King James Version

Philippians 3:11

If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “that out from” (τὴν ἐκ) before [the] dead here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of the” (τῶν) before [the] dead here.

εἴeiifεἰparticle — “if”G1487if.πωςpōshowπώςadverb — “how”G4458howκαταντήσωkatantēsōI might attainκαταντάω (katantaō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person singular — “I might attain”, a single actionG2658(a) I come down, either from high land to lower (or actually to the sea-coast), or from the high seas to the coast; hence met: I arrive at, reach (my destination), (b) of property: I come down (descend) by inheritance to an heir.I might attainεἰςeisuntoεἰςpreposition — “unto”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.untoτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐξανάστασινexanastasinresurrectionἐξανάστασις (exanastasis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “resurrection”, the object formG1815a rising up and out, resurrection.the resurrectionτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐκekout fromἐκpreposition — “out from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.νεκρῶνnekrōnof the deadνεκρός (nekros)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “of the dead”, the of-formG3498(a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse.This verse uses “dead”.of the dead

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τῶνtōnof theὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “of the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

if anyhow I may attain to the rising again of the dead.

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American Standard Version (1901)

if by any means I may attain unto the resurrection from the dead.

Young’s Literal Translation

if anyhow I may attain to the rising again of the dead.

World English Bible

if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

Darby Translation

if any way I arrive at the resurrection from among [the] dead.

Douay-Rheims

If by any means I may attain to the resurrection which is from the dead.

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