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Luke 7:12

Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “was” (ἦν) before with here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ὡςhōswhenὡςconjunction — “when”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.whenδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἤγγισενēngisenhe came nighἐγγίζω (engizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he came nigh”, a single actionG1448trans: I bring near; intrans: I come near, approach.he came nighτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.πύλῃpulēto the gateπύληnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “to the gate”, the to- or for-formG4439a gate.This verse uses “gate”.to the gateτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πόλεωςpoleōsof the cityπόλις (polis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the city”, the of-formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.of the cityκαὶkaibeholdκαίconjunction — “behold”G2532and, even, also, namely.beholdἰδοὺidoulook!ἰδούparticle — “look!”G2400See! Lo! Behold! Look!.ἐξεκομίζετοexekomizetothere wasἐκκομίζω (ekkomizō)verb, imperfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “there was”, an ongoing action in the pastG1580I carry out (of the city gate for burial).there wasτεθνηκὼςtethnēkōsa dead manθνῄσκω (thnēskō)verb, perfect active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “a dead man”, a completed action with a present resultG2348I die, am dying, am dead.a dead manμονογενὴςmonogenēsonlyμονογενήςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “only”, the subject formG3439only, only-begotten; unique.This verse uses “only”.the onlyυἱὸςhuiossonυἱόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.sonτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.μητρὶmētrimotherμήτηρ (mētēr)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “mother”, the to- or for-formG3384a mother.motherαὐτοῦautousheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “she”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “she”.sheκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andαὐτὴautēherαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “her”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.herἦνēnto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.χήραchērawidowχήραadjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “widow”, the subject formG5503a widow.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὄχλοςochloscrowdὄχλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “crowd”, the subject formG3793a crowd, mob, the common people.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πόλεωςpoleōscityπόλις (polis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “city”, the of-formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.ἱκανὸςhikanossufficientἱκανόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “sufficient”, the subject formG2425(a) considerable, sufficient, of number, quantity, time, (b) of persons: sufficiently strong (good, etc.), worthy, suitable, with various constructions, (c) many, much.This verse uses “sufficient”.ἦνēnto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.σὺνsunwithσύνpreposition — “with”G4862with.αὐτῇautēheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and as he came nigh to the gate of the city, then, lo, one dead was being carried forth, an only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a great multitude of the city was with her.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, there was carried out one that was dead, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.

Young’s Literal Translation

and as he came nigh to the gate of the city, then, lo, one dead was being carried forth, an only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a great multitude of the city was with her.

World English Bible

Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only born son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her.

Darby Translation

And as he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a very considerable crowd of the city [was] with her.

Douay-Rheims

And when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow: and a great multitude of the city was with her.

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