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Luke 6:13

And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andὅτεhotewhenὅτεconjunction — “when”G3753when, at which time.whenἐγένετοegenetoit wasγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “it was”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.it wasἡμέραhēmeradayἡμέραnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “day”, the subject formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.dayπροσεφώνησενprosephōnēsenhe calledπροσφωνέω (prosphōneō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he called”, a single actionG4377I call to, summon; I call (out) to, address, give a speech to, harangue.he calledτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μαθητὰςmathētasdisciplesμαθητής (mathētēs)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “disciples”, the object formG3101a learner, disciple, pupil.disciplesαὐτοῦautouthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themκαὶkaialsoκαίconjunction — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.alsoἐκλεξάμενοςeklexamenosto selectἐκλέγομαι (eklegomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to select”, a single actionG1586I pick out for myself, choose, elect, select.ἀπ’apaway fromἀπό (apo)preposition — “away from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.αὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.δώδεκαdōdekatwelveδώδεκαadjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “twelve”, the object formG1427twelve; the usual way in which the Twelve apostles of Jesus are referred to.οὓςhouswhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.καὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἀποστόλουςapostolousapostlesἀπόστολος (apostolos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “apostles”, the object formG652a messenger, envoy, delegate, one commissioned by another to represent him in some way, especially a man sent out by Jesus Christ Himself to preach the Gospel; an apostle.apostlesὠνόμασενōnomasento nameὀνομάζω (onomazō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to name”, a single actionG3687I give a name to, mention, call upon the name of.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and when it became day, he called near his disciples, and having chosen from them twelve, whom also he named apostles,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when it was day, he called his disciples; and he chose from them twelve, whom also he named apostles:

Young’s Literal Translation

and when it became day, he called near his disciples, and having chosen from them twelve, whom also he named apostles,

World English Bible

When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles:

Darby Translation

And when it was day he called his disciples, and having chosen out twelve from them, whom also he named apostles:

Douay-Rheims

And when day was come, he called unto him his disciples; and he chose twelve of them (whom also he named apostles).

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