ἤθελον οὖν λαβεῖν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον (John 6:21)

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Title: Then They Were Willing to Take Him Into the Boat

The text is, “ἤθελον οὖν λαβεῖν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον, καὶ εὐθέως ἐγένετο τὸ πλοῖον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς εἰς ἣν ὑπῆγον”.

“ἤθελον”: third person, plural, imperfect, active, indicative verb meaning “they were willing”.

“οὖν”: coordinating inferential conjunction meaning “then”.

“λαβεῖν”: aorist, active, infinitive verb meaning “to take”.

“αὐτὸν”: third person, personal, masculine, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “him”.

“εἰς”: preposition taking the accusative for its object word and meaning “into”.

“τὸ”: neuter, singular, accusative article meaning “the”.

“πλοῖον”: neuter, singular, accusative noun meaning “boat”.

“καὶ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“εὐθέως”: temporal adverb meaning “at once”.

“ἐγένετο”: third person, singular, aorist, middle, indicative verb meaning “was”.

“τὸ”: neuter, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.

“πλοῖον”: neuter, singular, nominative noun meaning “boat”.

“ἐπὶ”: preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “at”.

“τῆς”: feminine, singular, genitive article meaning “the”.

“γῆς”: feminine, singular, genitive noun meaning “land”.

“εἰς”: preposition taking the accusative for its object word and meaning “to”.

“ἣν”: feminine, singular, accusative, definite, relative pronoun meaning “which”.

“ὑπῆγον”: third person, plural, imperfect, active, indicative verb meaning “were going”.

The meaning of this verse is,

Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and at once the boat was at the land to which they were going.

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