Luke
Luke 2:15
15When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
Word by word
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When | ἐγένετο | egeneto | Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular | G1096 I come into being, am born |
| the | οἱ | hoi | Article - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| angels | ἄγγελοι | angeloi | Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural | G32 an angel, messenger |
| had left | ἀπῆλθον | apēlthon | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G565 I come or go away from, depart, return |
| them | αὐτῶν | autōn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| into | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| heaven | οὐρανὸν | ouranon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3772 the sky, the heaven |
| the | οἱ | hoi | Article - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| shepherds | ποιμένες | poimenes | Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural | G4166 a shepherd |
| said | ἐλάλουν | elaloun | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G2980 I speak, say |
| to | πρὸς | pros | Preposition | G4314 to, towards, with |
| one another | ἀλλήλους | allēlous | Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural | G240 one another |
| Let us go | Διέλθωμεν | Dielthōmen | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural | G1330 I pass through, spread a report |
| to | ἕως | heōs | Preposition | G2193 until, as far as |
| Bethlehem | Βηθλεὲμ | Bēthleem | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G965 Bethlehem |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| see | ἴδωμεν | idōmen | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural | G3708 I see, look upon, experience |
| this | τοῦτο | touto | Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G3778 this, he, she, it |
| that | τὸ | to | Article - Accusative Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| has happened | γεγονὸς | gegonos | Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Accusative Neuter Singular | G1096 I come into being, am born |
| which | ὃ | ho | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| the | ὁ | ho | Article - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| Lord | Κύριος | Kyrios | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2962 lord, Lord, master, sir |
| has made known | ἐγνώρισεν | egnōrisen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1107 I make known, declare, know |
| to us | ἡμῖν | hēmin | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural | G1473 I |
Cross-references
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Matthew 2:1–2 · 1 Peter 3:22 · Exodus 3:3 · Luke 24:51 · Matthew 2:9–11
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.