King James Version

Acts 21:13

Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

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τότεtoteThenτότεadverb — “Then”G5119then, at that time.Thenἀπεκρίθηapekrithēansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαῦλοςpaulosPaulΠαῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the subject formG3972Paul, Paulus.ΤίtiWhatτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “What”, the object formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “what”.Whatποιεῖτεpoieitemean yeποιέω (poieō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “mean ye”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.mean yeκλαίοντεςklaiontesto weepκλαίω (klaiō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to weep”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2799I weep, weep for, mourn, lament.This verse uses “weep”.to weepκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andσυνθρύπτοντέςsunthruptontesto breakσυνθρύπτω (sunthruptō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to break”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4919I break in pieces, crush, thoroughly weaken.to breakμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).mineτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.καρδίανkardianheartκαρδία (kardia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “heart”, the object formG2588lit: the heart; mind, character, inner self, will, intention, center.heartἐγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Iγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.οὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notμόνονmononaloneμόνος (monos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “alone”, the object formG3441only, solitary, desolate.δεθῆναιdethēnaito be boundδέω (deō)verb, aorist passive infinitive — “to be bound”, a single actionG1210I bind, tie, fasten; I impel, compel; I declare to be prohibited and unlawful.to be boundἀλλὰallaalsoἀλλάconjunction — “also”G235but, except, however.alsoκαὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἀποθανεῖνapothaneinto dieἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to die”, a single actionG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.to dieεἰςeisatεἰςpreposition — “at”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.atἸερουσαλὴμierousalēmJerusalemἸερουσαλήμnoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Jerusalem”, the object formG2419(Aramaic form), Jerusalem, the capital of Palestine: hence Judaism, and allegorically, Christendom, the Christian Church.Jerusalemἑτοίμωςhetoimōsreadilyἑτοίμωςadverb — “readily”G2093readily.ἔχωechōto haveἔχωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.ὑπὲρhuperforὑπέρpreposition — “for”G5228gen: in behalf of; acc: above.forτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ὀνόματοςonomatosnameὄνομα (onoma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “name”, the of-formG3686name, character, fame, reputation.This verse uses “name”.the nameτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κυρίουkuriouof the Lordκύριος (kurios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the Lord”, the of-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.of the LordἸησοῦiēsouJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the of-formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.Jesus

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and Paul answered, 'What do ye — weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Young’s Literal Translation

and Paul answered, 'What do ye — weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;'

World English Bible

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Darby Translation

But Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Douay-Rheims

Then Paul answered, and said: What do you mean weeping and afflicting my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but to die also in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.

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