Galatians
Galatians 4:24
24These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| These | ἅτινά | hatina | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Plural | G3748 whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever |
| serve as illustrations | ἀλληγορούμενα | allēgoroumena | Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Plural | G238 I speak allegorically |
| for | γάρ | gar | Conjunction | G1063 for |
| represent | εἰσιν | eisin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G1510 I am, exist |
| two | δύο | dyo | Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural | G1417 two |
| covenants | διαθῆκαι | diathēkai | Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural | G1242 a covenant, will, testament |
| One | μία | mia | Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular | G1520 one |
| from | ἀπὸ | apo | Preposition | G575 from, away from |
| Mount | ὄρους | orous | Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular | G3735 a mountain |
| Sinai | Σινᾶ | Sina | Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular | G4614 Sinai |
| children | γεννῶσα | gennōsa | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular | G1080 I beget, bring forth, give birth to |
| into | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| slavery | δουλείαν | douleian | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G1397 slavery, bondage |
| This | ἥτις | hētis | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G3748 whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever |
| is | ἐστὶν | estin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| Hagar | Ἁγάρ | Hagar | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G28 Hagar |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Genesis 21:9–13 · Hosea 11:10 · Genesis 25:12 · Matthew 13:35 · Genesis 16:15–16 · Hebrews 12:24 · Genesis 16:8 · 1 Corinthians 10:11 · Hebrews 10:15–18 · Hebrews 9:15–24 · Genesis 16:3–4 · Ezekiel 20:49
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.