Luke

Luke 21:23

²³How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
How miserable	Οὐαὶ	Ouai	Interjection	G3759 woe!, alas!
those	ἐκείναις	ekeinais	Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Plural	G1565 that, that one there, yonder
days	ἡμέραις	hēmerais	Noun - Dative Feminine Plural	G2250 a day
pregnant	ἐχούσαις	echousais	Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Feminine Plural	G2192 I have, hold, possess
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
nursing	θηλαζούσαις	thēlazousais	Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Feminine Plural	G2337 I give suck, suck
For	γὰρ	gar	Conjunction	G1063 for
there will be	ἔσται	estai	Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular	G1510 I am, exist
great	μεγάλη	megalē	Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular	G3173 large, great
distress	ἀνάγκη	anankē	Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular	G318 necessity, constraint, compulsion
upon	ἐπὶ	epi	Preposition	G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at
the	τῆς	tēs	Article - Genitive Feminine Singular	G3588 the
land	γῆς	gēs	Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G1093 the earth, soil, land
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
wrath	ὀργὴ	orgē	Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular	G3709 anger, wrath, passion
against	τῷ	tō	Article - Dative Masculine Singular	G3588 the
this	τούτῳ	toutō	Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular	G3778 this, he, she, it
people	λαῷ	laō	Noun - Dative Masculine Singular	G2992 a people, the crowd

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.