Mark 4:1
Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.
BSB
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ASV
And again he began to teach by the sea side. And there is gathered unto him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land.
KJV
And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
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33 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Καὶ | Kai | And | G2532 → |
| πάλιν | palin | again | G3825 → |
| ἤρξατο | ērxato | He began | G757 → |
| διδάσκειν | didaskein | to teach | G1321 → |
| παρὰ | para | beside | G3844 → |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 → |
| θάλασσαν. | thalassan | sea. | G2281 → |
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → |
| συνάγεται | sunagetai | are gathered together | G4863 → |
| πρὸς | pros | to | G4314 → |
| αὐτὸν | auton | Him | G846 → |
| ὄχλος | ochlos | a crowd | G3793 → |
| πλεῖστος | pleistos | greatest | G4118 → |
| ὥστε | hōste | so that | G5620 → |
| αὐτὸν | auton | He | G846 → |
| εἰς | eis | into | G1519 → |
| πλοῖον | ploion | a boat | G4143 → |
| ἐμβάντα | embanta | having climbed | G1684 → |
| καθῆσθαι | kathēsthai | sitting | G2521 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| τῇ | tēa | the | G3588 → |
| θαλάσσῃ, | thalassē | sea, | G2281 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| πᾶς | pas | all | G3956 → |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → |
| ὄχλος | ochlos | crowd | G3793 → |
| πρὸς | pros | close to | G4314 → |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 → |
| θάλασσαν | thalassan | sea | G2281 → |
| ἐπὶ | epi | on | G1909 → |
| τῆς | tēs | the | G3588 → |
| γῆς | gēs | land | G1093 → |
| ἦσαν. | ēsan | was. | G1510 → |
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