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Luke 24:29

But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.

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καὶkaiButκαίconjunction — “But”G2532and, even, also, namely.Butπαρεβιάσαντοparebiasantothey constrainedπαραβιάζομαι (parabiazomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “they constrained”, a single actionG3849I urge, press, constrain by entreaties.they constrainedαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himλέγοντεςlegontessayingλέγω (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.sayingΜεῖνονmeinonAbideμένω (menō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “Abide”, a single actionG3306I remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await.This verse uses “abide”.Abideμεθ’methwithμετά (meta)preposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.withἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usὅτιhotiforὅτιconjunction — “for”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.forπρὸςprostowardπρόςpreposition — “toward”G4314to, towards, with.towardἑσπέρανhesperaneveningἑσπέρα (hespera)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “evening”, the object formG2073evening.eveningἐστὶνestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andκέκλικενkeklikenis far spentκλίνω (klinō)verb, perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is far spent”, a completed action with a present resultG2827trans: I rest, recline; I bend, incline; I cause to give ground, make to yield; intrans: I decline, approach my end.is far spentἤδηēdēalreadyἤδηadverb — “already”G2235already; now at length, now after all this waiting.This verse uses “already”.ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμέραhēmeradayἡμέραnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “day”, the subject formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andεἰσῆλθενeisēlthenhe went inεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he went in”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.he went inτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μεῖναιmeinaito tarryμένω (menō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to tarry”, a single actionG3306I remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await.to tarryσὺνsunwithσύνpreposition — “with”G4862with.withαὐτοῖςautoisthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.them

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and they constrained him, saying, 'Remain with us, for it is toward evening,' and the day did decline, and he went in to remain with them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they constrained him, saying, Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in to abide with them.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they constrained him, saying, 'Remain with us, for it is toward evening,' and the day did decline, and he went in to remain with them.

World English Bible

They urged him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over.” He went in to stay with them.

Darby Translation

And they constrained him, saying, Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is declining. And he entered in to stay with them.

Douay-Rheims

But they constrained him; saying: Stay with us, because it is towards evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in with them.

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