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Luke 11:26

Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

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τότεtoteThenτότεadverb — “Then”G5119then, at that time.Thenπορεύεταιporeuetaigoeth heπορεύομαι (poreuomai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “goeth he”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4198I travel, journey, go, die.goeth heκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπαραλαμβάνειparalambaneitakethπαραλαμβάνω (paralambanō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “taketh”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3880I take from, receive from, or: I take to, receive (apparently not used of money), admit, acknowledge; I take with me.takethἕτεραheteraotherἕτερος (heteros)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “other”, the object formG2087(a) of two: another, a second, (b) other, different, (c) one's neighbor.otherπνεύματαpneumataspiritsπνεῦμα (pneuma)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “spirits”, the object formG4151wind, breath, spirit.spiritsπονηρότεραponēroteramore wickedπονηρός (ponēros)adjective, comparative, accusative, plural, neuter — “more wicked”, the object formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “wicked”.more wickedἑαυτοῦheautouthan himselfἑαυτοῦpersonal pronoun, genitive, singular, neuter — “than himself”, the of-formG1438himself, herself, itself.This verse uses “himself”.than himselfἑπτάheptasevenἑπτάadjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “seven”, the object formG2033seven.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andεἰσελθόνταeiselthontathey enter inεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, neuter — “they enter in”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.This verse uses “enter”.they enter inκατοικεῖkatoikeiand dwellκατοικέω (katoikeō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and dwell”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2730I dwell in, settle in, am established in (permanently), inhabit.and dwellἐκεῖekeithereἐκεῖadverb — “there”G1563(a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there.This verse uses “there”.thereκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andγίνεταιginetaiisγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.isτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἔσχαταeschatalastἔσχατος (eschatos)adjective, nominative, plural, neuter — “last”, the subject formG2078last, at the last, finally, till the end.This verse uses “last”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀνθρώπουanthrōpoua humanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “a human”, the of-formG444a man, one of the human race.ἐκείνουekeinouthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “that”, the of-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.χείροναcheironaworseχείρων (cheirōn)adjective, comparative, nominative, plural, neuter — “worse”, the subject formG5501worse, more severe.worseτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πρώτωνprōtōnthan the firstπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “than the first”, the of-formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.than the first

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

then doth it go, and take to it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered, they dwell there, and the last of that man becometh worst than the first.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more evil than himself; and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first.

Young’s Literal Translation

then doth it go, and take to it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered, they dwell there, and the last of that man becometh worst than the first.'

World English Bible

Then he goes and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself , and they enter in and dwell there . The last state of that man becomes worse than the first .”

Darby Translation

Then he goes and takes seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first.

Douay-Rheims

Then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and entering in they dwell there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.

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