King James Version
John 4:49
The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
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λέγειlegeisaithλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “saith”, 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.saithπρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.βασιλικόςbasilikosroyalβασιλικόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “royal”, the subject formG937connected with a king, royal, regal, (a) an officer in the service of the king, (b) the king's country.This verse uses “royal”.ΚύριεkurieSirκύριος (kurios)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Sir”, the calling formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “sir”.Sirκατάβηθιkatabēthicome downκαταβαίνω (katabainō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “come down”, a single actionG2597I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.This verse uses “come down”.come downπρὶνprinereπρίνconjunction — “ere”G4250formerly, before.ereἀποθανεῖνapothaneinto dieἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to die”, a single actionG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.dieτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.παιδίονpaidionchildπαιδίονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “child”, the object formG3813a little child, an infant, little one.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
The courtier saith unto him, 'Sir, come down before my child die;'
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American Standard Version (1901)
The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
Young’s Literal Translation
The courtier saith unto him, 'Sir, come down before my child die;'
World English Bible
The nobleman said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”
Darby Translation
The courtier says to him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
Douay-Rheims
The ruler saith to him: Lord, come down before that my son die.
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