King James Version

Luke 23:44

And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “already” (ἤδη) before about here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “and” (καὶ) before darkness here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “now” (δὲ) before about here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

Καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἦνēnto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.ἤδηēdēalreadyἤδηadverb — “already”G2235already; now at length, now after all this waiting.This verse uses “already”.ὡσεὶhōseilikeὡσείadverb — “like”G5616as if, as it were, like; with numbers: about.This verse uses “like”.ὥραhōrahourὥραnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “hour”, the subject formG5610(a) a definite space of time, a season, (b) an hour, (c) the particular time for anything.hourἕκτηhektēsixthἕκτος (hektos)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “sixth”, the subject formG1623sixth.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.σκότοςskotosdarknessσκότοςnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “darkness”, the subject formG4655darkness, either physical or moral.ἐγένετοegenetoto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.ἐφ’ephuponἐπί (epi)preposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.ὅληνholēnallὅλος (holos)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “all”, the object formG3650all, the whole, entire, complete.This verse uses “all”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γῆνgēnearthγῆ (gē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “earth”, the object formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.ἕωςheōsuntilἕωςpreposition — “until”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.This verse uses “until”.ὥραςhōrashourὥρα (hōra)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “hour”, the of-formG5610(a) a definite space of time, a season, (b) an hour, (c) the particular time for anything.ἐνάτηςenatēsninthἔνατος (enatos)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “ninth”, the of-formG1766ninth.

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δὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And it was, as it were, the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land till the ninth hour,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And it was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour,

Young’s Literal Translation

And it was, as it were, the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land till the ninth hour,

World English Bible

It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.

Darby Translation

And it was about [the] sixth hour, and there came darkness over the whole land until [the] ninth hour.

Douay-Rheims

And it was almost the sixth hour; and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

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