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Andκαὶlook,ἰδοὺElizabethἘλισάβετyour relativeἡ συγγενίς σουhas alsoκαὶ αὐτὴconceivedσυνείληφενa sonυἱὸνinἐνher old age,γήρει αὐτῆςandκαὶthisοὗτοςisἐστὶνthe sixthἕκτοςmonthμὴνfor herαὐτῇwho wasτῇcalledκαλουμένῃbarren;στείρᾳ
Luke 1:36
Study it in the app“And look, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren;”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 1:36, word by word
- ElizabethἘλισάβετElisabet
Elizabeth
Elizabeth, wife of the priest Zechariah and mother of John the Immerser; a relative of Mary.
Where else “Elisabet” appears- your relativeσυγγενίςsyngenis
relative
Relative, kinsman.
Where else “syngenis” appears- conceivedσυνείληφενsyneilēphen
conceive
To begin to carry a child in the womb.
Where else “syneilēphen” appears- a sonυἱὸνhuion
son
A son.
Where else “huion” appears- her old ageγήρειgērei
old age
Old age.
Where else “gērei” appears- isἐστὶνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- the sixthἕκτοςhektos
sixth
Sixth; "the sixth hour", noon.
Where else “hektos” appears- monthμὴνmēn
month
A period of about thirty days, one of the twelve parts of the year.
Where else “mēn” appears- calledκαλουμένῃkaloumenēi
call
To give someone a name.
Where else “kaloumenēi” appears- barrenστείρᾳsteirai
barren
Barren: a woman unable to have children.
Where else “steirai” appears
The context
35And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore also the holy one to be born will be called Son of God.
36 · This verse (above)
37for no word from God will be impossible.”
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?