Philippians 2:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐπειδὴ ἐπιποθῶν ἦν πάντας ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἀδημονῶν, διότι ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἠσθένησεν.

Transliteration

Since epipothōn ēn all of you, and adēmonōn, because you ēkousate that he ēsthenēsen.

Grammar Details

*epipothōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - longing for/yearning after
*ēn*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - he was
*adēmonōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being distressed/troubled
*ēkousate*: aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural - you heard
*ēsthenēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he was sick/weak

Word Meanings

*epipothōn*: longing for/yearning after/greatly desiring
*adēmonōn*: being distressed/troubled/deeply anxious
*ēkousate*: heard/learned/were informed
*ēsthenēsen*: was sick/weak/ill/infirm

ℹ️

About this Translation

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

Word-for-word

5/5

Readability

2/5

💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

👥 Who is this for?

Ideal for

Pastors and teachers
Seminary students
Serious Bible students
Readers conducting word studies
Those referencing Hebrew/Greek tools

Consider alternatives for

Casual readers
Children and early teens
ESL learners seeking simple English
Readers preferring contemporary language

🔄 Compare with

ESVNIVCSBNLTNASBNET

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with them that rejoice; {G2532} weep with them that weep.
Phil 1:8 : 8 For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
Phil 4:1 : 1 Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.
1 Pet 1:6 : 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,
1 Cor 12:26 : 26 And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or [one] member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
2 Cor 9:14 : 14 while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, long after you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.
Gal 6:2 : 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Eph 3:13 : 13 Wherefore I ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.
Phil 1:3 : 3 I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you,
2 Sam 13:39 : 39 And [the soul of] king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
2 Sam 24:17 : 17 And David spake unto Jehovah when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
Job 9:27 : 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer;
Ps 69:20 : 20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
Prov 12:25 : 25 Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; But a good word maketh it glad.
Isa 61:3 : 3 to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
Matt 11:28 : 28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matt 26:37 : 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and sore troubled.
John 11:35-36 : 35 Jesus wept. 36 The Jews therefore said, Behold how he loved him!
Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Rom 1:11 : 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
Rom 9:2 : 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Phil 2:27-28
2 verses
85%
27for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.
28I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
Phil 2:25
81%
25But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need;
Phil 2:30
77%
30because for the work of Christ he came nigh unto death, hazarding his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
2 Cor 2:3-5
3 verses
75%
3And I wrote this very thing, {G5213} lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.
4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly unto you.
5But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all.
Phlm 1:12-13
2 verses
74%
12whom I have sent back to thee {G1161} in his own person, that is, my very heart:
13whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
Phil 1:7-8
2 verses
74%
7even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers with me of grace.
8For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
2 Tim 1:4
72%
4longing to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
Phil 2:18-20
3 verses
72%
18and in the same manner do ye also joy, and rejoice with me.
19But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
20For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state.
Phil 4:10
72%
10But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length ye have revived your thought for me; wherein {G1909} ye did indeed take thought, but ye lacked opportunity.
2 Cor 7:15
72%
15And his affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
1 Thess 3:5-7
3 verses
72%
5For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.
6But when Timothy came even now unto us from you, and brought us glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, even as we also [to see] you;
7for this cause, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith:
Col 2:1
72%
1For I would have you know how greatly I {G2192} strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
2 Cor 7:7
72%
7and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort wherewith he was comforted in you, while he told us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced yet more.
Phil 1:26
71%
26that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.
Col 4:8-9
2 verses
71%
8whom I have sent {G4314} you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts;
9together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things that [are done] here.
Phlm 1:15-16
2 verses
71%
15For perhaps he was therefore parted [from thee] for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever;
16no longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much rather to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
Phlm 1:7-8
2 verses
71%
7For I had much joy and comfort in thy love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.
8Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,
1 Thess 2:17
71%
17But we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence not in heart, endeavored the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:
Phil 4:14
71%
14Howbeit ye {G4160} did well that ye had fellowship with my affliction.
Phil 1:30
71%
30having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
2 Cor 2:8
70%
8Wherefore I beseech you to confirm [your] love toward him.
1 Thess 2:8
70%
8even so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us.
Col 4:12-13
2 verses
70%
12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
13For I bear him witness, that he hath much labor for you, and for them in Laodicea, and for them in Hierapolis.
Rom 9:2
70%
2that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
Col 1:24
70%
24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;
Eph 6:22
70%
22whom I have sent unto you for this very purpose, that ye may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts.
2 Tim 1:17-18
2 verses
70%
17but, when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me
18(the Lord grant unto him to find mercy of the Lord in that day); and in how many things he ministered at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
Rom 15:23
69%
23but now, having no more any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come unto you,
Phil 4:16
69%
16for even in Thessalonica ye sent once {G530} and again unto my need.
2 Cor 7:4
69%
4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
2 Cor 1:8
69%
8For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell [us] in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
Eph 3:13
69%
13Wherefore I ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.
Rom 1:11-12
2 verses
69%
11For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
12that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.
Phlm 1:23
68%
23Epaphras, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus, saluteth thee;
Phil 4:1
68%
1Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.