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And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
ἦνēnThere was
Lemma: εἰμί (eimi) · Strong's: G1510
Parsing: Verb · Imperfect · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-IAI-3S)
Meaning: to be — εἰμί, ; with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be. ; I. As substantive verb. ; 1. Of persons and things, to be, exist: Act.17:28, Jhn.1:1, 8:58, 17:5, al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), Rev.1:4,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2406 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1510; TFLSJ G1510; TAGNT Matthew 8:30 word 1
δὲdenow
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.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
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 Matthew 8:30 word 2
μακρὰνmakranfar off
Lemma: μακράν (makran) · Strong's: G3112
Parsing: Adverb (ADV)
Meaning: far — μακράν (prop. fem. accusative of μακρός, Sc. ὁδόν), adv. ,; [in LXX for רָחוֹק hi., רָחַק, etc. ; ] ; a long way, far: Luk.15:20, Act.22:21; before ἀπό, Mat.8:30, Luk.7:6, Jhn.21:8, Act.17:27; id. metaphorically,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 11 times. Also: Matthew 23:14, Mark 12:34, Luke 7:6, Luke 15:20, John 21:8, Acts 2:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3112; TFLSJ G3112; TAGNT Matthew 8:30 word 3
ἀπ᾽ap᾽from
Lemma: ἀπό (apo) · Strong's: G0575
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: away from — ἀπό (on the frequently neglect of elision bef. vowels, see Tdf., Pr., 94, WH, App., 146), ; prep. with genitive (WM, 462ff.; on its relation to ἐκ, παρά, ὑπό, ib. 456f.), [in LXX for לְ ,בְּ ,מִן ; ] ; from (i.e. from…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 677 times. Also: Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:21, Matthew 1:24, Matthew 2:1, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0575; TFLSJ G0575; TAGNT Matthew 8:30 word 4
αὐτῶνautōnthem
Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846
Parsing: Personal pronoun · Genitive · Plural · Masculine (P-GPM)
Meaning: it/s/he — αὐτός, -ή, -ό, ; determinative pron., in late Gk. much more frequently than in cl. (WM, 178f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399). ; 1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., see infr., iii); (1) self (ipse),…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 5846 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0846; TFLSJ G0846; TAGNT Matthew 8:30 word 5
ἀγέληagelēa herd
Lemma: ἀγέλη (agelē) · Strong's: G0034
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (N-NSF)
Meaning: herd — ἀγέλη, -ης, ἡ ; (ἄγω), [in LXX chiefly for עֵ֫דֶר ; ] ; a herd: Mat.8:30-32, Mrk.5:11, 13, Luk.8:32,33.†; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 8 times. Also: Matthew 8:31, Matthew 8:32, Mark 5:11, Mark 5:13, Luke 8:32, Luke 8:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0034; TFLSJ G0034; TAGNT Matthew 8:30 word 6
χοίρωνchoirōnof pigs
Lemma: χοῖρος (choiros) · Strong's: G5519
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Plural · Masculine (N-GPM)
Meaning: pig — χοῖρος, -ου, ὁ ; [in Sm.: Isa.65:4 66:3 ; ] ; a swine: pl., Mat.7:6 8:30-32, Mrk.5:11-13, 16, Luk.8:32-33 15:15-16 †; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 14 times. Also: Matthew 7:6, Matthew 8:31, Matthew 8:32, Mark 5:11, Mark 5:12, Mark 5:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5519; TFLSJ G5519; TAGNT Matthew 8:30 word 7
πολλῶνpollōnmany
Lemma: πολύς (polus) · Strong's: G4183
Parsing: Adjective · Genitive · Plural · Masculine (A-GPM)
Meaning: much — πολύς, πολλή, πολύ, ; [in LXX chiefly for רַב and cognate forms ; ] ; 1. as adj., much, many, great, of number, space, degree, value, time, etc.: ἀριθμός, Act.11:21; ὄχλος, Mrk.5:24; θερισμός, Mat.9:37; χόρτος,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 377 times. Also: Matthew 2:18, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 4:25, Matthew 5:12, Matthew 6:30, Matthew 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4183; TFLSJ G4183; TAGNT Matthew 8:30 word 8
βοσκομένη.boskomenēfeeding.
Lemma: βόσκω (boskō) · Strong's: G1006
Parsing: Verb · Present · Passive · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Feminine (V-PPP-NSF)
Meaning: to feed — βόσκω, ; [in LXX for רעה ; ] ; prop., of a herdsman, to feed: Mat.8:33, Mrk.5:14, Luk.8:34 15:15; metaphorically, of Christian pastoral care, Jhn.21:15, 17. Pass., of cattle, to feed, graze: Mat.8:30, Mrk.5:11,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 9 times. Also: Matthew 8:33, Mark 5:11, Mark 5:14, Luke 8:32, Luke 8:34, Luke 15:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1006; TFLSJ G1006; TAGNT Matthew 8:30 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| In the distance | → | μακράν G3112 far |
| . . . | → | ἀπό G0575 away from |
| . . . | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
| a large | → | πολύς G4183 much |
| herd | → | ἀγέλη G0034 herd |
| of pigs | → | χοῖρος G5519 pig |
| was | → | εἰμί G1510 to be |
| feeding | → | βόσκω G1006 to feed |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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