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Andκαὶlook,ἰδοὺthere wasa womanγυνὴwho hadἔχουσαa spiritπνεῦμαof weaknessἀσθενείαςforeighteenδεκαοκτώyears,ἔτηandκαὶshe wasἦνbent overσυγκύπτουσαandκαὶnotμὴableδυναμένηto straighten upἀνακύψαιcompletely.εἰς τὸ παντελές
Luke 13:11
Study it in the app“And look, there was a woman who had a spirit of weakness for eighteen years, and she was bent over and not able to straighten up completely.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 13:11, word by word
- a womanγυνὴgynē
woman
An adult female person; when addressing her, a respectful form.
Where else “gynē” appears- who hadἔχουσαechousa
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echousa” appears- a spiritπνεῦμαpneuma
evil spirit
An invisible being without a body, often evil: a demon.
Where else “pneuma” appears- of weaknessἀσθενείαςastheneias
illness
A bodily ailment that takes away health and needs healing.
Where else “astheneias” appears- yearsἔτηetē
year
Year.
Where else “etē” appears- she wasἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- bent overσυγκύπτουσαsynkyptousa
be bent over
Be bent over, unable to straighten up.
Where else “synkyptousa” appears- ableδυναμένηdynamenē
can, be able
Can, be able.
Where else “dynamenē” appears- to straighten upἀνακύψαιanakypsai
straighten up
Straighten up, stand up straight, raise one's head.
Where else “anakypsai” appears- completelyπαντελέςpanteles
complete
Complete, whole; "at all", "completely", "forever".
Where else “panteles” appears
The context
10Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.
11 · This verse (above)
12And when Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your weakness.”
To study Luke 13 in a group
1. What it says
Jesus heals a bent-over woman on the Sabbath. What does the synagogue leader object to, and how does Jesus answer? (vv. 10-17)
2. What it means
In the parable of the fig tree, what does the vineyard worker ask of the owner, and why? What does that teach about patience? (vv. 6-9)
3. How I live it
Jesus speaks of the narrow door and of striving to enter (v. 24). What concrete effort is yours to make today?