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James 5:17

Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

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ἨλίαςēliasEliasἨλίαςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Elias”, the subject formG2243Elijah, the prophet.Eliasἄνθρωποςanthrōposa manἄνθρωποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a man”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.This verse uses “a man”.a manἦνēnto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.ὁμοιοπαθὴςhomoiopathēssubject to like passions asὁμοιοπαθήςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “subject to like passions as”, the subject formG3663of like feelings, having similar passions and feelings, of like infirmities.subject to like passions asἡμῖνhēminIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).we areκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπροσευχῇproseuchēearnestlyπροσευχήnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “earnestly”, the to- or for-formG4335(a) prayer (to God), (b) a place for prayer (used by Jews, perhaps where there was no synagogue).earnestlyπροσηύξατοprosēuxatoto prayπροσεύχομαι (proseuchomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to pray”, a single actionG4336I pray, pray for, offer prayer.This verse uses “pray”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notβρέξαιbrexaito rainβρέχω (brechō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to rain”, a single actionG1026I moisten, rain, send rain.This verse uses “rain”.rainκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἔβρεξενebrexento rain downβρέχω (brechō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to rain down”, a single actionG1026I moisten, rain, send rain.This verse uses “rain”.ἐπὶepionἐπίpreposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γῆςgēsearthγῆ (gē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “earth”, the of-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.the earthἐνιαυτοὺςeniautousyearsἐνιαυτός (eniautos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “years”, the object formG1763a year, cycle of time.yearsτρεῖςtreisthreeτρεῖςadjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “three”, the object formG5140three.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andμῆναςmēnasmonthsμήν (mēn)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “months”, the object formG3376a (lunar) month.monthsἕξhexsixἕξadjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “six”, the object formG1803six.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Elijah was a man like affected as we, and with prayer he did pray — not to rain, and it did not rain upon the land three years and six months;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months.

Young’s Literal Translation

Elijah was a man like affected as we, and with prayer he did pray — not to rain, and it did not rain upon the land three years and six months;

World English Bible

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn’t rain on the earth for three years and six months.

Darby Translation

Elias was a man of like passions to us, and he prayed with prayer that it should not rain; and it did not rain upon the earth three years and six months;

Douay-Rheims

Elias was a man passible like unto us: and with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon the earth, and it rained not for three years and six months.

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