, singular, accusative noun meaning “law”.

“ἐπάρατοί”:  masculine, plural, nominative adjective meaning “accursed”.

“εἰσιν”:  third person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “is”.

The meaning of this verse is,

But this crowd, not knowing the law, is accursed.”

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