King James Version

Luke 18:38

And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐβόησενeboēsenhe criedβοάω (boaō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he cried”, a single actionG994I shout, call aloud, proclaim.he criedλέγωνlegōnsayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “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.sayingἸησοῦiēsouJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the calling formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.Jesusυἱὲhuiethou Sonυἱός (huios)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “thou Son”, the calling formG5207a son, descendent.thou SonΔαυίδdauidof DavidΔαυίδnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of David”, the of-formG1138David, King of Israel.of Davidἐλέησόνeleēsonhave mercyἐλεάω (eleaō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “have mercy”, a single actionG1653I pity, have mercy on.have mercyμεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).on me

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he cried out, saying, 'Jesus, Son of David, deal kindly with me;'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he cried out, saying, 'Jesus, Son of David, deal kindly with me;'

World English Bible

He cried out, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!”

Darby Translation

And he called out saying, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

Douay-Rheims

And he cried out, saying: Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me.

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