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John 21:8

And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.

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οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.Andἄλλοιalloiotherἄλλος (allos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “other”, the subject formG243other, another (of more than two), different.This verse uses “other”.the otherμαθηταὶmathētaidisciplesμαθητής (mathētēs)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “disciples”, the subject formG3101a learner, disciple, pupil.disciplesτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.πλοιαρίῳploiariōin a little shipπλοιάριον (ploiarion)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “in a little ship”, the to- or for-formG4142(a little boat, hence) a boat.in a little shipἦλθονēlthonto comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.οὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἦσανēsanto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.μακρὰνmakranlongμακρός (makrós)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “long”, the object formG3117long, distant, far; of long duration.This verse uses “long”.Strong’s files this form under G3112 (μακράν).farἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γῆςgēslandγῆ (gē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “land”, the of-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.This verse uses “land”.landἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butὡςhōsas it wereὡςadverb — “as it were”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.as it wereἀπὸapoaway fromἀπόpreposition — “away from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.πηχῶνpēchōncubitsπῆχυς (pēchus)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “cubits”, the of-formG4083a cubit, about a foot and a half.cubitsδιακοσίωνdiakosiōntwo hundredδιακόσιοι (diakosioi)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “two hundred”, the of-formG1250two hundred.σύροντεςsurontes) draggingσύρω (surō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “) dragging”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4951I draw, drag, force away.) draggingτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.δίκτυονdiktuonnetδίκτυονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “net”, the object formG1350a fishing-net.the netτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἰχθύωνichthuōnwith fishesἰχθύς (ichthus)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “with fishes”, the of-formG2486a fish.with fishes

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the other disciples came by the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but as it were about two hundred cubits off, dragging the net of the fishes;

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American Standard Version (1901)

But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits off), dragging the net full of fishes.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the other disciples came by the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but as it were about two hundred cubits off, dragging the net of the fishes;

World English Bible

But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away), dragging the net full of fish.

Darby Translation

and the other disciples came in the small boat, for they were not far from the land, but somewhere about two hundred cubits, dragging the net of fishes.

Douay-Rheims

But the other disciples came in the ship, (for they were not far from the land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.

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