King James Version

John 19:34

But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

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ἀλλ’allButἀλλά (alla)conjunction — “But”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.Butεἷςheisoneεἷςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG1520one.oneτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.στρατιωτῶνstratiōtōnof the soldiersστρατιώτης (stratiōtēs)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “of the soldiers”, the of-formG4757a soldier.of the soldiersλόγχῃlonchēwith a spearλόγχηnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “with a spear”, the to- or for-formG3057a lance, spear.This verse uses “spear”.with a spearαὐτοῦautouhisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “his”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.hisτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πλευρὰνpleuransideπλευρά (pleura)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “side”, the object formG4125the side of the body.sideἔνυξενenuxento pierceνύσσω (nussō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to pierce”, a single actionG3572I prick, pierce.This verse uses “pierce”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐξῆλθενexēlthencame there outἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “came there out”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.came there outεὐθὺςeuthusimmediatelyεὐθύςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “immediately”, the subject formG2117adj: (a) straight of direction, as opposed to crooked, (b) upright; adv: immediately.This verse uses “immediately”.Strong’s files this form under G2112 (εὐθέως).αἷμαhaimabloodαἷμαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “blood”, the subject formG129blood (especially as shed).bloodκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andὕδωρhudōrwaterὕδωρnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “water”, the subject formG5204water.water

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

but one of the soldiers with a spear did pierce his side, and immediately there came forth blood and water;

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American Standard Version (1901)

howbeit one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and straightway there came out blood and water.

Young’s Literal Translation

but one of the soldiers with a spear did pierce his side, and immediately there came forth blood and water;

World English Bible

However, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.

Darby Translation

but one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water.

Douay-Rheims

But one of the soldiers with a spear opened his side, and immediately there came out blood and water.

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