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Andκαὶcoming inεἰσελθὼνtoπρὸςher,αὐτὴνhe said,εἶπεν“Greetings,Χαῖρεfavored one!κεχαριτωμένηThe Lordὁ κύριοςiswithμετὰyou.”σοῦ
Luke 1:28
Study it in the app“And coming in to her, he said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.””
With the Greek beneath
Luke 1:28, word by word
- coming inεἰσελθὼνeiselthōn
enter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eiselthōn” appears- he saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- “GreetingsΧαῖρεChaire
greet
What one says on meeting: literally "rejoice!".
Where else “Chaire” appears- favored oneκεχαριτωμένηkecharitōmenē
favor, grace
Favor greatly, give grace to; "favored one".
Where else “kecharitōmenē” appears- The Lordκύριοςkyrios
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrios” appears
Translation note
“Greetings” translates chaire, which literally means “rejoice.” “Favored one” translates kecharitōmenē, from the same root as “grace” (charis): the one who has received God’s favor.
The context
27to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
28 · This verse (above)
29But she was greatly troubled at the word, and was wondering what kind of greeting this might be.
To study Luke 1 in a group
1. What it says
What does the angel Gabriel tell Mary about the son she will have, and how does she answer at the end? (vv. 30-38)
2. What it means
Why do you think Zechariah was left unable to speak while Mary was not, when both asked the angel a question? (vv. 18-20, 34-38)
3. How I live it
Which promise of God is hard for you to believe today, and what small step could you take in trust, like Mary?