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Matthew 14:5

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andθέλωνthelōnwhen he wouldθέλω (thelō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “when he would”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.when he wouldαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἀποκτεῖναιapokteinaito deathἀποκτείνω (apokteinō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to death”, a single actionG615I put to death, kill; fig: I abolish.to deathἐφοβήθηephobēthēhe fearedφοβέομαι (phobeomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “he feared”, a single actionG5399I fear, dread, reverence, am afraid, terrified.he fearedτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὄχλονochlonmultitudeὄχλος (ochlos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “multitude”, the object formG3793a crowd, mob, the common people.the multitudeὅτιhotibecauseὅτιconjunction — “because”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “because”.becauseὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asπροφήτηνprophētēna prophetπροφήτης (prophētēs)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a prophet”, the object formG4396a prophet, poet; a person gifted at expositing divine truth.This verse uses “a prophet”.a prophetαὐτὸνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.εἶχονeichonto haveἔχω (echō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to have”, an ongoing action in the pastG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

Young’s Literal Translation

and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.

World English Bible

When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

Darby Translation

And [while] desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.

Douay-Rheims

And having a mind to put him to death, he feared the people: because they esteemed him as a prophet.

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