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Matthew 13:5

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

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ἄλλαallaanotherἄλλος (allos)adjective, nominative, plural, neuter — “another”, the subject formG243other, another (of more than two), different.This verse uses “another”.δὲdeSomeδέconjunction — “Some”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.Someἔπεσενepesenfellπίπτω (piptō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “fell”, a single actionG4098I fall, fall under (as under condemnation), fall prostrate.fellἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.uponτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πετρώδηpetrōdēstony placesπετρῶδες (petrōdes)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “stony places”, the object formG4075rocky, stony.This verse uses “stony”.stony placesὅπουhopouwhereὅπουadverb — “where”G3699where, whither, in what place.This verse uses “where”.whereοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notεἶχενeichenthey hadἔχω (echō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “they had”, an ongoing action in the pastG2192I have, hold, possess.they hadγῆνgēnof earthγῆ (gē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “of earth”, the object formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.of earthπολλήνpollēnmuchπολύς (polus)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “much”, the object formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.εὐθέωςeutheōsimmediatelyεὐθέωςadverb — “immediately”G2112immediately, soon, at once.This verse uses “immediately”.ἐξανέτειλενexaneteilento sprout upἐξανατέλλω (exanatellō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to sprout up”, a single actionG1816I rise (spring) up out (of the ground).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”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ἔχεινecheinto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active infinitive — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.βάθοςbathosdepthβάθοςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “depth”, the object formG899depth; deep water; met: fullness, immensity; an extreme degree; profundities, deep-laid plans.This verse uses “depth”.γῆςgēsearthγῆ (gē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “earth”, the of-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth,

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American Standard Version (1901)

and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth: and straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth:

Young’s Literal Translation

and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth,

World English Bible

Others fell on rocky ground , where they didn’ t have much soil , and immediately they sprang up , because they had no depth of earth .

Darby Translation

and others fell upon the rocky places where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang up out of [the ground] because of not having [any] depth of earth,

Douay-Rheims

And other some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much earth: and they sprung up immediately, because they had no deepness of earth.

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