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Matthew 8:24

And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἰδοὺidoubeholdἰδούparticle — “behold”G2400See! Lo! Behold! Look!.beholdσεισμὸςseismostempestσεισμόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “tempest”, the subject formG4578a shaking (as an earthquake); a storm.tempestμέγαςmegasgreatμέγαςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “great”, the subject formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.ἐγένετοegenetoto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.θαλάσσῃthalassēseaθάλασσα (thalassa)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “sea”, the to- or for-formG2281(a) the sea, in contrast to the land, (b) a particular sea or lake, e.g. the sea of Galilee (Tiberias), the Red Sea.the seaὥστεhōsteinsomuch thatὥστεconjunction — “insomuch that”G5620so that, therefore, so then, so as to.insomuch thatτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πλοῖονploionshipπλοῖονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “ship”, the object formG4143a ship, vessel, boat.the shipκαλύπτεσθαιkaluptesthaito was coveredκαλύπτω (kaluptō)verb, present passive infinitive — “to was covered”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2572I veil, hide, conceal, envelop.was coveredὑπὸhupowithὑπόpreposition — “with”G5259by, under, about.withτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κυμάτωνkumatōnwavesκῦμα (kuma)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “waves”, the of-formG2949a wave, surge, billow.the wavesαὐτὸςautosheαὐτόςpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “he”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.heδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἐκάθευδενekatheudenwas asleepκαθεύδω (katheudō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “was asleep”, an ongoing action in the pastG2518I sleep, am sleeping.was asleep

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and lo, a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves, but he was sleeping,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

Young’s Literal Translation

and lo, a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves, but he was sleeping,

World English Bible

Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves; but he was asleep.

Darby Translation

and behold, [the water] became very agitated on the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves; but he slept.

Douay-Rheims

And behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was covered with waves, but he was asleep.

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