King James Version

Luke 5:2

And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “were washing” (ἔπλυνον) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “washed” (ἀπέπλυναν) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andεἶδενeidenseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).sawδύοduotwoδύοadjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “two”, the object formG1417two.twoπλοῖαploiashipsπλοῖον (ploion)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “ships”, the object formG4143a ship, vessel, boat.shipsἑστῶταhestōtastandingἵστημι (histēmi)verb, perfect active participle, accusative, plural, neuter — “standing”, a completed action with a present resultG2476trans: (a) I make to stand, place, set up, establish, appoint; mid: I place myself, stand, (b) I set in balance, weigh; intrans: (c) I stand, stand by, stand still; met: I stand ready, stand firm, am steadfast.standingπαρὰparabyπαράpreposition — “by”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.byτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λίμνηνlimnēnlakeλίμνη (limnē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “lake”, the object formG3041a lake.the lakeοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.butἁλιεῖςhalieisfishermenἁλιεύς (halieus)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “fishermen”, the subject formG231a fisherman.the fishermenἀπ’apout ofἀπό (apo)preposition — “out of”G575from, away from.out ofαὐτῶνautōnthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, neuter — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themἀποβάντεςapobantesto get outἀποβαίνω (apobainō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to get out”, a single actionG576I go or come out of, disembark, turn out, result, become, happen.ἔπλυνονeplunonand were washingπλύνω (plunō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “and were washing”, an ongoing action in the pastG4150I wash.and were washingτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.δίκτυαdiktuatheir netsδίκτυον (diktuon)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “their nets”, the object formG1350a fishing-net.their nets

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ἀπέπλυνανapeplunanand were washingἀποπλύνω (apoplunō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “and were washing”, an ongoing action in the pastG637

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he saw two boats standing beside the lake, and the fishers, having gone away from them, were washing the nets,

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American Standard Version (1901)

and he saw two boats standing by the lake: but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he saw two boats standing beside the lake, and the fishers, having gone away from them, were washing the nets,

World English Bible

He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.

Darby Translation

and he saw two ships standing by the lake, but the fishermen, having come down from them, were washing their nets.

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