Luke

Luke 20:28

²⁸“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.^d

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d 20:28 Deuteronomy 25:5|DEU 25:5

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Teacher	Διδάσκαλε	Didaskale	Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular	G1320 a teacher
they said	λέγοντες	legontes	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural	G3004 I say, speak
Moses	Μωϋσῆς	Mōusēs	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3475 Moses
wrote	ἔγραψεν	egrapsen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1125 I write
for us	ἡμῖν	hēmin	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural	G1473 I
that if	ἐάν	ean	Conjunction	G1437 if
a man’s	τινος	tinos	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G5100 any one, some one
brother	ἀδελφὸς	adelphos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G80 a brother
dies	ἀποθάνῃ	apothanē	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular	G599 I am dying, am about to die
leaves	ἔχων	echōn	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2192 I have, hold, possess
a wife	γυναῖκα	gynaika	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G1135 a woman, wife, my lady
but	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
no children	ἄτεκνος	ateknos	Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular	G815 childless
is to marry	λάβῃ	labē	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2983 I receive, take
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
raise up	ἐξαναστήσῃ	exanastēsē	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1817 I raise up, rise up
offspring	σπέρμα	sperma	Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular	G4690 seed, offspring
for	τῷ	tō	Article - Dative Masculine Singular	G3588 the

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Deuteronomy 25:5–10 · Genesis 38:8 · Genesis 38:11

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