KJV: And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
YLT: and he was questioning him, 'What is thy name?' and he answered, saying, 'Legion is my name, because we are many;'
Darby: And he asked him, What is thy name? And he says to him, Legion is my name, because we are many.
ASV: And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.
ἐπηρώτα | He was asking |
Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἐπερωτάω Sense: to accost one with an enquiry, put a question to, enquiry of, ask, interrogate. |
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Τί | What [is] |
Parse: Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: τίς Sense: who, which, what. |
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ὄνομά | [the] name |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: ὄνομα Sense: name: univ. |
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σοι | of you |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative 2nd Person Singular Root: σύ Sense: you. |
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λέγει | saying |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to say, to speak. |
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αὐτῷ | he answered |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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Λεγιὼν | Legion |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: λεγιών Sense: a legion, a body of soldiers whose number differed at different times, and in the time of Augustus seems to have consisted of 6826 men (i. |
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ὄνομά | [is] name |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: ὄνομα Sense: name: univ. |
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μοι | to Me |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative 1st Person Singular Root: ἐγώ Sense: I, me, my. |
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ὅτι | because |
Parse: Conjunction Root: ὅτι Sense: that, because, since. |
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πολλοί | many |
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: πολύς Sense: many, much, large. |
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ἐσμεν | we are |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 1st Person Plural Root: εἰμί Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present. |
Greek Commentary for Mark 5:9
So Luke 8:30, but not Matthew. Latin word (legio). A full Roman legion had 6,826 men. See note on Matthew 26:53. This may not have been a full legion, for Mark 5:13 notes that the number of hogs was “about two thousand.” Of course, a stickler for words might say that each hog had several demons. [source]
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Compare Mark 5:9. [source]
Past perfect active third singular for the δαιμονια daimonia are neuter plural. This first mention of Mary Magdalene describes her special cause of gratitude. This fact is stated also in Mark 16:9 in the disputed close of the Gospel. The presence of seven demons in one person indicates special malignity (Mark 5:9). See Matthew 12:45 for the parable of the demon who came back with seven other demons worse than the first. It is not known where Magdala was, whence Mary came. [source]
See note on Mark 5:9. [source]