King James Version

John 6:49

Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

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οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πατέρεςpateresfathersπατήρ (patēr)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “fathers”, the subject formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.fathersὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.ἔφαγονephagondid eatἐσθίω (esthíō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “did eat”, a single actionG2068I eat, partake of food; met: I devour, consume (e.g. as rust does).Strong’s files this form under G5315 (φάγω, eat).did eatἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐρήμῳerēmōwildernessἔρημος (erēmos)adjective, dative, singular, feminine — “wilderness”, the to- or for-formG2048as an adj: deserted, desolate, waste; hence: the desert, to the east and south of Palestine; of a person: deserted, abandoned, desolate.the wildernessτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μάνναmannamannaμάνναnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “manna”, the object formG3131(Hebrew), manna, the supernatural food eaten by the Israelites in the desert: of spiritual food.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀπέθανονapethanonare deadἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “are dead”, a single actionG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.are dead

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

Young’s Literal Translation

your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died;

World English Bible

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and they died .

Darby Translation

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and died.

Douay-Rheims

Your fathers did eat manna in the desert, and are dead.

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