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Butδὲthe Jerusalemἡ Ἰερουσαλὴμaboveἄνωisἐστίνfree,ἐλευθέραand sheἥτιςisἐστὶνourἡμῶνmother.μήτηρ
Galatians 4:26
Study it in the app“But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.”
With the Greek beneath
Galatians 4:26, word by word
- the JerusalemἸερουσαλὴμIerousalēm
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “Ierousalēm” appears- aboveἄνωanō
above, up
Above, up.
Where else “anō” appears- isἐστίνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- freeἐλευθέραeleuthera
exempt
Free from a tie or obligation.
Where else “eleuthera” appears- motherμήτηρmētēr
mother figure
One who is like a mother to someone.
Where else “mētēr” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Many manuscripts read “mother of us all.”
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
25Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.
26 · This verse (above)
27For it is written: Rejoice, barren one who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not in labor; because many are the children of the desolate one, more than of her who has a husband.