Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “it” (οὗ) before she may here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “when” (ὅτου) before she may here.
ἪēEitherἤconjunction — “Either”G2228or, than.Eitherτίςtiswhatτίςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “what”, the subject formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “what”.whatγυνὴgunēwomanγυνήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “woman”, the subject formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.womanδραχμὰςdrachmaspieces of silverδραχμή (drachmē)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “pieces of silver”, the object formG1406a drachma, a Greek silver coin.pieces of silverἔχουσαechousato haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, feminine — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.δέκαdekatenδέκαadjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “ten”, the object formG1176ten.ἐὰνeanifἐάνconjunction — “if”G1437if.ifἀπολέσῃapolesēshe loseἀπόλλυμι (apollumi)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “she lose”, a single actionG622(a) I kill, destroy, (b) I lose, mid: I am perishing (the resultant death being viewed as certain).This verse uses “lose”.she loseδραχμὴνdrachmēnpieceδραχμή (drachmē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “piece”, the object formG1406a drachma, a Greek silver coin.pieceμίανmianoneεἷς (heis)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “one”, the object formG1520one.οὐχὶouchidoth notοὐχίparticle — “doth not”G3780by no means, not at all.doth notἅπτειhapteilightἅπτω (haptō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “light”, an ongoing or repeated actionG681I kindle, light.This verse uses “light”.lightλύχνονluchnona candleλύχνος (luchnos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a candle”, the object formG3088a lamp.a candleκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andσαροῖsaroisweepσαρόω (saroō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “sweep”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4563I sweep, cleanse by sweeping.sweepτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.οἰκίανoikianhouseοἰκία (oikia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “house”, the object formG3614a house, household, dwelling; meton: goods, property, means.the houseκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andζητεῖzēteiseekζητέω (zēteō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “seek”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2212I seek, search for, desire, require, demand.This verse uses “seek”.seekἐπιμελῶςepimelōsdiligentlyἐπιμελῶςadverb — “diligently”G1960carefully, diligently.This verse uses “diligently”.diligentlyἕωςheōstillἕωςpreposition — “till”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.tillοὗhouwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “which”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.εὕρῃheurēshe findεὑρίσκω (heuriskō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “she find”, a single actionG2147I find, learn, discover, especially after searching.she find
'Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?
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American Standard Version (1901)
Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it?
Young’s Literal Translation
'Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?
World English Bible
“ Or what woman , if she had ten drachma coins , if she lost one drachma coin , wouldn’ t light a lamp , sweep the house , and seek diligently until she found it ?
Darby Translation
Or, what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek carefully till she find it?
Douay-Rheims
Or what woman having ten groats; if she lose one groat, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it?
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