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Matthew 18:24

And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.

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ἀρξαμένουarxamenouhad begunἄρχω (archō)verb, aorist middle participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “had begun”, a single actionG757I reign, rule.had begunδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.αὐτοῦautouunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himσυναίρεινsunaireinto settle accountsσυναίρω (sunairō)verb, present active infinitive — “to settle accounts”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4868I compare (settle) accounts, make a reckoning.This verse uses “settle accounts”.προσηνέχθηprosēnechthēto bring toπροσφέρω (prospherō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to bring to”, a single actionG4374(a) I bring to, (b) characteristically: I offer (of gifts, sacrifices, etc).This verse uses “bring to”.αὐτῷautōhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himεἷςheisoneεἷςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG1520one.ὀφειλέτηςopheiletēsdebtorὀφειλέτηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “debtor”, the subject formG3781(a) a debtor, one who owes, one who is indebted, (b) one who has sinned against another (an Aramaism), a sinner.μυρίωνmuriōnten thousandμύριοι (murioi)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “ten thousand”, the of-formG3463ten thousand; also used for a very large number, innumerable.This verse uses “ten thousand”.ten thousandταλάντωνtalantōntalentsτάλαντον (talanton)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “talents”, the of-formG5007a talent of silver or gold.talents

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he having begun to take account, there was brought near to him one debtor of a myriad of talents,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand talents.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he having begun to take account, there was brought near to him one debtor of a myriad of talents,

World English Bible

When he had begun to settle , one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents .

Darby Translation

And having begun to reckon, one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought to him.

Douay-Rheims

And when he had begun to take the account, one was brought to him, that owed him ten thousand talents.

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