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Luke 10:31

And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

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κατὰkatabyκατάpreposition — “by”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.byσυγκυρίανsunkurianchanceσυγκυρία (sunkuria)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “chance”, the object formG4795a coincidence, accident, chance.This verse uses “chance”.chanceδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἱερεύςhiereuspriestἱερεύςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “priest”, the subject formG2409a priest, one who offers sacrifice to a god (in Jewish and pagan religions; of Christians only met.).priestτιςtisoneτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.κατέβαινενkatebainento comeκαταβαίνω (katabainō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to come”, an ongoing action in the pastG2597I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.ἐνenthatἐνpreposition — “that”G1722in, on, among.thatτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ὁδῷhodōwayὁδός (hodos)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “way”, the to- or for-formG3598a way, road, journey, path.wayἐκείνῃekeinēthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “that”, the to- or for-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἰδὼνidōnseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).when he sawαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἀντιπαρῆλθενantiparēlthenhe passed by on the other sideἀντιπαρέρχομαι (antiparerchomai)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he passed by on the other side”, a single actionG492I pass opposite, on the opposite side of the road.he passed by on the other side

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down in that way, and having seen him, he passed over on the opposite side;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down in that way, and having seen him, he passed over on the opposite side;

World English Bible

By chance a certain priest was going down that way . When he saw him , he passed by on the other side .

Darby Translation

And a certain priest happened to go down that way, and seeing him, passed on on the opposite side;

Douay-Rheims

And it chanced, that a certain priest went down the same way: and seeing him, passed by.

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