King James Version

Matthew 26:38

Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

Study

Greek

Tap a word to see its meaning.

τότεtoteThenτότεadverb — “Then”G5119then, at that time.Thenλέγειlegeisaith heλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “saith he”, 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.saith heαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themΠερίλυπόςperiluposexceeding sorrowfulπερίλυποςadjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “exceeding sorrowful”, the subject formG4036very sorrowful, greatly grieved.exceeding sorrowfulἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ψυχήpsuchēsoulψυχήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “soul”, the subject formG5590(a) the vital breath, breath of life, (b) the human soul, (c) the soul as the seat of affections and will, (d) the self, (e) a human person, an individual.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ἕωςheōseven untoἕωςpreposition — “even unto”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.even untoθανάτουthanatoudeathθάνατος (thanatos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “death”, the of-formG2288death, physical or spiritual.deathμείνατεmeinatetarry yeμένω (menō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural — “tarry ye”, a single actionG3306I remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await.tarry yeὧδεhōdehereὧδεadverb — “here”G5602here, the things here, what is here, what is going on here, the state of affairs here.hereκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andγρηγορεῖτεgrēgoreitewatchγρηγορέω (grēgoreō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural — “watch”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1127(a) I am awake (in the night), watch, (b) I am watchful, on the alert, vigilant.This verse uses “watch”.watchμετ’metwithμετά (meta)preposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.withἐμοῦemoumeἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “me”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.me

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

then saith he to them, 'Exceedingly sorrowful is my soul — unto death; abide ye here, and watch with me.'

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide ye here, and watch with me.

Young’s Literal Translation

then saith he to them, 'Exceedingly sorrowful is my soul — unto death; abide ye here, and watch with me.'

World English Bible

Then Jesus said to them, “ My soul is exceedingly sorrowful , even to death . Stay here and watch with me .”

Darby Translation

Then he says to them, My soul is very sorrowful even unto death; remain here and watch with me.

Douay-Rheims

Then he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death: stay you here, and watch with me.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Analytics Cookies