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Acts 20:9

And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “sitting” (καθεζόμενος) before then here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “sitting” (Καθήμενος) before then here.

καθεζόμενοςkathezomenosthere satκαθέζομαι (kathezomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “there sat”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2516I am sitting, sit down, am seated.there satδέdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τιςtisa certainτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a certain”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.a certainνεανίαςneaniasyoung manνεανίαςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “young man”, the subject formG3494a young man, youth; a man in his prime (used even of a man of 40).young manὀνόματιonomatinamedὄνομα (onoma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “named”, the to- or for-formG3686name, character, fame, reputation.namedΕὔτυχοςeutuchosEutychusΕὔτυχοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Eutychus”, the subject formG2161Eutychus, a young hearer of Paul at Troas.Eutychusἐπὶepiwas longἐπίpreposition — “was long”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.was longτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θυρίδοςthuridoswindowθυρίς (thuris)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “window”, the of-formG2376a small opening, window.καταφερόμενοςkatapheromenoshe sunk downκαταφέρω (katapherō)verb, present passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he sunk down”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2702I bear down, overpower; I give a vote or verdict, bring charges.he sunk downὕπνῳhupnōsleepὕπνος (hupnos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “sleep”, the to- or for-formG5258sleep; fig: spiritual sleep.sleepβαθεῖbatheideepβαθύς (bathus)adjective, dative, singular, masculine — “deep”, the to- or for-formG901deep (lit. and met.); in the depths of the early morning, while still very early; profound.This verse uses “deep”.διαλεγομένουdialegomenouto disputeδιαλέγομαι (dialegomai)verb, present middle participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “to dispute”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1256I converse, address, preach, lecture; I argue, reason.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαύλουpaulouPaulΠαῦλος (paulos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the of-formG3972Paul, Paulus.ἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.πλεῖονpleionmuchπολύς (polýs)adjective, comparative, accusative, singular, neuter — “much”, the object formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.Strong’s files this form under G4119 (πλείων).κατενεχθεὶςkatenechtheisto vote againstκαταφέρω (katapherō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to vote against”, a single actionG2702I bear down, overpower; I give a vote or verdict, bring charges.ἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ὕπνουhupnousleepὕπνος (hupnos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “sleep”, the of-formG5258sleep; fig: spiritual sleep.ἔπεσενepesento collapseπίπτω (piptō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to collapse”, a single actionG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.ἀπὸapoaway fromἀπόpreposition — “away from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.τριστέγουtristegouthird loftτρίστεγον (tristegon)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “third loft”, the of-formG5152having three stories; subst: the third story.the third loftκάτωkatōunderκάτωadverb — “under”G2736(a) down, below, also: downwards, (b) lower, under, less, of a length of time.This verse uses “under”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἤρθηērthēwas taken upαἴρω (airō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “was taken up”, a single actionG142I raise, lift up, take away, remove.was taken upνεκρόςnekrosdeadνεκρόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “dead”, the subject formG3498(a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse.This verse uses “dead”.dead

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Καθήμενοςkathēmenosthere satκάθημαι (kathēmai)verb, present middle or passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “there sat”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2521I sit, am seated, enthroned; I dwell, reside.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and there was sitting a certain youth, by name Eutychus, upon the window — being borne down by a deep sleep, Paul discoursing long — he having sunk down from the sleep, fell down from the third story, and was lifted up dead.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And there sat in the window a certain young man named Eutychus, borne down with deep sleep; and as Paul discoursed yet longer, being borne down by his sleep he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep. As Paul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third floor and was taken up dead.

Darby Translation

And a certain youth, by name Eutychus, sitting at the window-opening, overpowered by deep sleep, while Paul discoursed very much at length, having been overpowered by the sleep, fell from the third story down to the bottom, and was taken up dead.

Douay-Rheims

And a certain young man named Eutychus, sitting on the window, being oppressed with a deep sleep, (as Paul was long preaching,) by occasion of his sleep fell from the third loft down, and was taken up dead.

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