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

84.3

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.