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These thingsἅτινάareἐστινan allegory;ἀλληγορούμεναforγάρthese womenαὗταιareεἰσινtwoδύοcovenants:διαθῆκαιoneμίαfromἀπὸMountὄρουςSinai,Σινᾶbearing childrenγεννῶσαforεἰςslavery,δουλείανwhichἥτιςisἐστὶνHagar.Ἁγάρ
Galatians 4:24
Study it in the app“These things are an allegory; for these women are two covenants: one from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery, which is Hagar.”
With the Greek beneath
Galatians 4:24, word by word
- areἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- an allegoryἀλληγορούμεναallēgoroumena
speak allegorically
Speak in allegory: say one thing that stands for another.
Where else “allēgoroumena” appears- twoδύοdyo
two
Two.
Where else “dyo” appears- covenantsδιαθῆκαιdiathēkai
covenant
The agreement with promises and obligations that God makes with his people.
Where else “diathēkai” appears- oneμίαmia
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “mia” appears- Mountὄρουςorous
mountain
Mountain, hill.
Where else “orous” appears- SinaiΣινᾶSina
Sinai
See it on the mapWhere else “Sina” appears- bearing childrenγεννῶσαgennōsa
be born
To give birth, or come into the world.
Where else “gennōsa” appears- slaveryδουλείανdouleian
slavery
Slavery, bondage: being subject as a slave.
Where else “douleian” appears- HagarἉγάρHagar
Hagar
Hagar: Sarah's Egyptian slave, the mother of Ishmael.
Where else “Hagar” appears
Places in this verse
Sinai ?
Today: disputed; traditionally Jebel Musa, Sinai, Egypt
A mountain in the wilderness; which one it was is not known for certain, and its location is disputed.
There God spoke with Moses and gave the law to Israel (Exod 19:20; 24:16).
The context
23But the son of the slave woman was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born through promise.
24 · This verse (above)
25Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.