Luke 7:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went to a city called Nain; and his disciples went with him, and a great multitude.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῇ ἑξῆς, ἐπορεύετο εἰς πόλιν καλουμένην Ναΐν· καὶ συνεπορεύοντο αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἱκανοί, καὶ ὄχλος πολύς.

Transliteration

Kai egeneto en tē hexēs, eporeueto eis polin kaloumenēn Nain; kai syneporeuonto autō hoi mathētai autou hikanoi, kai ochlos polys.

Grammar Details

*Kai egeneto*: conjunction + aorist middle indicative, 3rd singular - and it happened/came to pass
*en tē hexēs*: preposition + dative, feminine, singular - in the next [day]
*eporeueto*: imperfect middle indicative, 3rd singular - he was going/journeying
*eis*: preposition + accusative - to/into
*polin*: accusative, feminine, singular - city
*kaloumenēn*: present passive participle, accusative, feminine, singular - being called
*Nain*: accusative, proper noun - Nain
*kai*: conjunction - and
*syneporeuonto*: imperfect middle indicative, 3rd plural - were going with/were accompanying
*autō*: dative, masculine, singular - with him
*hoi mathētai*: nominative, masculine, plural - the disciples
*autou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of him/his
*hikanoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - many/considerable
*ochlos*: nominative, masculine, singular - crowd
*polys*: nominative, masculine, singular - large/great/many

Word Meanings

*egeneto*: happened/came to pass/occurred
*hexēs*: next/following/subsequent
*eporeueto*: was going/was journeying/was traveling
*kaloumenēn*: being called/named
*syneporeuonto*: were going with/were journeying together/were accompanying
*mathētai*: disciples/students/followers
*hikanoi*: many/considerable/sufficient
*ochlos*: crowd/multitude/throng

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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