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Hebrews 11:29

By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “land” (γῆς,) before which here.

ΠίστειpisteiBy faithπίστις (pistis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “By faith”, the to- or for-formG4102faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.This verse uses “faith”.By faithδιέβησανdiebēsanthey passed throughδιαβαίνω (diabainō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they passed through”, a single actionG1224I cross, pass through, step across.they passed throughτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἘρυθρὰνeruthranRedἐρυθρός (eruthros)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “Red”, the object formG2063red.the RedΘάλασσανthalassanseaθάλασσα (thalassa)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “sea”, the object formG2281(a) the sea, in contrast to the land, (b) a particular sea or lake, e.g. the sea of Galilee (Tiberias), the Red Sea.seaὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asδιὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byξηρᾶςxērasdryξηρός (xēros)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “dry”, the of-formG3584dry, withered; noun: dry land.This verse uses “dry”.dryγῆςgēsearthγῆ (gē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “earth”, the of-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.ἧςhēsland: whichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “land: which”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.land: whichπεῖρανpeiranassayingπεῖρα (peira)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “assaying”, the object formG3984a trial, experiment, attempt.assayingλαβόντεςlabontesto doλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to do”, a single actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.to doοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΑἰγύπτιοιaiguptioiEgyptianΑἰγύπτιος (aiguptios)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “Egyptian”, the subject formG124Egyptian.κατεπόθησανkatepothēsanwere drownedκαταπίνω (katapinō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “were drowned”, a single actionG2666I drink down, swallow, devour, destroy, consume.were drowned

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

By faith they did pass through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the Egyptians having received a trial of, were swallowed up;

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American Standard Version (1901)

By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were swallowed up.

Young’s Literal Translation

By faith they did pass through the Red Sea as through dry land, which the Egyptians having received a trial of, were swallowed up;

World English Bible

By faith they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do so, they were swallowed up.

Darby Translation

By faith they passed through the Red sea as through dry land; of which the Egyptians having made trial were swallowed up.

Douay-Rheims

By faith they passed through the Red Sea, as by dry land: which the Egyptians attempting, were swallowed up.

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