The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “about” (ὡς) before months here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “about” (ὡσεὶ) before months here.
Ἔμεινενemeinenabodeμένω (menō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “abode”, a single actionG3306I remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await.abodeδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ΜαριὰμmariamMaryΜαριάμnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “Mary”, the subject formG3137Mary, Miriam, (a) the mother of Jesus, (b) of Magdala, (c) sister of Martha and Lazarus, (d) wife of Cleopas, (e) mother of John Mark, (f) a Christian woman in Rome.This verse uses “Mary”.σὺνsunwithσύνpreposition — “with”G4862with.withαὐτῇautēherαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “her”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.herὡςhōsaboutὡςadverb — “about”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.aboutμῆναςmēnasmonthsμήν (mēn)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “months”, the object formG3376a (lunar) month.monthsτρεῖςtreisthreeτρεῖςadjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “three”, the object formG5140three.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andὑπέστρεψενhupestrepsenreturnedὑποστρέφω (hupostrephō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “returned”, a single actionG5290I turn back, return.returnedεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.οἶκονoikonhouseοἶκος (oikos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “house”, the object formG3624(a) a house, the material building, (b) a household, family, lineage, nation.houseαὐτῆςautēsheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
ὡσεὶhōseiaboutὡσείparticle — “about”G5616as if, as it were, like; with numbers: about.This verse uses “about”.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
And Mary remained with her about three months, and turned back to her house.
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American Standard Version (1901)
And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned unto her house.
Young’s Literal Translation
And Mary remained with her about three months, and turned back to her house.
World English Bible
Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.
Darby Translation
And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her house.
Douay-Rheims
And Mary abode with her about three months; and she returned to her own house.
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