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Mark 12:42

And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐλθοῦσαelthousathere cameἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, feminine — “there came”, a single actionG2064I come, go.there cameμίαmiaa certainεἷς (heis)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “a certain”, the subject formG1520one.a certainχήραchērawidowχήραadjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “widow”, the subject formG5503a widow.widowπτωχὴptōchēpoorπτωχός (ptōchos)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “poor”, the subject formG4434poor, destitute, spiritually poor, either in a good sense (humble devout persons) or bad.This verse uses “poor”.ἔβαλενebalenand she threw inβάλλω (ballō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and she threw in”, a single actionG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.and she threw inλεπτὰleptamitesλεπτόν (lepton)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “mites”, the object formG3016a small piece of money, probably the smallest piece of money.mitesδύοduotwoδύοadjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “two”, the object formG1417two.ὅhowhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “which”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ἐστινestinwhich makeεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “which make”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.which makeκοδράντηςkodrantēsa farthingκοδράντηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a farthing”, the subject formG2835a "quadrans," the smallest Roman copper coin, a quarter of an "as," the sixteenth part of a "sesterius".a farthing

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having come, a poor widow did put in two mites, which are a farthing.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.

Young’s Literal Translation

and having come, a poor widow did put in two mites, which are a farthing.

World English Bible

A poor widow came and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin.

Darby Translation

And a poor widow came and cast in two mites, which is a farthing.

Douay-Rheims

And there came a certain poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.

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