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Luke 18:3

And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

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χήραchēraa widowχήραadjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “a widow”, the subject formG5503a widow.a widowδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἦνēnto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.πόλειpoleicityπόλις (polis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “city”, the to- or for-formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.cityἐκείνῃekeinēthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “that”, the to- or for-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἤρχετοērchetoshe cameἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “she came”, an ongoing action in the pastG2064I come, go.she cameπρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himλέγουσαlegousasayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, feminine — “saying”, an ongoing or repeated 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.sayingἘκδίκησόνekdikēsonAvengeἐκδικέω (ekdikeō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “Avenge”, a single actionG1556I give justice over, defend, avenge, vindicate.This verse uses “avenge”.AvengeμεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meἀπὸapoofἀπόpreposition — “of”G575from, away from.ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀντιδίκουantidikouadversaryἀντίδικος (antidikos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “adversary”, the of-formG476an opponent (at law), an adversary.This verse uses “adversary”.adversaryμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and a widow was in that city, and she was coming unto him, saying, Do me justice on my opponent,

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American Standard Version (1901)

and there was a widow in that city; and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

Young’s Literal Translation

and a widow was in that city, and she was coming unto him, saying, Do me justice on my opponent,

World English Bible

A widow was in that city , and she often came to him , saying , ‘Defend me from my adversary!’

Darby Translation

and there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adverse party.

Douay-Rheims

And there was a certain widow in that city, and she came to him, saying: Avenge me of my adversary.

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