2 Corinthians 12:8

Greek
ὑπὲρ τούτουplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὗτος / αὕτη /τοῦτο

greek

Meaning:

* These or this * This one, this person, this thing * They or he or she or it

Demonstrative pronoun.

οὗτος usually refers to something close to the speaker — “this” as opposed to ἐκεῖνος (John 9:161 John 5:111 Corinthians 15:501 John 4:9John 5:1Matthew 3:17John 7:26Luke 22:19
τρὶς τὸνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ, ἡ, τό

greek

Meaning:

* The

The definite article.

Forms

Singular Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative ὁ ἡ τό Genitive τοῦ τῆς τοῦ Dative τῷ τῇ
κύριον παρεκάλεσα ἵνα ἀποστῇ ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ·
ESV
Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me.
NIV
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
NLT
Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away.
KJV
For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.