Luke 11:12
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Berean Study Bible
Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

Young's Literal Translation
and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion?

King James Bible
Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

Greek
Or
(ē)
Conjunction
Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.

[if] he asks for
αἰτήσει (aitēsei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 154: To ask, request, petition, demand. Of uncertain derivation; to ask.

an egg,
ᾠόν (ōon)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5609: An egg. Apparently a primary word; an 'egg'.

will give
ἐπιδώσει (epidōsei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1929: (a) trans: I hand in, give up, (b) intrans: I give way (to the wind). From epi and didomi; to give over.

him
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

a scorpion?
σκορπίον (skorpion)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4651: A scorpion. Probably from an obsolete skerpo; a 'scorpion'.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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