4 Maccabees 9:1 (Brenton): Why delayest thou, O tyrant? for we are readier to die than to transgress the injunctions of our fathers.
Septuagint (LXX) interlinear — 4 Maccabees 9:1
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- τί ti Why who, which pronoun, interrogative/indefinite, Acc Sing Neut G5101
- μέλλεις melleis are am about to verb, Pres Act Ind 2nd Sing G3195
- ὦ o O O, an exclamation interjection G5599
- τύραννε turanne tyrant tyrant noun, Voc Sing Masc G378555
- ἕτοιμοι hetoimoi ready, prepared adjective, Nom Plur Masc G2092
- γάρ gar for for particle G1063
- ἐσμεν esmen are am, exist verb, Pres Act Ind 1st Plur G1510
- ἀποθνῄσκειν apothneskein die am dying, am about to die verb, Pres Act Infin G599
- ἢ e than or, than conjunction G2228
- παραβαίνειν parabainein transgress transgress verb, Pres Act Infin G3845
- τὰς tas the the pronoun, article, Acc Plur Fem G3588
- πατρίους patrious fathers belonging to one's father adjective, Acc Plur Fem G378563
- ἡμῶν hemon our our, us pronoun, personal/possessive, Gen Plur G2257
- ἐντολάς entolas injunctions an ordinance, injunction noun, Acc Plur Fem G1785
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