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Luke 15:20

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἀναστὰςanastashe aroseἀνίστημι (anistēmi)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he arose”, a single actionG450I raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear.he aroseἦλθενēlthenand cameἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and came”, a single actionG2064I come, go.and cameπρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.toτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πατέραpaterafatherπατήρ (patēr)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “father”, the object formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.This verse uses “father”.fatherἑαυτοῦheautouwhen heἑαυτοῦpersonal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “when he”, the of-formG1438himself, herself, itself.when heἔτιetiwas yetἔτιadverb — “was yet”G2089(a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition.This verse uses “yet”.was yetδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.αὐτοῦautouhisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “his”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.hisμακρὰνmakranlongμακράνadverb — “long”G3112at a distance, far away, remote, alien.ἀπέχοντοςapechontosto have in fullἀπέχω (apechō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “to have in full”, an ongoing or repeated actionG568I have in full, am far, it is enough.This verse uses “have in full”.εἶδενeidenseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “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).sawαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (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.πατὴρpatērfatherπατήρnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “father”, the subject formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.This verse uses “father”.αὐτοῦautouhisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “his”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.hisκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐσπλαγχνίσθηesplanchnisthēto pityσπλαγχνίζομαι (splanchnizomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to pity”, a single actionG4697I feel compassion, have pity on, am moved.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.δραμὼνdramōnto runτρέχω (trechō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to run”, a single actionG5143I run, exercise myself, make progress.This verse uses “run”.ἐπέπεσενepepesento fallἐπιπίπτω (epipiptō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to fall”, a single actionG1968I fall upon, press upon, light upon, come over.ἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.τράχηλονtrachēlonneckτράχηλος (trachēlos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “neck”, the object formG5137the neck.αὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.κατεφίλησενkatephilēsento kissκαταφιλέω (kataphileō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to kiss”, a single actionG2705I kiss affectionately.αὐτόνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;

World English Bible

“ He arose and came to his father . But while he was still far off , his father saw him and was moved with compassion , and ran , fell on his neck , and kissed him .

Darby Translation

And he rose up and went to his own father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him with kisses.

Douay-Rheims

And rising up he came to his father. And when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and running to him fell upon his neck, and kissed him.

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