2 Timothy 4:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Erastus remained at Corinth: but Trophimus I left at Miletus sick.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἔραστος ἔμεινεν ἐν Κορίνθῳ: Τρόφιμον δὲ ἀπέλιπον ἐν Μιλήτῳ ἀσθενοῦντα.

Transliteration

Erastos emeinen in Korinthō: Trophimon de apelipon in Milētō astheneounta.

Grammar Details

*Erastos*: noun, nominative masculine singular - Erastus (proper name)
*emeinen*: aorist indicative active, 3rd person singular - remained/stayed
*Korinthō*: noun, dative feminine singular - Corinth (place name)
*Trophimon*: noun, accusative masculine singular - Trophimus (proper name)
*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
*apelipon*: aorist indicative active, 1st person singular - I left behind
*Milētō*: noun, dative feminine singular - Miletus (place name)
*astheneounta*: participle, present active, accusative masculine singular - being sick/ill

Word Meanings

*emeinen*: remained/stayed/continued
*apelipon*: left behind/left
*astheneounta*: being sick/ill/weak/infirm

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Referenced Verses

Acts 20:4 : 4 And there accompanied him as far as Asia, Sopater of Beroea, [the son] of Pyrrhus; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
Acts 21:29 : 29 For they had before seen with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.
Acts 19:22 : 22 And having sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
Rom 16:23 : 23 Gaius my host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the treasurer of the city saluteth you, and Quartus the brother.
Acts 20:15 : 15 And sailing from thence, we came the following day over against Chios; and the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after we came to Miletus.
Acts 20:17 : 17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church.
Phil 2:26-27 : 26 since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick: 27 for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

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