Luke
Luke 2:39
39When Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
Word by word
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When | ὡς | hōs | Adverb | G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that |
| had done | ἐτέλεσαν | etelesan | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G5055 I end, accomplish, pay |
| everything | πάντα | panta | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
| required by | κατὰ | kata | Preposition | G2596 down from, against, according to, throughout, during |
| the | τὸν | ton | Article - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| Law | νόμον | nomon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3551 a law, the Mosaic Law |
| of | Κυρίου | Kyriou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G2962 lord, Lord, master, sir |
| they returned | ἐπέστρεψαν | epestrepsan | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G1994 I turn back to |
| to | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| Galilee | Γαλιλαίαν | Galilaian | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G1056 Galilee |
| to | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| their | ἑαυτῶν | heautōn | Reflexive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G1438 himself, herself, itself |
| town | πόλιν | polin | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G4172 a city |
| of Nazareth | Ναζαρέθ | Nazareth | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3478 Nazareth |
Cross-references
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Luke 2:4 · Matthew 3:15 · Deuteronomy 12:32 · Galatians 4:4–5 · Luke 2:51 · Matthew 2:22–23 · Luke 2:21–24
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.