King James Version

Mark 2:23

And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

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ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐγένετοegenetoit came to passγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “it came to pass”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.it came to passαὐτὸνautonthat heαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “that he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.that heἐνenonἐνpreposition — “on”G1722in, on, among.onτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.σάββασινsabbasinsabbath dayσάββατον (sabbaton)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “sabbath day”, the to- or for-formG4521the Sabbath, a week.the sabbath dayπαραπορεύεσθαιparaporeuesthaito pass byπαραπορεύομαι (paraporeuomai)verb, present middle infinitive — “to pass by”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3899I go past, pass by, pass along by.διὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.σπορίμωνsporimōngrainfieldσπόριμος (sporimos)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “grainfield”, the of-formG4702sown; neut. plur: sown fields.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μαθηταὶmathētaidisciplesμαθητής (mathētēs)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “disciples”, the subject formG3101a learner, disciple, pupil.disciplesαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἤρξαντοērxantobeganἄρχω (archō)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “began”, a single actionG757I reign, rule.beganὁδὸνhodonas they wentὁδός (hodos)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “as they went”, the object formG3598a way, road, journey, path.as they wentποιεῖνpoieinto doποιέω (poieō)verb, present active infinitive — “to do”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.τίλλοντεςtillontesto pluckτίλλω (tillō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to pluck”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5089I pluck, pluck off.This verse uses “pluck”.to pluckτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.στάχυαςstachuasears of cornστάχυς (stachus)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “ears of corn”, the object formG4719a head of grain.the ears of corn

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And it came to pass — he is going along on the sabbaths through the corn-fields — and his disciples began to make a way, plucking the ears,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And it came to pass, that he was going on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears.

Young’s Literal Translation

And it came to pass — he is going along on the sabbaths through the corn-fields — and his disciples began to make a way, plucking the ears,

World English Bible

He was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.

Darby Translation

And it came to pass that he went on the sabbath through the cornfields; and his disciples began to walk on, plucking the ears.

Douay-Rheims

And it came to pass again, as the Lord walked through the corn fields on the sabbath, that his disciples began to go forward, and to pluck the ears of corn.

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