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Luke 15:25

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

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Ἦνēnwasεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “was”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.wasδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.υἱὸςhuiossonυἱόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πρεσβύτεροςpresbuteroselderπρεσβύτεροςadjective, comparative, nominative, singular, masculine — “elder”, the subject formG4245elder, usually used as subst.; an elder, a member of the Sanhedrin, an elder of a Christian assembly.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inἀγρῷagrōfieldἀγρός (agros)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “field”, the to- or for-formG68a field, especially as bearing a crop; the country, lands, property in land, a country estate.the fieldκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asἐρχόμενοςerchomenoshe cameἔρχομαι (erchomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he came”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.he cameἤγγισενēngisenand drew nighἐγγίζω (engizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and drew nigh”, a single actionG1448trans: I bring near; intrans: I come near, approach.and drew nighτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.οἰκίᾳoikiato the houseοἰκίαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “to the house”, the to- or for-formG3614a house, household, dwelling; meton: goods, property, means.to the houseἤκουσενēkousenhe heardἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he heard”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.he heardσυμφωνίαςsumphōniasmusickσυμφωνία (sumphōnia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “musick”, the of-formG4858harmony of instruments, music.musickκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andχορῶνchorōndancingχορός (choros)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “dancing”, the of-formG5525a dance, dancing.This verse uses “dancing”.dancing

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing,

World English Bible

“ Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house , he heard music and dancing .

Darby Translation

And his elder son was in the field; and as, coming [up], he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

Douay-Rheims

Now his elder son was in the field, and when he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing:

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