King James Version

John 12:20

And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:

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Ἦσανēsanthere wereεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “there were”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.there wereδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἝλληνέςhellēnesGreeksἝλλην (hellēn)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “Greeks”, the subject formG1672a Hellene, the native word for a Greek; it is, however, a term wide enough to include all Greek-speaking (i.e. educated) non-Jews.Greeksτινεςtinesoneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.ἐκekamongἐκpreposition — “among”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.amongτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀναβαινόντωνanabainontōnthem that came upἀναβαίνω (anabainō)verb, present active participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “them that came up”, an ongoing or repeated actionG305I go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up.them that came upἵναhinatoἵναconjunction — “to”G2443in order that, so that.toπροσκυνήσωσινproskunēsōsinworshipπροσκυνέω (proskuneō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “worship”, a single actionG4352I go down on my knees to, do obeisance to, worship.worshipἐνenatἐνpreposition — “at”G1722in, on, among.atτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἑορτῇheortēfeastἑορτήnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “feast”, the to- or for-formG1859a festival, feast, periodically recurring.This verse uses “feast”.the feast

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And there were certain Greeks out of those coming up that they may worship in the feast,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast:

Young’s Literal Translation

And there were certain Greeks out of those coming up that they may worship in the feast,

World English Bible

Now there were certain Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

Darby Translation

And there were certain Greeks among those who came up that they might worship in the feast;

Douay-Rheims

Now there were certain Gentiles among them, who came up to adore on the festival day.

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