Luke

Luke 24:5

⁵As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
As	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
bowed	κλινουσῶν	klinousōn	Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Feminine Plural	G2827 I rest, recline, make to yield
faces	πρόσωπα	prosōpa	Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural	G4383 the face, countenance, surface
to	εἰς	eis	Preposition	G1519 into, in, among, till, for
the	τὴν	tēn	Article - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3588 the
ground	γῆν	gēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G1093 the earth, soil, land
in terror	ἐμφόβων	emphobōn	Adjective - Genitive Feminine Plural	G1719 full of fear, terrified
asked	εἶπαν	eipan	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing)
them	αὐτάς	autas	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Plural	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
Why	Τί	Ti	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular	G5101 who, which, what
do you look for	ζητεῖτε	zēteite	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G2212 I seek, search for, desire
the	τὸν	ton	Article - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3588 the
living	ζῶντα	zōnta	Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular	G2198 I live
among	μετὰ	meta	Preposition	G3326 with, after
the	τῶν	tōn	Article - Genitive Masculine Plural	G3588 the
dead	νεκρῶν	nekrōn	Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural	G3498 dead, a corpse

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