Luke

Luke 19:3

³He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He was trying	ἐζήτει	ezētei	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2212 I seek, search for, desire
to see	ἰδεῖν	idein	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G3708 I see, look upon, experience
who	τίς	tis	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G5101 who, which, what
Jesus	Ἰησοῦν	Iēsoun	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G2424 Jesus
was	ἐστιν	estin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1510 I am, exist
but	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
could not	ἠδύνατο	ēdynato	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G1410 I am powerful, am able
over	ἀπὸ	apo	Preposition	G575 from, away from
the	τοῦ	tou	Article - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3588 the
crowd	ὄχλου	ochlou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3793 a crowd
because	ὅτι	hoti	Conjunction	G3754 that, since, because
he was	ἦν	ēn	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1510 I am, exist
small	μικρὸς	mikros	Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3398 little, small
in stature	ἡλικίᾳ	hēlikia	Noun - Dative Feminine Singular	G2244 age, stature

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.