King James Version
Luke 23:37
And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andλέγοντεςlegontessayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, 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.sayingΕἰeiIfεἰconjunction — “If”G1487if.Ifσὺsuthouσύpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “thou”, the subject formG4771you.thouεἶeibeεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.beὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.βασιλεὺςbasileuskingβασιλεύςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “king”, the subject formG935a king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor.the kingτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.Ἰουδαίωνioudaiōnof the JewsἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “of the Jews”, the of-formG2453Jewish.of the Jewsσῶσονsōsonsaveσῴζω (sōzō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “save”, a single actionG4982I save, heal, preserve, rescue.This verse uses “save”.saveσεαυτόνseautonyourselfσεαυτοῦ (seautoû)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “yourself”, the object formG4572Strong’s files this form under G4771 (σύ).thyself
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
and saying, 'If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.'
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American Standard Version (1901)
and saying, If thou art the King of the Jews, save thyself.
Young’s Literal Translation
and saying, 'If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.'
World English Bible
and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”
Darby Translation
and saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
Douay-Rheims
And saying: If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
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