Luke 18:36

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ἀκούσας δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ

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δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English.
ὄχλου διαπορευομένου ἐπυνθάνετο τί εἴηplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί

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εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
τοῦτο·plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὗτος / αὕτη /τοῦτο

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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
ESV
And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant.
NIV
When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
NLT
When he heard the noise of a crowd going past, he asked what was happening.
KJV
And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.

Luke 18:35 ← Luke 18:36 → Luke 18:37

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