Luke

Luke 2:1

¹Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.^a

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
in	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
those	ἐκείναις	ekeinais	Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Plural	G1565 that, that one there, yonder
days	ἡμέραις	hēmerais	Noun - Dative Feminine Plural	G2250 a day
a decree	δόγμα	dogma	Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular	G1378 a decree, edict, ordinance
went out	ἐξῆλθεν	exēlthen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1831 I go out, come out
from	παρὰ	para	Preposition	G3844 from, in the presence of
Caesar	Καίσαρος	Kaisaros	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G2541 Caesar
Augustus	Αὐγούστου	Augoustou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G828 Augustus
that a census should be taken	ἀπογράφεσθαι	apographesthai	Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive	G583 I enroll, inscribe in a register
of the	τὴν	tēn	Article - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3588 the
whole	πᾶσαν	pasan	Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3956 all, the whole, every kind of
empire	οἰκουμένην	oikoumenēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3625 the inhabited (Roman) world

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.