3{
"verseID": "1 Thessalonians.5.3",
"source": "Ὅταν γὰρ λέγωσιν, Εἰρήνη καὶ ἀσφάλεια· τότε αἰφνίδιος αὐτοῖς ἐφίσταται ὄλεθρος, ὥσπερ ἡ ὠδὶν τῇ ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσῃ· καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκφύγωσιν.",
"text": "*Hotan gar legōsin*, *Eirēnē* and *asphaleia*; *tote aiphnidios autois ephistatai olethros*, *hōsper* the *ōdin tē en gastri echousē*; and *ou mē ekphygōsin*.",
"grammar": {
"*Hotan*": "temporal conjunction - when/whenever",
"*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - for/because",
"*legōsin*": "present, active, subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they may say/they should say",
"*Eirēnē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - peace",
"*asphaleia*": "nominative, feminine, singular - security/safety",
"*tote*": "adverb - then/at that time",
"*aiphnidios*": "nominative, masculine, singular - sudden/unexpected",
"*autois*": "dative, masculine, plural - to them/for them",
"*ephistatai*": "present, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - comes upon/stands over",
"*olethros*": "nominative, masculine, singular - destruction/ruin",
"*hōsper*": "comparative conjunction - just as/exactly as",
"*ōdin*": "nominative, feminine, singular - birth pang/labor pain",
"*tē*": "dative, feminine, singular - to the",
"*en*": "preposition + dative - in",
"*gastri*": "dative, feminine, singular - womb/belly",
"*echousē*": "present, active, participle, dative, feminine, singular - having/holding",
"*ou mē*": "emphatic negation - by no means/certainly not",
"*ekphygōsin*": "aorist, active, subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might escape"
},
"variants": {
"*Eirēnē*": "peace/state of peace",
"*asphaleia*": "security/safety/certainty",
"*aiphnidios*": "sudden/unexpected/unforeseen",
"*ephistatai*": "comes upon/stands over/befalls",
"*olethros*": "destruction/ruin/doom",
"*ōdin*": "birth pang/labor pain",
"*gastri echousē*": "having in womb/pregnant woman",
"*ekphygōsin*": "they might escape/they might flee away"
}
}