Luke 7:2

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

And a certayne Centurions seruaunte was sicke and redy to dye whom he made moche of.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἑκατοντάρχου δέ τινος δοῦλος, κακῶς ἔχων, ἤμελλεν τελευτᾷν, ὃς ἦν αὐτῷ ἔντιμος.

Transliteration

Hekatontarchou de tinos doulos, kakōs echōn, ēmellen teleutān, hos ēn autō entimos.

Grammar Details

• *Hekatontarchou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of a centurion
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but/now
• *tinos*: genitive, masculine, singular - of a certain
• *doulos*: nominative, masculine, singular - servant/slave
• *kakōs*: adverb - badly/ill
• *echōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having/being
• *ēmellen*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular - was about to
• *teleutān*: present active infinitive - to die/end
• *hos*: relative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - who
• *ēn*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular - was
• *autō*: dative, masculine, singular - to him
• *entimos*: nominative, masculine, singular - valuable/precious

Word Meanings

• *Hekatontarchou*: centurion/commander of hundred
• *doulos*: slave/servant/bondservant
• *kakōs echōn*: being ill/sick/having poorly
• *ēmellen*: was about to/was going to/intended to
• *teleutān*: to die/to end life
• *entimos*: valuable/precious/honored/esteemed

Referenced Verses

• Gen 24:2-9 : 2 And he sayde vnto his eldest servaunte of his house which had the rule over all that he had: Put thy hande vnder my thye that 3 I maye make the swere by the LORde that is God of heauen and God of the erth that thou shalt not take a wyfe vnto my sonne of the doughters of the canaanytes amonge which I dwell. 4 But shalt goo vnto my contre and to my kynred and there take a wyfe vnto my sonne Isaac. 5 Tha sayde the seruaunte vnto him: what ad yf the woma wyll not agree to come with me vnto this lade shall I brynge thy sonne agayne vnto the lande which thou camest out of: 6 And Abraha sayde vnto him: bewarre of that that thou brige not my sonne thither. 7 The LORde God of heauen which toke me from my fathers house and from the lande where I was borne and which spake vnto me and sware vnto me saynge: vnto thy seed wyll I geue this lande he shall sende his angell before the yt thou mayst take a wife vnto my sonne from thence. 8 Neuerthelesse yf the woma will not agree to come with the than shalt thou be with out daunger of this ooth. But aboue all thinge brynge not my sonne thyther agayne. 9 And the seruaunte put his hand vnder the thye of Abraham and sware to him as concernynge that matter. 10 And the seruaunte toke.x. camels of the camels of his master and departed and had of all maner goodes of his master with him and stode vp and went to Mesopotamia vnto the cytie of Nahor. 11 And made his camels to lye doune with out the cytie by a wels syde of water at euen: aboute the tyme that women come out to drawe water 12 and he sayde. LORde God of my master Abraha sende me good spede this daye and shewe mercy vnto my master Abraham. 13 Lo I stonde here by the well of water and the doughters of the men of this citie will come out to drawe water: 14 Now the damsell to whome I saye stoupe doune thy pytcher and let me drynke. Yf she saye drynke and I will geue thy camels drynke also yt same is she that thou hast ordened for they servaunte Isaac: yee and therby shall I knowe that thou hast shewed mercy on my master.
• Gen 24:27 : 27 and sayde: blessed be the LORde God of my master Abraham which ceasseth not to deale mercyfully and truly with my master And hath brought me the waye to my masters brothers house.
• Gen 24:35-49 : 35 and the LORDE hath blessed my master out of measure that he is become greate and hath geven him shepe oxen syluer and golde menservauntes maydeservauntes camels ad asses. 36 And Sara my masters wyfe bare him a sonne whe she was olde: and vnto him hath he geven all that he hath. 37 And my master made me swere saynge: Thou shalt not take a wyfe to my sonne amonge the doughters of the cananytes in whose lade I dwell. 38 But thou shalt goo vnto my fathers house and to my kynred and there take a wyfe vnto my sonne. 39 And I sayde vnto my master. What yf the wyfe will not folowe me? 40 And he sayde vnto me: The LORde before whome I walke wyll sende his angell with the and prosper thy iourney that thou shalt take a wyfe for my sonne of my kynred and of my fathers house. 41 But and yf (when thou comest vnto my kynred) they will not geue the one tha shalt thou bere no perell of myne oothe. 42 And I came this daye vnto the well and sayed: O LORde the God of my master Abraha yf it be so that thou makest my iourney which I go prosperous: 43 beholde I stode by this well of water And when a virgyn cometh forth to drawe water and I saye to her: geue me a litle water of thi pitcher to drynk 44 and she saye agayne to me: dryncke thou and I will also drawe water for thy camels: that same is the wife whom the LORde hath prepared for my masters sonne. 45 And before I had made an ende of speakynge in myne harte: beholde Rebecca came forth and hir pitcher on hir shulder and she went doune vnto the well and drewe. And I sayde vnto her geue me drynke. 46 And she made hast and toke doune hir pitcher from of hir ad sayd: drinke and I will geue thy camels drynke also. And I dranke and she gaue the camels drynke also. 47 And I asked her saynge: whose doughter art thou? And she answered: the doughter of Bathuell Nahors sonne whome Milca bare vnto him. And I put the earynge vpon hir face and the bracelettes apon hir hondes. 48 And I bowed my selfe and worshepped the LORde and blessed the LORde God of my master Abraha which had brought me the right waye to take my masters brothers doughter vnto his sonne. 49 Now therfore yf ye will deall mercyfully and truly with my master tell me. And yf no tell me also: that I maye turne me to the right hande or to the left.
• Gen 35:8 : 8 Than dyed Deborr Rebeccas norse and was buryed benethe Bethell vnder an ooke. And the name of it was called the ooke of lamentation.
• Gen 39:4-6 : 4 Wherfore he founde grace in his masters syghte and serued him. And his master made him ruelar of his house and put all that he had in his hande. 5 And as soone as he had made him ruelar ouer his house ad ouer all that he had the LORde blessed this Egiptians house for Iosephs sake and the blessynge of the LORde was vpon all that he had: both in the house and also in the feldes. 6 And therfore he left all that he had in Iosephs hande and loked vpon nothinge that was with him saue only on the bread which he ate. And Ioseph was a goodly persone and a well favored
• Matt 27:54 : 54 When the Centurion and they that were with him watchinge Iesus sawe ye erth quake and those thinges which hapened they feared greatly sayinge. Of a surete this was the sonne of God.
• Luke 8:42 : 42 for he had but a doughter only apon a twelve yere of age and she laye a dyinge. And as he went the people thronged him.
• Luke 23:47 : 47 When ye Centurion sawe what had happened he glorified God sayinge: Of a surtie this man was perfecte.
• John 4:46-47 : 46 And Iesus came agayne into Cana of Galile wher he turned water into wyne. And ther was a certayne ruler whose sonne was sicke at Capernaum. 47 Assone as the same herde that Iesus was come out of Iewry into Galile he wet vnto him and besought him yt he wolde descende and heale his sonne: For he was eve readie to dye.
• John 11:2-3 : 2 It was that Mary which annoynted Iesus with oyntment and wyped his fete with her heere whose brother Lazarus was sicke 3 and his sisters sent vnto him sayinge. Lorde behold he whom thou lovest is sicke.
• Acts 10:1 : 1 Ther was a certayne man in Cesarea called Cornelius a captayne of ye soudiers of Italy
• Acts 10:7 : 7 When the angell which spake vnto Cornelius was departed he called two of his housholde servauntes and a devoute soudier of them that wayted on him
• Acts 22:26 : 26 When the Centurion hearde that he went and tolde the vpper captayne sayinge: What intendest thou to do? This man is a Romayne.
• Acts 23:17 : 17 And Paul called one of ye vnder captaynes vnto him and sayde: bringe this younge man vnto ye hye captayne: for he hath a certayne thinge to shewe him.
• Acts 27:1 : 1 When it was cocluded that we shuld sayle into Italy they delivered Paul and certayne other presoners vnto one named Iulius an vnder captayne of Cesars soudiars.
• Acts 27:3 : 3 And the nexte daye we came to Sidon. And Iulius courteously entreated Paul and gave him liberte to goo vnto his frendes and to refresshe him selfe.
• Acts 27:43 : 43 But the vndercaptayne willinge to save Paul kept the from their purpose and commaunded that they yt could swyme shulde cast the selves first in to ye see and scape to londe.
• Col 3:22-4:1 : 22 Servauntes be obedient vnto youre bodyly masters in all thynges: not with eye service as men pleasers but in synglenes of herte fearynge god. 23 And whatsoever ye do do it hertely as though ye did it to the LORde and not vnto men for as moche as ye 24 knowe that of the LORde ye shall receave the rewarde of inheritaunce for ye serve the LORde Christ. 25 But he that doth wronge shall receave for the wronge that he hath done: for there is no respect of persons. 1 Ye masters do vnto youre servauntes that which is iust and egall seinge ye knowe that ye also have a master in heven.