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Luke 8:23

But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.

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πλεόντωνpleontōnsailedπλέω (pleō)verb, present active participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “sailed”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4126I sail, travel by sea, voyage.sailedδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.αὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἀφύπνωσενaphupnōsenhe fell asleepἀφυπνόω (aphupnoō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he fell asleep”, a single actionG879I fall asleep.he fell asleepκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andκατέβηkatebēthere came downκαταβαίνω (katabainō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “there came down”, a single actionG2597I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.there came downλαῖλαψlailapsa stormλαῖλαψnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “a storm”, the subject formG2978a sudden storm, squall, whirlwind, hurricane.a stormἀνέμουanemouof windἄνεμος (anemos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of wind”, the of-formG417the wind; fig: applied to empty doctrines.of windεἰςeisonεἰςpreposition — “on”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.onτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λίμνηνlimnēnlakeλίμνη (limnē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “lake”, the object formG3041a lake.the lakeκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andσυνεπληροῦντοsuneplērountothey were filledσυμπληρόω (sumplēroō)verb, imperfect passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “they were filled”, an ongoing action in the pastG4845I fill completely; pass: I am completed.they were filledκαὶkaiwith water, andκαίconjunction — “with water, and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.with water, andἐκινδύνευονekinduneuonwere in jeopardyκινδυνεύω (kinduneuō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “were in jeopardy”, an ongoing action in the pastG2793I am in danger or peril.were in jeopardy

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and as they are sailing he fell deeply asleep, and there came down a storm of wind to the lake, and they were filling, and were in peril.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filling with water , and were in jeopardy.

Young’s Literal Translation

and as they are sailing he fell deeply asleep, and there came down a storm of wind to the lake, and they were filling, and were in peril.

World English Bible

But as they sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they were taking on dangerous amounts of water.

Darby Translation

And as they sailed, he fell asleep; and a sudden squall of wind came down on the lake, and they were filled [with water], and were in danger;

Douay-Rheims

And when they were sailing, he slept; and there came down a storm of wind upon the lake, and they were filled, and were in danger.

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