Revelation 2:20
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Berean Study Bible
But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

Young's Literal Translation
‘But I have against thee a few things: That thou dost suffer the woman Jezebel, who is calling herself a prophetess, to teach, and to lead astray, my servants to commit whoredom, and idol-sacrifices to eat;

King James Bible
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

Greek
But
Ἀλλὰ (Alla)
Conjunction
Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

I have [this]
ἔχω (echō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

against
κατὰ (kata)
Preposition
Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

you:
σοῦ (sou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

You tolerate
ἀφεῖς (apheis)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 863: From apo and hiemi; to send forth, in various applications.

that
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

woman
γυναῖκα (gynaika)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.

Jezebel,
Ἰεζάβελ (Iezabel)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2403: Of Hebrew origin; Jezabel, a Tyrian woman.

who
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

calls
λέγουσα (legousa)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

herself
ἑαυτὴν (heautēn)
Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1438: Himself, herself, itself.

a prophetess.
προφῆτιν (prophētin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4398: A prophetess. Feminine of prophetes; a female foreteller or an inspired woman.

By her teaching
διδάσκει (didaskei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1321: To teach, direct, admonish. A prolonged form of a primary verb dao; to teach.

she misleads
πλανᾷ (plana)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4105: To lead astray, deceive, cause to wander. From plane; to roam.

My
ἐμοὺς (emous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1699: My, mine. From the oblique cases of ego; my.

servants
δούλους (doulous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1401: (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave.

to be sexually immoral
πορνεῦσαι (porneusai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 4203: To fornicate; met: I practice idolatry. From porne; to act the harlot, i.e. indulge unlawful lust, or practise idolatry.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

to eat
φαγεῖν (phagein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 5315: A primary verb; to eat.

food sacrificed to idols.
εἰδωλόθυτα (eidōlothyta)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 1494: Neuter of a compound of eidolon and a presumed derivative of thuo; an image-sacrifice, i.e. Part of an idolatrous offering.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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