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1 Corinthians 11:26

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “when” (ἐὰν) before you shall here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “when” (ἂν) before you shall here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “this” (τοῦτο) before may drink here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “when” (ἂν) before He may here.

ὁσάκιςhosakiswheneverὁσάκιςconjunction — “whenever”G3740as often as, as many times as.γὰρgarForγάρconjunction — “For”G1063for.Forἐὰνeanas often asἐάνparticle — “as often as”G1437if.as often asἐσθίητεesthiēteye eatἐσθίω (esthiō)verb, present active subjunctive, 2nd person plural — “ye eat”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2068I eat, partake of food; met: I devour, consume (e.g. as rust does).ye eatτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἄρτονartonbreadἄρτος (artos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “bread”, the object formG740bread, a loaf, food.This verse uses “bread”.breadτοῦτονtoutonthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ποτήριονpotērioncupποτήριονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “cup”, the object formG4221a drinking cup, the contents of the cup; fig: the portion which God allots.cupπίνητεpinēteto drinkπίνω (pinō)verb, present active subjunctive, 2nd person plural — “to drink”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4095I drink, imbibe.This verse uses “drink”.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θάνατονthanatondeathθάνατος (thanatos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “death”, the object formG2288death, physical or spiritual.deathτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κυρίουkurioulordκύριος (kurios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “lord”, the of-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.καταγγέλλετεkatangelleteto proclaimκαταγγέλλω (katangellō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to proclaim”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2605I declare openly, proclaim, preach, laud, celebrate.ἄχριachritillἄχριpreposition — “till”G891as far as, up to, until, during.tillοὗhouheὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.heἔλθῃelthēcomeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.come

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ἂνanas often asἄνconditional particle — “as often as”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.τοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for as often as ye may eat this bread, and this cup may drink, the death of the Lord ye do shew forth — till he may come;

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American Standard Version (1901)

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord’s death till he come.

Young’s Literal Translation

for as often as ye may eat this bread, and this cup may drink, the death of the Lord ye do shew forth — till he may come;

World English Bible

For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

Darby Translation

For as often as ye shall eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye announce the death of the Lord, until he come.

Douay-Rheims

For as often as you shall eat this bread, and drink the chalice, you shall shew the death of the Lord, until he come.

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