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Matthew 14:30

But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.

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βλέπωνblepōnwhen he sawβλέπω (blepō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “when he saw”, an ongoing or repeated actionG991(primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern.when he sawδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἄνεμονanemonwindἄνεμος (anemos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “wind”, the object formG417the wind; fig: applied to empty doctrines.the windἰσχυρὸνischuronboisterousἰσχυρός (ischuros)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “boisterous”, the object formG2478strong (originally and generally of physical strength); mighty, powerful, vehement, sure.boisterousἐφοβήθηephobēthēhe was afraidφοβέομαι (phobeomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “he was afraid”, a single actionG5399I fear, dread, reverence, am afraid, terrified.he was afraidκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀρξάμενοςarxamenosbeginningἄρχω (archō)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “beginning”, a single actionG757I reign, rule.beginningκαταποντίζεσθαιkatapontizesthaito sinkκαταποντίζομαι (katapontizomai)verb, present passive infinitive — “to sink”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2670I sink in the sea, pass: I drown, am submerged.to sinkἔκραξενekraxenhe criedκράζω (krazō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he cried”, a single actionG2896I cry aloud, shriek.he criedλέγωνlegōnsayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “saying”, 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.sayingΚύριεkurieLordκύριος (kurios)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the calling formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.Lordσῶσόνsōsonsaveσῴζω (sōzō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “save”, a single actionG4982I save, heal, preserve, rescue.This verse uses “save”.saveμεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).me

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

but seeing the wind vehement, he was afraid, and having begun to sink, he cried out, saying, 'Sir, save me.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

But when he saw the wind, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.

Young’s Literal Translation

but seeing the wind vehement, he was afraid, and having begun to sink, he cried out, saying, 'Sir, save me.'

World English Bible

But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”

Darby Translation

But seeing the wind strong he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.

Douay-Rheims

But seeing the wind strong, he was afraid: and when he began to sink, he cried out, saying: Lord, save me.

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