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Matthew 21:8

And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

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ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.Andπλεῖστοςpleistosmuchπολύς (polýs)adjective, superlative, nominative, singular, masculine — “much”, the subject formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.Strong’s files this form under G4118 (πλεῖστος).a very greatὄχλοςochlosmultitudeὄχλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “multitude”, the subject formG3793a crowd, mob, the common people.multitudeἔστρωσανestrōsanspreadστρώννυμι (strōnnumi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “spread”, a single actionG4766I spread, make a bed.This verse uses “spread”.spreadἑαυτῶνheautōntheirἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “their”, the of-formG1438himself, herself, itself.theirτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἱμάτιαhimatiagarmentsἱμάτιον (himation)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “garments”, the object formG2440 a long flowing outer garment, tunic.garmentsἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ὁδῷhodōwayὁδός (hodos)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “way”, the to- or for-formG3598a way, road, journey, path.the wayἄλλοιalloianotherἄλλος (allos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “another”, the subject formG243other, another (of more than two), different.This verse uses “another”.δὲdeothersδέconjunction — “others”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.othersἔκοπτονekoptoncut downκόπτω (koptō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “cut down”, an ongoing action in the pastG2875(a) I cut, cut off, strike, smite, (b) mid: I beat my breast or head in lamentation, lament, mourn, sometimes with acc. of person whose loss is mourned.cut downκλάδουςkladousbranchesκλάδος (klados)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “branches”, the object formG2798a young tender shoot, then: a branch; met: of descendants.branchesἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.δένδρωνdendrōntreesδένδρον (dendron)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “trees”, the of-formG1186a tree.the treesκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐστρώννυονestrōnnuonstrawedστρώννυμι (strōnnumi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “strawed”, an ongoing action in the pastG4766I spread, make a bed.strawedἐνenthem inἐνpreposition — “them in”G1722in, on, among.them inτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ὁδῷhodōwayὁδός (hodos)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “way”, the to- or for-formG3598a way, road, journey, path.the way

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the very great multitude spread their own garments in the way, and others were cutting branches from the trees, and were strewing in the way,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the most part of the multitude spread their garments in the way; and others cut branches from the trees, and spread them in the way.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the very great multitude spread their own garments in the way, and others were cutting branches from the trees, and were strewing in the way,

World English Bible

A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

Darby Translation

But a very great crowd strewed their own garments on the way, and others kept cutting down branches from the trees and strewing them on the way.

Douay-Rheims

And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way: and others cut boughs from the trees, and strewed them in the way:

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