King James Version

Luke 8:37

Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “asked” (ἠρώτησεν) before Him here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “Gerasenes” (Γερασηνῶν) before depart here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “they asked” (ἠρώτησαν) before Him here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “Gadarenes” (Γαδαρηνῶν) before depart here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τὸ) before boat here.

καὶkaiThenκαίconjunction — “Then”G2532and, even, also, namely.Thenἠρώτησενērōtēsenbesoughtἐρωτάω (erōtaō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “besought”, a single actionG2065(a) I ask (a question), question, (b) I request, make a request to, pray.besoughtαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἅπανhapanallἅπας (hapas)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “all”, the subject formG537all, the whole, altogether.This verse uses “all”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πλῆθοςplēthosmultitudeπλῆθοςnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “multitude”, the subject formG4128a multitude, crowd, great number, assemblage.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.περιχώρουperichōrousurrounding regionπερίχωρος (perichōros)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “surrounding region”, the of-formG4066neighboring; subst: the neighboring country, neighboring inhabitants.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ΓερασηνῶνgerasēnōnGeraseneΓερασηνός (gerasēnos)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “Gerasene”, the of-formG1086from Gerasene.ἀπελθεῖνapeltheinto departἀπέρχομαι (aperchomai)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to depart”, a single actionG565I come or go away from, depart, return, arrive, go after, follow.This verse uses “depart”.to departἀπ’apfromἀπό (apo)preposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromαὐτῶνautōnthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themὅτιhotiforὅτιconjunction — “for”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.forφόβῳphobōfearφόβος (phobos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “fear”, the to- or for-formG5401(a) fear, terror, alarm, (b) the object or cause of fear, (c) reverence, respect.This verse uses “fear”.fearμεγάλῳmegalōgreatμέγας (megas)adjective, dative, singular, masculine — “great”, the to- or for-formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.συνείχοντοsuneichontoto holdσυνέχω (sunechō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “to hold”, an ongoing action in the pastG4912(a) I press together, close, (b) I press on every side, confine, (c) I hold fast, (d) I urge, impel, (e) pass: I am afflicted with (sickness).αὐτὸςautosheαὐτόςpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “he”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.heδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἐμβὰςembaswent upἐμβαίνω (embainō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “went up”, a single actionG1684I step in; I go onboard a ship, embark.went upεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoπλοῖονploionshipπλοῖονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “ship”, the object formG4143a ship, vessel, boat.the shipὑπέστρεψενhupestrepsenand returned back againὑποστρέφω (hupostrephō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and returned back again”, a single actionG5290I turn back, return.and returned back again

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἠρώτησανērōtēsanbesoughtἐρωτάω (erōtaō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “besought”, a single actionG2065(a) I ask (a question), question, (b) I request, make a request to, pray.ΓαδαρηνῶνgadarēnōnGadarenesΓαδαρηνός (gadarēnos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “Gadarenes”, the of-formG1046Gadarene, belonging to Gadara (an important Hellenized town, one of the Decapolis, and south-east of the Sea of Galilee).τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And the whole multitude of the region of the Gadarenes round about asked him to go away from them, because with great fear they were pressed, and he having entered into the boat, did turn back.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes round about asked him to depart from them; for they were holden with great fear: and he entered into a boat, and returned.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the whole multitude of the region of the Gadarenes round about asked him to go away from them, because with great fear they were pressed, and he having entered into the boat, did turn back.

World English Bible

All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. Then he entered into the boat and returned.

Darby Translation

And all the multitude of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were possessed with great fear; and he , entering into the ship, returned.

Douay-Rheims

And all the multitude of the country of the Gerasens besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear. And he, going up into the ship, returned back again.

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