James

James 5:17

¹⁷Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Elijah	Ἠλίας	Ēlias	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2243 Elijah
was	ἦν	ēn	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1510 I am, exist
a man	ἄνθρωπος	anthrōpos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G444 a man, one of the human race
just like	ὁμοιοπαθὴς	homoiopathēs	Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3663 of like feelings
us	ἡμῖν	hēmin	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural	G1473 I
He prayed earnestly	προσευχῇ	proseuchē	Noun - Dative Feminine Singular	G4335 prayer, a place for prayer
not	μὴ	mē	Adverb	G3361 not, lest
rain	βρέξαι	brexai	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G1026 I moisten, rain, send rain
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
it did not rain	ἔβρεξεν	ebrexen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1026 I moisten, rain, send rain
on	ἐπὶ	epi	Preposition	G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at
the	τῆς	tēs	Article - Genitive Feminine Singular	G3588 the
land	γῆς	gēs	Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G1093 the earth, soil, land
for three	τρεῖς	treis	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural	G5140 three
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
years	ἐνιαυτοὺς	eniautous	Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural	G1763 a year

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