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John 6:18

And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.

KJV

ἥ τε θάλασσα ἀνέμου μεγάλου πνέοντος διεγείρετο.

Greek NT

Mare autem, vento magno flante, exsurgebat.

Vulgate

And the sea was rising by reason of a great wind that blew.

ASV

And the sea arose, by reason of a great wind that blew.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

διεγείρω
diegeiro
verb · 6×
θάλασσα
thalassa
noun · 91×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
πνέω
pneo
verb · 7×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
ἄνεμος
anemos
noun · 31×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: διεγείρετο | WH/Treg/NIV: διεγείρετο | RP: διηγείρετο
  • διεγείρετοSBLGNT
  • διεγείρετοWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • διηγείρετοRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Matt 14:24 — But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
  • Matt 14:24 — But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
  • Ps 107:25 — For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
  • Ps 107:25 — For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
  • Ps 135:7 — He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.