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Mark 12:20

Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

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ἑπτὰheptasevenἑπτάadjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “seven”, the subject formG2033seven.sevenἀδελφοὶadelphoibrethrenἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “brethren”, the subject formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.brethrenἦσανēsanto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πρῶτοςprōtosfirstπρῶτοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “first”, the subject formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.the firstἔλαβενelabentookλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “took”, a single actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.tookγυναῖκαgunaikaa wifeγυνή (gunē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “a wife”, the object formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.This verse uses “wife”.a wifeκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀποθνῄσκωνapothnēskōndyingἀποθνῄσκω (apothnēskō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “dying”, an ongoing or repeated actionG599I am dying, am about to die, wither, decay.dyingοὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.noἀφῆκενaphēkento releaseἀφίημι (aphiēmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to release”, a single actionG863(a) I send away, (b) I let go, release, permit to depart, (c) I remit, forgive, (d) I permit, suffer.This verse uses “release”.σπέρμαspermaseedσπέρμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “seed”, the object formG4690(a) seed, commonly of cereals, (b) offspring, descendents.This verse uses “seed”.seed

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'There were then seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and dying, he left no seed;

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American Standard Version (1901)

There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;

Young’s Literal Translation

'There were then seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and dying, he left no seed;

World English Bible

There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.

Darby Translation

There were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and dying did not leave seed;

Douay-Rheims

Now there were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no issue.

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