Mark 9:29

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Τοῦτο τὸ γένος ἐν οὐδενὶ δύναται ἐξελθεῖν, εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ καὶ νηστείᾳ.

Transliteration

And eipen to them, This the genos in oudeni dynatai exelthein, if not in proseuchē and nēsteia.

Grammar Details

• *eipen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - he said
• *genos*: nominative, neuter, singular - kind/type
• *oudeni*: dative, neuter, singular - nothing/no one
• *dynatai*: present, middle/passive, indicative, 3rd person, singular - is able
• *exelthein*: aorist, active, infinitive - to go out
• *proseuchē*: dative, feminine, singular - prayer
• *nēsteia*: dative, feminine, singular - fasting

Word Meanings

• *genos*: kind/type/sort/species
• *oudeni*: nothing/no one/by no means
• *dynatai*: is able/can/has power
• *exelthein*: to go out/come out/depart
• *proseuchē*: prayer/petition
• *nēsteia*: fasting/abstinence from food

Referenced Verses

• Jas 5:15 : 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
• 2 Cor 11:27 : 27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
• 2 Cor 12:8 : 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
• Dan 9:3 : 3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
• Matt 17:20 : 20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
• Luke 11:26 : 26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
• Acts 9:40-41 : 40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up. 41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.
• Acts 14:23 : 23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
• 1 Cor 9:27 : 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
• 2 Cor 6:5 : 5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
• Matt 12:45 : 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
• 1 Kgs 17:20-22 : 20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? 21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again. 22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
• 2 Kgs 4:33-34 : 33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD. 34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
• Eph 6:18 : 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;