Matthew 13:5
Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
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ASV
and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth: and straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth:
KJV
Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἄλλα | alla | Other | G243 → |
| δὲ | de | now | G1161 → |
| ἔπεσεν | epesen | fell | G4098 → |
| ἐπὶ | epi | upon | G1909 → |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 → |
| πετρώδη | petrōdē | rocky places | G4075 → |
| ὅπου | hopou | where | G3699 → |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 → |
| εἶχεν | eichen | it was having | G2192 → |
| γῆν | gēn | soil | G1093 → |
| πολλήν, | pollēn | much, | G4183 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| εὐθέως | eutheōs | immediately | G2112 → |
| ἐξανέτειλεν | exaneteilen | it sprang up | G1816 → |
| διὰ | dia | through | G1223 → |
| τὸ | to | <the> | G3588 → |
| μὴ | mē | not | G3361 → |
| ἔχειν | echein | having | G2192 → |
| βάθος | bathos | depth | G899 → |
| γῆς. | gēs | of soil. | G1093 → |
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