Matthew

Matthew 14:5

⁵Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Although	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
wanted	θέλων	thelōn	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2309 I will, wish, desire
to kill	ἀποκτεῖναι	apokteinai	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G615 I put to death, kill
he was afraid	ἐφοβήθη	ephobēthē	Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G5399 I fear, am terrified
of the	τὸν	ton	Article - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3588 the
people	ὄχλον	ochlon	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3793 a crowd
because	ὅτι	hoti	Conjunction	G3754 that, since, because
they regarded	εἶχον	eichon	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G2192 I have, hold, possess
as	ὡς	hōs	Adverb	G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that
a prophet	προφήτην	prophētēn	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G4396 a prophet, poet

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