Mark 4:28
Strong's Lexicon
All by itself
αὐτομάτη (automatē)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 844: Of its own accord. From autos and the same as maten; self-moved, i.e. Spontaneous.

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

earth
γῆ ()
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

produces a crop—
καρποφορεῖ (karpophorei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2592: To bear fruit. From karpophoros; to be fertile.

first
πρῶτον (prōton)
Adverb - Superlative
Strong's Greek 4412: First, in the first place, before, formerly. Neuter of protos as adverb; firstly.

[the] stalk,
χόρτον (chorton)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5528: Grass, herbage, growing grain, hay. Apparently a primary word; a 'court' or 'garden', i.e. herbage or vegetation.

then
εἶτα* (eita)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 1534: A particle of succession, then, moreover.

[the] head,
στάχυν (stachyn)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4719: A head of grain. From the base of histemi; a head of grain.

then
εἶτα* (eita)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 1534: A particle of succession, then, moreover.

grain
σῖτον* (siton)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4621: Wheat, grain. Also plural irregular neuter sita of uncertain derivation; grain, especially wheat.

[that] ripens
πλήρης (plērēs)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4134: Full, abounding in, complete, completely occupied with. From pletho; replete, or covered over; by analogy, complete.

within
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

τῷ ()
Article - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

στάχυϊ (stachui)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4719: A head of grain. From the base of histemi; a head of grain.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
All by itself the earth produces a crop— first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.

Young's Literal Translation
for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The soil produces a crop by itself  — first the blade, then the head, and then the ripe grain on the head.

New American Standard Bible
"The soil produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head.

King James Bible
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
All by itself the soil produces grain--first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.

New Living Translation
The earth produces the crops on its own. First a leaf blade pushes through, then the heads of wheat are formed, and finally the grain ripens.

English Standard Version
The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

New American Standard Bible
"The soil produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head.

King James Bible
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The soil produces a crop by itself--first the blade, then the head, and then the ripe grain on the head.

International Standard Version
the ground produces grain by itself—first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

NET Bible
By itself the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

American Standard Version
The earth beareth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

English Revised Version
The earth beareth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear.

Young's Literal Translation
for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;
















Cross References
Mark 4:27
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

Mark 4:29
But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

Mark 1:1
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

Mark 4:26
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

Mark 4:25
For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

Mark 4:30
And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

Mark 4:31
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
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