King James Version

Mark 9:5

And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἀποκριθεὶςapokritheisansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΠέτροςpetrosPeterΠέτροςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Peter”, the subject formG4074Peter, a Greek name meaning "rock".λέγειlegeiand saidλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and said”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.and saidτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.Ἰησοῦiēsouto JesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “to Jesus”, the to- or for-formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.to JesusῬαββίrhabbiMasterῥαββίnoun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Master”, the calling formG4461Rabbi, my master, teacher; a title of respect often applied to Christ.Masterκαλόνkalongoodκαλός (kalos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “good”, the subject formG2570beautiful, as an outward sign of the inward good, noble, honorable character; good, worthy, honorable, noble, and seen to be so.This verse uses “good”.goodἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).for usὧδεhōdehereὧδεadverb — “here”G5602here, the things here, what is here, what is going on here, the state of affairs here.hereεἶναιeinaito existεἰμί (eimí)verb, present active infinitive — “to exist”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.Strong’s files this form under G1511 (εἶναι, exist).καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andποιήσωμενpoiēsōmenlet us makeποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural — “let us make”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.let us makeτρεῖςtreisthreeτρεῖςadjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “three”, the object formG5140three.threeσκηνάςskēnastabernaclesσκηνή (skēnē)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “tabernacles”, the object formG4633a tent, booth, tabernacle, abode, dwelling, mansion, habitation.tabernaclesσοὶsoifor theeσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “for thee”, the to- or for-formG4771you.for theeμίανmianoneεἷς (heis)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “one”, the object formG1520one.oneκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andΜωϋσεῖmōuseiMosesΜωϋσῆς (mōusēs)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “Moses”, the to- or for-formG3475Moses; met: the books of Moses, the Pentateuch.μίανmianoneεἷς (heis)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “one”, the object formG1520one.oneκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Ἠλίᾳēliafor EliasἨλίας (ēlias)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “for Elias”, the to- or for-formG2243Elijah, the prophet.for Eliasμίανmianoneεἷς (heis)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “one”, the object formG1520one.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Peter answering saith to Jesus, 'Rabbi, it is good to us to be here; and we may make three booths, for thee one, and for Moses one, and for Elijah one:'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Peter answereth and saith to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Peter answering saith to Jesus, 'Rabbi, it is good to us to be here; and we may make three booths, for thee one, and for Moses one, and for Elijah one:'

World English Bible

Peter answered Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let’s make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

Darby Translation

And Peter answering says to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good that we should be here; and let us make three tabernacles, for thee one, and for Moses one, and for Elias one.

Douay-Rheims

For he knew not what he said: for they were struck with fear.

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