King James Version

Luke 16:30

And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

Study

Greek

Tap a word to see its meaning.

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.Andεἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).he saidΟὐχίouchiNayοὐχίadverb — “Nay”G3780by no means, not at all.Nayπάτερpaterfatherπατήρ (patēr)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “father”, the calling formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.This verse uses “father”.fatherἈβραάμabraamAbrahamἈβραάμnoun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Abraham”, the calling formG11Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race.Abrahamἀλλ’allbutἀλλά (alla)conjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butἐάνeanifἐάνconjunction — “if”G1437if.ifτιςtisoneτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.oneἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromνεκρῶνnekrōndeadνεκρός (nekros)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “dead”, the of-formG3498(a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse.This verse uses “dead”.the deadπορευθῇporeuthēto travelπορεύομαι (poreuomai)verb, aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “to travel”, a single actionG4198I travel, journey, go, die.This verse uses “travel”.πρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.αὐτοὺςautousheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.μετανοήσουσινmetanoēsousinthey will repentμετανοέω (metanoeō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they will repent”, an action still aheadG3340I repent, change my mind, change the inner man (particularly with reference to acceptance of the will of God), repent.This verse uses “repent”.they will repent

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.

World English Bible

“ He said , ‘ No , father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead , they will repent .’

Darby Translation

But he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one from the dead should go to them, they will repent.

Douay-Rheims

But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will do penance.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Analytics Cookies