Matthew 23:33
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

Young's Literal Translation
‘Serpents! brood of vipers! how may ye escape from the judgment of the gehenna?

King James Bible
[Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

Greek
You snakes!
ὄφεις (opheis)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3789: Probably from optanomai; a snake, figuratively, an artful malicious person, especially Satan.

You brood
γεννήματα (gennēmata)
Noun - Vocative Neuter Plural
Strong's 1081: Offspring, child, fruit. From gennao; offspring; by analogy, produce.

of vipers!
ἐχιδνῶν (echidnōn)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural
Strong's 2191: A serpent, snake, viper. Of uncertain origin; an adder or other poisonous snake.

How
πῶς (pōs)
Adverb
Strong's 4459: Adverb from the base of pou; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way?; also as exclamation, how much!

will you escape
φύγητε (phygēte)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 5343: To flee, escape, shun. Apparently a primary verb; to run away; by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish.

the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive 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.

sentence
κρίσεως (kriseōs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 2920: Decision; by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice.

of hell?
γεέννης (geennēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1067: Of Hebrew origin; valley of Hinnom; ge-henna, a valley of Jerusalem, used as a name for the place of everlasting punishment.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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