Mark 2:6

Greek	ἦσανplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek 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. δέplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ greek 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. τινες τῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article γραμματέων ἐκεῖ καθήμενοι καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” διαλογιζόμενοι ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. ταῖςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article καρδίαις αὐτῶν·plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English)
ESV	Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts,
NIV	Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,
NLT	But some of the teachers of religious law who were sitting there thought to themselves,
KJV	But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

^{Mark 2:5 ← Mark 2:6 → Mark 2:7}

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