4 Maccabees 1:2 (Brenton): For reason is necessary to everyone as a step to science: and more especially does it embrace the praise of prudence, the highest virtue.
Septuagint (LXX) interlinear — 4 Maccabees 1:2
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- καὶ kai and and, even conjunction G2532
- γὰρ gar For for particle G1063
- ἀναγκαῖος anankaios necessary necessary, essential adjective, Nom Sing Masc G316
- εἰς eis to into, in preposition G1519
- ἐπιστήμην epistemen acquaintance with noun, Acc Sing Fem G374737
- παντὶ panti all, the whole adjective, Dat Sing Masc G3956
- ὁ ho the the pronoun, article, Nom Sing Masc G3588
- λόγος logos a word, speech noun, Nom Sing Masc G3056
- καὶ kai and and, even conjunction G2532
- ἄλλως allos otherwise adverb G247
- τῆς tes the the pronoun, article, Gen Sing Fem G3588
- μεγίστης megistes highest large, great adjective, Gen Sing Fem Superlative G3173
- ἀρετῆς aretes virtue virtue, moral excellence noun, Gen Sing Fem G703
- λέγω lego say, speak verb, Pres Act Ind 1st Sing G3004
- δὴ de so, then particle G1211
- φρονήσεως phroneseos prudence understanding noun, Gen Sing Fem G5428
- περιέχει periechei contain, seize verb, Pres Act Ind 3rd Sing G4023
- ἔπαινον epainon praise commendation, praise noun, Acc Sing Masc G1868
Study this verse further
- 4 Maccabees in the Septuagint — every chapter and its key Greek words.
- Septuagint (LXX) Bible — all 51 books of the Greek Old Testament.
- What is the Septuagint? — why the Greek sometimes reads differently from the Hebrew.
- Strong’s Concordance — trace any word in this verse across the Bible.