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Luke 2:47

And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

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ἐξίσταντοexistantowere astonishedἐξίστημι (existēmi)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “were astonished”, an ongoing action in the pastG1839(lit: I remove from a standing position), (a) in trans. tenses: I astonish, amaze, (b) in intrans. tenses: I am astonished, amazed; I am out of my mind, am mad.were astonishedδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.πάντεςpantesallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἀκούοντεςakouontesto hearἀκούω (akouō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to hear”, an ongoing or repeated actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.This verse uses “hear”.αὐτοῦautouhisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “his”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.hisἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.συνέσειsuneseiunderstandingσύνεσις (sunesis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “understanding”, the to- or for-formG4907a putting together in the mind, hence: understanding, practical discernment, intellect.understandingκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀποκρίσεσινapokrisesinanswersἀπόκρισις (apokrisis)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “answers”, the to- or for-formG612an answer, reply.answersαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and all those hearing him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

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and all that heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

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and all those hearing him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

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All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

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And all who heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

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And all that heard him were astonished at his wisdom and his answers.

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