KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;”
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| KJV Verse | Original Greek | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Greek word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Greek word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Likewise” | ὁμοίως | Similarly | Likewise |
| “also” | καὶ | And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words | also |
| “as” | ὼς | Which how, i.e., in that manner (very variously used, as follows) | as |
| “it was” | ἐγένετο | To cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.) | it was |
| “in” | ἐν | "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc | in |
| “the” | ταῖς | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
| “days” | ἡμέραις | Day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context) | days |
| “of Lot;” | Λώτ· | Lot, a patriarch | Lot |
| “they did eat,” | ἤσθιον | Used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315; to eat (usually literal) | did eat |
| “they drank,” | ἔπινον | To imbibe (literally or figuratively) | drank |
| “they bought,” | ἠγόραζον | Properly, to go to market, i.e., (by implication) to purchase; specially, to redeem | bought |
| “they sold,” | ἐπώλουν | To barter (as a pedlar), i.e., to sell | sold |
| “they planted,” | ἐφύτευον | To set out in the earth, i.e., implant; figuratively, to instil doctrine | planted |
| “they builded;” | ᾠκοδόμουν· | To be a house-builder, i.e., construct or (figuratively) confirm | builded |
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26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
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