King James Version

Mark 9:34

But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.

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οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeButδέconjunction — “But”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.Butἐσιώπωνesiōpōnthey held their peaceσιωπάω (siōpaō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they held their peace”, an ongoing action in the pastG4623I keep silence, am silent, either voluntarily or involuntarily.they held their peaceπρὸςprosamongπρόςpreposition — “among”G4314to, towards, with.amongἀλλήλουςallēlousthemselvesἀλλήλων (allēlōn)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “themselves”, the object formG240one another, each other.themselvesγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.διελέχθησανdielechthēsanto disputeδιαλέγομαι (dialegomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “to dispute”, a single actionG1256I converse, address, preach, lecture; I argue, reason.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ὁδῷhodōroadὁδός (hodos)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “road”, the to- or for-formG3598a way, road, journey, path.This verse uses “road”.τίςtiswhoτίςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “who”, the subject formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “who”.whoμείζωνmeizōngreatμέγας (megas)adjective, comparative, nominative, singular, masculine — “great”, the subject formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and they were silent, for with one another they did reason in the way who is greater;

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American Standard Version (1901)

But they held their peace: for they had disputed one with another on the way, who was the greatest.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they were silent, for with one another they did reason in the way who is greater;

World English Bible

But they were silent, for they had disputed with one another on the way about who was the greatest.

Darby Translation

And they remained silent, for by the way they had been reasoning with one another who [was] greatest.

Douay-Rheims

And sitting down, he called the twelve, and saith to them: If any man desire to be first, he shall be the last of all, and the minister of all.

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