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Luke 16:28

In Luke 16 of Luke.

For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

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ἔχωechōI haveἔχωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.I haveγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.πέντεpentefiveπέντεadjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “five”, the object formG4002five.fiveἀδελφούςadelphousbrethrenἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “brethren”, the object formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.brethrenὅπωςhopōsthatὅπωςconjunction — “that”G3704how, in order that, so that, that.thatδιαμαρτύρηταιdiamarturētaihe may testifyδιαμαρτύρομαι (diamarturomai)verb, present middle subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “he may testify”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1263I give solemn evidence, testify (declare) solemnly.he may testifyαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themἵναhinalestἵναconjunction — “lest”G2443in order that, so that.lestμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.καὶkaialsoκαίadverb — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.alsoαὐτοὶautoiheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “he”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἔλθωσινelthōsincomeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.comeεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.τόπονtoponplaceτόπος (topos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “place”, the object formG5117a place, region, seat; an opportunity.placeτοῦτονtoutonthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.βασάνουbasanouof tormentβάσανος (basanos)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of torment”, the of-formG931torture, torment, examination by torture.This verse uses “torment”.of torment

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

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American Standard Version (1901)

for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

Young’s Literal Translation

for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

World English Bible

for I have five brothers— that he may testify to them , so they won’ t also come into this place of torment.’

Darby Translation

for I have five brothers, so that he may earnestly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

Douay-Rheims

That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torments.

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