King James Version

John 13:24

Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.

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νεύειneueibeckonedνεύω (neuō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “beckoned”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3506I nod, make a sign, beckon.beckonedοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.τούτῳtoutōto himοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “to him”, the to- or for-formG3778this; he, she, it.to himΣίμωνsimōnSimonΣίμωνnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Simon”, the subject formG4613Simon.ΠέτροςpetrosPeterΠέτροςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Peter”, the subject formG4074Peter, a Greek name meaning "rock".πυθέσθαιputhesthaito that he should askπυνθάνομαι (punthanomai)verb, aorist middle infinitive — “to that he should ask”, a single actionG4441I ask, inquire, ascertain by inquiry, understand.This verse uses “ask”.that he should askτίςtiswhoτίςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “who”, the subject formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “who”.whoἂνanit shouldἄνparticle — “it should”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.it shouldεἴηeiēbeεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active optative, 3rd person singular — “be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.beπερὶperiofπερίpreposition — “of”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.ofοὗhouwhomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “whom”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.whomλέγειlegeihe spakeλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he spake”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.he spake

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Simon Peter, then, doth beckon to this one, to inquire who he may be concerning whom he speaketh,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Simon Peter therefore beckoneth to him, and saith unto him, Tell us who it is of whom he speaketh.

Young’s Literal Translation

Simon Peter, then, doth beckon to this one, to inquire who he may be concerning whom he speaketh,

World English Bible

Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, and said to him, “Tell us who it is of whom he speaks.”

Darby Translation

Simon Peter makes a sign therefore to him to ask who it might be of whom he spoke.

Douay-Rheims

Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, and said to him: Who is it of whom he speaketh?

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