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Matthew 12:45

Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

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τότεtoteThenτότεadverb — “Then”G5119then, at that time.Thenπορεύεταιporeuetaigoeth heπορεύομαι (poreuomai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “goeth he”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4198I travel, journey, go, die.goeth heκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπαραλαμβάνειparalambaneitakethπαραλαμβάνω (paralambanō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “taketh”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3880I take from, receive from, or: I take to, receive (apparently not used of money), admit, acknowledge; I take with me.takethμεθ’methwithμετά (meta)preposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.withἑαυτοῦheautouhimselfἑαυτοῦpersonal pronoun, genitive, singular, neuter — “himself”, the of-formG1438himself, herself, itself.This verse uses “himself”.himselfἑπτὰheptasevenἑπτάadjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “seven”, the object formG2033seven.sevenἕτεραheteraotherἕτερος (heteros)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “other”, the object formG2087(a) of two: another, a second, (b) other, different, (c) one's neighbor.otherπνεύματαpneumataspiritsπνεῦμα (pneuma)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “spirits”, the object formG4151wind, breath, spirit.spiritsπονηρότεραponēroteramore wickedπονηρός (ponēros)adjective, comparative, accusative, plural, neuter — “more wicked”, the object formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “wicked”.more wickedἑαυτοῦheautouthan himselfἑαυτοῦpersonal pronoun, genitive, singular, neuter — “than himself”, the of-formG1438himself, herself, itself.This verse uses “himself”.than himselfκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andεἰσελθόνταeiselthontathey enter inεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, neuter — “they enter in”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.This verse uses “enter”.they enter inκατοικεῖkatoikeiand dwellκατοικέω (katoikeō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and dwell”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2730I dwell in, settle in, am established in (permanently), inhabit.and dwellἐκεῖekeithereἐκεῖadverb — “there”G1563(a) there, yonder, in that place, (b) thither, there.This verse uses “there”.thereκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andγίνεταιginetaiisγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.isτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἔσχαταeschatalastἔσχατος (eschatos)adjective, nominative, plural, neuter — “last”, the subject formG2078last, at the last, finally, till the end.This verse uses “last”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀνθρώπουanthrōpoua humanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “a human”, the of-formG444a man, one of the human race.ἐκείνουekeinouthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “that”, the of-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.χείροναcheironaworse thanχείρων (cheirōn)adjective, comparative, nominative, plural, neuter — “worse than”, the subject formG5501worse, more severe.worse thanτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πρώτωνprōtōnfirstπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “first”, the of-formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.the firstοὕτωςhoutōsEven soοὕτω(ς)adverb — “Even so”G3779thus, so, in this manner.Even soἔσταιestaishall it beεἰμί (eimi)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall it be”, an action still aheadG1510I am, exist.shall it beκαὶkaialsoκαίadverb — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.alsoτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.γενεᾷgeneagenerationγενεάnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “generation”, the to- or for-formG1074a generation; if repeated twice or with another time word, practically indicates infinity of time.generationταύτῃtautēthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “this”, the to- or for-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.πονηρᾷponēraevilπονηρός (ponēros)adjective, dative, singular, feminine — “evil”, the to- or for-formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “evil”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

then doth it go, and take with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having gone in they dwell there, and the last of that man doth become worse than the first; so shall it be also to this evil generation.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is , and they enter in and dwell there . The last state of that man becomes worse than the first . Even so will it be also to this evil generation .”

Darby Translation

Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. Thus shall it be to this wicked generation also.

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Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is made worse than the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation.

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