Luke 24:37 Go deeper

But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. (KJV)

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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.

πτοηθέντεςptoēthentesHaving been terrified

Lemma: πτοέω (ptoeō) · Strong's: G4422

Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Passive · Participle · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (V-APP-NPM)

Meaning: to frighten — πτοέω, -ῶ ; [in LXX chiefly for חָתַת ni. ; ] ; to terrify. Pass., to be terrified: Luk.21:9 24:37 (WH, mg., θροηθέντες).†; (AS)

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Used 2 times. Also: Luke 21:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G4422; TFLSJ G4422; TAGNT Luke 24:37 word 1

δὲdehowever

Lemma: δέ (de) · Strong's: G1161

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

Meaning: then — δέ (before vowels δ᾽; on the general neglect of the elision in NT, see WH, App., 146; Tdf., Pr., 96), ; post-positive conjunctive particle; 1. copulative, but, in the next place, and, now (Abbott, JG, 104): Mat.1:2ff.,…

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Used 2921 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1161; TFLSJ G1161; TAGNT Luke 24:37 word 2

καὶkaiand

Lemma: καί (kai) · Strong's: G2532

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

Meaning: and — καί, ; conj., ; and ; I. Copulative. ; 1. Connecting single words; (a) in general: Mat.2:18, 16:1, Mrk.2:15, Luk.8:15, Heb.1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Mat.23:23, Luk.14:21, Rom.7:12,…

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Used 9450 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2532; TFLSJ G2532; TAGNT Luke 24:37 word 3

ἔμφοβοιemphoboifilled with fear

Lemma: ἔμφοβος (emphobos) · Strong's: G1719

Parsing: Adjective · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (A-NPM)

Meaning: afraid — ἔμ-φοβος ; [in LXX: Sir.19:24, 1Ma.13:2 * ; ] ; 1. terrible. ; 2. in fear (of Godly fear, Sir.19:24), terrified: Luk.24:5, 37, Act.10:4 24:25, Rev.11:13.†; (AS)

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Used 6 times. Also: Luke 24:5, Acts 10:4, Acts 22:9, Acts 24:25, Revelation 11:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1719; TFLSJ G1719; TAGNT Luke 24:37 word 4

γενόμενοιgenomenoihaving been

Lemma: γίνομαι (ginomai) · Strong's: G1096

Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Middle Deponent · Participle · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (V-2ADP-NPM)

Meaning: to be — γίνομαι, Ion. and κοινή for Att. γίγν- (M. Pr., 47; Bl., §6, 8 Mayser, 166 f.), ; [in LXX chiefly for היה ; ] ; 1. of persons, things occurrences, to come into being, be born, arise, come on: Jhn.1:15 8:58, 1Co.15:37; a…

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Used 675 times. Also: Matthew 1:22, Matthew 4:3, Matthew 5:18, Matthew 5:45, Matthew 6:10, Matthew 6:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1096; TFLSJ G1096; TAGNT Luke 24:37 word 5

ἐδόκουνedokounthey were thinking [themselves]

Lemma: δοκέω (dokeō) · Strong's: G1380

Parsing: Verb · Imperfect · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Plural (V-IAI-3P)

Meaning: to think — δοκέω, -ῶ; (δόκος, opinion, δέκομαι, Ion, form of δέχ-), [in LXX for טוֹב, נָדַב, etc. ; ] ; 1. to be of opinion, suppose: Mat.24:44, Luk.12:40, Heb.10:29; with inf., Mat.3:9, Luk.8:18 24:37, Jhn.5:39 16:2, Act.12:9…

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Used 64 times. Also: Matthew 3:9, Matthew 6:7, Matthew 17:25, Matthew 18:12, Matthew 21:28, Matthew 22:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1380; TFLSJ G1380; TAGNT Luke 24:37 word 6

πνεῦμαpneumaa spirit

Lemma: πνεῦμα (pneuma) · Strong's: G4151G

Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (N-ASN)

Meaning: spirit/breath: spirit — πνεῦμα, -τος, τό, ; [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for רוּחַ ; ] ; 1. of air in motion; (a) wind: Jhn.3:8; pl., Heb.1:7 (LXX); (b) breath: π. ζωῆς, Rev.11:11; π. τοῦ στόματος, figuratively, 2Th.2:8 (cf. Ps 32…

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Used 378 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 3:16, Matthew 4:1, Matthew 5:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G4151G; TFLSJ G4151G; TAGNT Luke 24:37 word 7

θεωρεῖν.theōreinto see.

Lemma: θεωρέω (theōreō) · Strong's: G2334

Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Infinitive (V-PAN)

Meaning: to see/experience — θεωρέω, -ῶ; (θεωρός, a spectator, θεάομαι) [in LXX chiefly for רָאָה, חָזָה ; ] (present and imperfect only, exc. Jhn.7:3 (fut.), Mat.28:1, Luk.23:48, Jhn.8:51, Rev.11:12 (aor.); El., § 24); 1. (cl.), to look at, gaze,…

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Used 58 times. Also: Matthew 27:55, Matthew 28:1, Mark 3:11, Mark 5:15, Mark 5:38, Mark 12:41 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2334; TFLSJ G2334; TAGNT Luke 24:37 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

But	→	δέ G1161 then
they were startled	→	πτοέω G4422 to frighten
and	→	καί G2532 and
frightened	→	ἔμφοβος G1719 afraid
thinking	→	δοκέω G1380 to think
they had seen	→	θεωρέω G2334 to see/experience
a spirit	→	πνεῦμα G4151G spirit/breath: spirit

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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