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Acts 20:37

And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,

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ἱκανὸςhikanossoreἱκανόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “sore”, the subject formG2425(a) considerable, sufficient, of number, quantity, time, (b) of persons: sufficiently strong (good, etc.), worthy, suitable, with various constructions, (c) many, much.soreδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.κλαυθμὸςklauthmosweepingκλαυθμόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “weeping”, the subject formG2805weeping, lamentation, crying.This verse uses “weeping”.ἐγένετοegenetoto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.πάντωνpantōnallπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “all”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐπιπεσόντεςepipesontesfellἐπιπίπτω (epipiptō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “fell”, a single actionG1968I fall upon, press upon, light upon, come over.fellἐπὶepionἐπίpreposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.τράχηλονtrachēlonneckτράχηλος (trachēlos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “neck”, the object formG5137the neck.neckτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαύλουpaulouPaulΠαῦλος (paulos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the of-formG3972Paul, Paulus.κατεφίλουνkatephilounand kissedκαταφιλέω (kataphileō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “and kissed”, an ongoing action in the pastG2705I kiss affectionately.and kissedαὐτόνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.him

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and there came a great weeping to all, and having fallen upon the neck of Paul, they were kissing him,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him,

Young’s Literal Translation

and there came a great weeping to all, and having fallen upon the neck of Paul, they were kissing him,

World English Bible

They all wept freely, and fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him,

Darby Translation

And they all wept sore; and falling upon the neck of Paul they ardently kissed him,

Douay-Rheims

And there was much weeping among them all; and falling on the neck of Paul, they kissed him,

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