Mark 12:1
1AndΚαὶHe beganἤρξατοto themαὐτοῖςinἐνparablesπαραβολαῖςto speakλαλεῖν·A vineyardἈμπελῶναa manἄνθρωποςplantedἐφύτευσεν,andκαὶhe placed around [it]περιέθηκενa fenceφραγμὸνandκαὶdugὤρυξενa wine vatὑπολήνιονandκαὶbuiltᾠκοδόμησενa towerπύργον,andκαὶrented outἐξέδετοitαὐτὸνto farmersγεωργοῖς,andκαὶtraveled abroadἀπεδήμησεν.
And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, and he placed around [it] a fence and dug a wine vat and built a tower, and he rented it out to farmers and traveled abroad.
Vocab difficulty
Rare words
φραγμὸν
φραγμός
a hedge, fence, partition.
ὤρυξεν
ὀρύσσω
I dig, dig out, excavate.
ὑπολήνιον
ὑπολήνιον
a wine-vat, pit under the wine-press dug in the ground.
πύργον
πύργος
a tower, fortified structure.
ἐξέδετο
ἐκδίδωμι
I give out, let; middle: I let out for my own advantage.