Luke 8:53

Jesus has said that the daughter of Jairus is not dead but asleep.

Greek

καὶkaiκατεγέλωνkah-teh-GEH-lohnαὐτοῦ,ow-TOOεἰδότεςay-DO-tesὅτιHO-tihἀπέθανεν.ah-PEH-thah-nen

Latin

Etetdērīdēbantday-ree-DAY-banteum,ewmscientēsskee-EN-taysquodkwodmortuaMOR-too-ahesset.EH-set

English

And they were laughing at him, knowing that she had died.

Word by word

Greek	Latin	Note
καὶfrom καί, “and”	Etfrom et	καί, et.
κατεγέλωνfrom καταγελάω, “to laugh at”	dērīdēbantfrom dērīdeō	κατεγέλων: they were laughing at, from καταγελάω. Latin: dērīdēbant, they mocked.
αὐτοῦfrom αὐτός, “he, him”	eumfrom is	αὐτοῦ: him, a genitive. Latin: eum.
εἰδότεςfrom οἶδα, “to know”	scientēsfrom sciō	εἰδότες: knowing, from οἶδα. Latin: scientēs, from sciō, to know.
ὅτιall forms, “that, because”	quod	ὅτι: that. Latin: quod.
ἀπέθανενfrom ἀποθνῄσκω, “to die”	mortua essetfrom morior	ἀπέθανεν: she died, from ἀποθνῄσκω, to die. Latin: mortua esset, from morior. mortua is feminine.

ἀποθνῄσκω die

sciō know, understand morior die

Greek core words met175 / 345 Latin core words met191 / 345

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