KJV King James Version
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
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Mark 7:26
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
WEB World English Bible
Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
ASV American Standard Version
Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phenician by nation—and was asking him, that the demon he may cast forth out of her daughter.
Surrounding context — Mark 7
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know [it]: but he could not be hid.
25 For a [certain] woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast [it] unto the dogs.
28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.
29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenγυνὴG1135 · gunēwomanἦνG1510 · eimito beἙλληνὶςG1674 · HellēnisGentileΣυροφοινίκισσαG4949 · SurophoinissaSyrophoenicianτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoγένει,G1085 · genosfamily: descendantκαὶG2532 · kaiandἠρώταG2065 · erōtaōto askαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heἵναG2443 · hinain order that/toτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoδαιμόνιονG1140 · daimoniondemonἐκβάλῃG1544 · ekballōto expelἐκG1537 · ekout fromτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoθυγατρὸςG2364 · thugatērdaughterαὐτῆς.G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Matthew 15:22And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, [thou] Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.Isaiah 49:12Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.Colossians 3:11Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but Christ [is] all, and in all.Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
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