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Luke 3:15

And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;

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Προσδοκῶντοςprosdokōntoswere in expectationπροσδοκάω (prosdokaō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “were in expectation”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4328I expect, wait for, await, think, anticipate.were in expectationδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.λαοῦlaoua peopleλαός (laos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “a people”, the of-formG2992(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.This verse uses “a people”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andδιαλογιζομένωνdialogizomenōnmusedδιαλογίζομαι (dialogizomai)verb, present middle participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “mused”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1260I reason (with), debate (with), consider.musedπάντωνpantōnallπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “all”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.καρδίαιςkardiaisheartsκαρδία (kardia)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “hearts”, the to- or for-formG2588lit: the heart; mind, character, inner self, will, intention, center.heartsαὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.heπερὶperiaboutπερίpreposition — “about”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.This verse uses “about”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἸωάννουiōannouJohnἸωάννης (iōannēs)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “John”, the of-formG2491John: the Baptist, the apostle, a member of the Sanhedrin, or John Mark.μήποτεmēpotelest + πότε=whenμήποτεparticle — “lest + πότε=when”G3379Strong’s files this form under G4218 (ποτέ).or notαὐτὸςautosheαὐτόςpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “he”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.εἴηeiēto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active optative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.χριστόςchristosChristΧριστόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the subject formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether haply he were the Christ;

Young’s Literal Translation

And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ;

World English Bible

As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,

Darby Translation

But as the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John whether he might be the Christ,

Douay-Rheims

And as the people were of opinion, and all were thinking in their hearts of John, that perhaps he might be the Christ;

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