John 12:13
They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!”
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ASV
took the branches of the palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried out, Hosanna: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.
KJV
Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.
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24 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἔλαβον | elabon | took | G2983 → |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 → |
| βαΐα | baia | branches | G902 → |
| τῶν | tōn | of the | G3588 → |
| φοινίκων | phoinikōn | palm trees | G5404 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἐξῆλθον | exēlthon | went out | G1831 → |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 → |
| ὑπάντησιν | hupantēsin | meet | G5222 → |
| αὐτῷ | autō | Him | G846 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἐκραύγαζον· | ekraugazon | were shouting: | G2905 → |
| ὡσαννά, | hōsanna | Hosanna! | G5614 → |
| εὐλογημένος | eulogēmenos | Blessed [is] | G2127 → |
| ὁ | ho | the [One] | G3588 → |
| ἐρχόμενος | erchomenos | coming | G2064 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| ὀνόματι | onomati | [the] name | G3686 → |
| κυρίου | kuriou | of [the] Lord! | G2962 → |
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → |
| βασιλεὺς | basileus | King | G935 → |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → |
| Ἰσραήλ.¶ | Israēl | of Israel! | G2474 → |
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