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Matthew 15:22

And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “was crying out” (ἔκραζεν) before saying here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “Son” (υἱὸς) before David here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “he shouted out to him” (ἐκραύγασεν αὐτῷ) before saying here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “Son” (υἱὲ) before David here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἰδοὺidoubeholdἰδούparticle — “behold”G2400See! Lo! Behold! Look!.beholdγυνὴgunēa womanγυνήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “a woman”, the subject formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.This verse uses “a woman”.a womanΧαναναίαchananaiaof CanaanΧαναναῖος (chananaios)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “of Canaan”, the subject formG5478Canaanite, a Biblical and archaic name for Phoenician.of Canaanἀπὸapoout ofἀπόpreposition — “out of”G575from, away from.out ofτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ὁρίωνhoriōncoastsὅριον (horion)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “coasts”, the of-formG3725the boundaries of a place, hence: districts, territory.coastsἐκείνωνekeinōnthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, plural, neuter — “that”, the of-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.ἐξελθοῦσαexelthousato go outἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, feminine — “to go out”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.This verse uses “go out”.ἔκραζενekrazenand criedκράζω (krazō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and cried”, an ongoing action in the pastG2896I cry aloud, shriek.and criedλέγουσαlegousasayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, feminine — “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.sayingἘλέησόνeleēsonHave mercyἐλεάω (eleaō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “Have mercy”, a single actionG1653I pity, have mercy on.Have mercyμεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).on meκύριεkurieO Lordκύριος (kurios)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “O Lord”, the calling formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.O Lordυἱὸςhuiosthou Sonυἱόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “thou Son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.thou SonΔαυίδdauidof DavidΔαυίδnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of David”, the of-formG1138David, King of Israel.of Davidἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θυγάτηρthugatērdaughterθυγάτηρnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “daughter”, the subject formG2364a daughter; hence (Hebraistic?), of any female descendent, however far removed; even of one unrelated: my young lady.daughterμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).κακῶςkakōsis grievouslyκακῶςadverb — “is grievously”G2560badly, evilly, wrongly.is grievouslyδαιμονίζεταιdaimonizetaivexed with a devilδαιμονίζομαι (daimonizomai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “vexed with a devil”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1139I am possessed, am under the power of an evil-spirit or demon.vexed with a devil

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ἐκραύγασενekraugasenand criedκραυγάζω (kraugazō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and cried”, an ongoing action in the pastG2905I cry aloud, shout, exclaim.αὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.υἱὲhuiethou Sonυἱός (huios)noun, nominative, singular, masculine — “thou Son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and lo, a woman, a Canaanitess, from those borders having come forth, did call to him, saying, 'Deal kindly with me, Sir — Son of David; my daughter is miserably demonized.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And behold, a Canaanitish woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.

Young’s Literal Translation

and lo, a woman, a Canaanitess, from those borders having come forth, did call to him, saying, 'Deal kindly with me, Sir — Son of David; my daughter is miserably demonized.'

World English Bible

Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”

Darby Translation

and lo, a Canaanitish woman, coming out from those borders, cried [to him] saying, Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.

Douay-Rheims

And behold a woman of Canaan who came out of those coasts, crying out, said to him: Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David: my daughter is grieviously troubled by the devil.

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