King James Version

Luke 19:48

And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andοὐχouchnotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notεὕρισκονheuriskonfindεὑρίσκω (heuriskō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “find”, an ongoing action in the pastG2147I find, learn, discover, especially after searching.findτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.τίtiwhatτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “what”, the object formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “what”.whatποιήσωσινpoiēsōsinthey might doποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “they might do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.they might doὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.λαὸςlaospeopleλαόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “people”, the subject formG2992(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.the peopleγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἅπαςhapasallἅπαςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “all”, the subject formG537all, the whole, altogether.This verse uses “all”.ἐξεκρέματοexekrematowere very attentiveἐκκρέμαμαι (ekkremamai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “were very attentive”, a single actionG1582I hang out, mid: I hang upon.were very attentiveαὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἀκούωνakouōnto hearἀκούω (akouō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to hear”, an ongoing or repeated actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.This verse uses “hear”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and they were not finding what they shall do, for all the people were hanging on him, hearing him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and they could not find what they might do; for the people all hung upon him, listening.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they were not finding what they shall do, for all the people were hanging on him, hearing him.

World English Bible

They couldn’t find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.

Darby Translation

and did not find what they could do, for all the people hung on him to hear.

Douay-Rheims

And they found not what to do to him: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

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