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Butἀλλ’the sonὁofἐκthe slave womanτῆς παιδίσκηςwas bornγεγέννηταιaccording toκατὰthe flesh,σάρκαwhileδὲthe sonὁofἐκthe free womanτῆς ἐλευθέραςwas bornthroughδι’promise.ἐπαγγελίας
Galatians 4:23
Study it in the app“But the son of the slave woman was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born through promise.”
With the Greek beneath
Galatians 4:23, word by word
- the slave womanπαιδίσκηςpaidiskēs
servant girl
Servant girl, young female slave.
Where else “paidiskēs” appears- was bornγεγέννηταιgegennētai
be born
To give birth, or come into the world.
Where else “gegennētai” appears- the fleshσάρκαsarka
flesh
The soft part of the body, of people or animals; also the body itself.
Where else “sarka” appears- the free womanἐλευθέραςeleutheras
free
A person who belongs to no master and is in charge of their own life.
Where else “eleutheras” appears- promiseἐπαγγελίαςepangelias
promise
Promise.
Where else “epangelias” appears
The context
22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman.
23 · This verse (above)
24These things are an allegory; for these women are two covenants: one from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery, which is Hagar.