Luke
Luke 4:25
25But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.
Word by word
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But | δὲ | de | Conjunction | G1161 but, on the other hand, and |
| I tell | λέγω | legō | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G3004 I say, speak |
| you | ὑμῖν | hymin | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| truthfully | ἀληθείας | alētheias | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G225 truth |
| there were | ἦσαν | ēsan | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G1510 I am, exist |
| many | πολλαὶ | pollai | Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural | G4183 much, many, often |
| widows | χῆραι | chērai | Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural | G5503 a widow |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| Israel | Ἰσραήλ | Israēl | Noun - Dative Masculine Singular | G2474 Israel |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| the | ταῖς | tais | Article - Dative Feminine Plural | G3588 the |
| time | ἡμέραις | hēmerais | Noun - Dative Feminine Plural | G2250 a day |
| of Elijah | Ἠλίου | Ēliou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G2243 Elijah |
| when | ὅτε | hote | Adverb | G3753 when |
| the | ὁ | ho | Article - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| sky | οὐρανὸς | ouranos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3772 the sky, the heaven |
| was shut | ἐκλείσθη | ekleisthē | Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G2808 I shut, shut up |
| for | ἐπὶ | epi | Preposition | G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at |
| three | τρία | tria | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural | G5140 three |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| a half | ἕξ | hex | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural | G1803 six |
| years | ἔτη | etē | Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural | G2094 a year |
| great | μέγας | megas | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3173 large, great |
| famine | λιμὸς | limos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3042 a famine, hunger |
| swept | ἐγένετο | egeneto | Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular | G1096 I come into being, am born |
| over | ἐπὶ | epi | Preposition | G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at |
| all | πᾶσαν | pasan | Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
| the | τὴν | tēn | Article - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3588 the |
| land | γῆν | gēn | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G1093 the earth, soil, land |
Cross-references
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James 5:17 · 1 Kings 17:1 · 1 Kings 18:1–2 · Mark 7:26–29 · Matthew 20:15 · Isaiah 55:8 · Romans 9:15 · Luke 10:21
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.