King James Version

Luke 1:2

Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

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καθὼςkathōsEvenκαθώςconjunction — “Even”G2531according to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as.Evenπαρέδοσανparedosanas they deliveredπαραδίδωμι (paradidōmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “as they delivered”, a single actionG3860I hand over, pledge, hand down, deliver, commit, commend, betray, abandon.as they deliveredἡμῖνhēminIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).them unto usοἱhoiwhichὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “which”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.whichἀπ’apfromἀπό (apo)preposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromἀρχῆςarchēsbeginningἀρχή (archē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “beginning”, the of-formG746(a) rule (kingly or magisterial), (b) plur: in a quasi-personal sense, almost: rulers, magistrates, (c) beginning.This verse uses “beginning”.the beginningαὐτόπταιautoptaieyewitnessesαὐτόπτης (autoptēs)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “eyewitnesses”, the subject formG845an eye-witness.eyewitnessesκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andὑπηρέταιhupēretaiministersὑπηρέτης (hupēretēs)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “ministers”, the subject formG5257a servant, an attendant, (a) an officer, lictor, (b) an attendant in a synagogue, (c) a minister of the gospel.ministersγενόμενοιgenomenoito beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.λόγουlogouof the wordλόγος (logos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the word”, the of-formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.of the word

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

as they did deliver to us, who from the beginning became eye-witnesses, and officers of the Word, —

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American Standard Version (1901)

even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,

Young’s Literal Translation

as they did deliver to us, who from the beginning became eye-witnesses, and officers of the Word, —

World English Bible

even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,

Darby Translation

as those who from the beginning were eye-witnesses of and attendants on the Word have delivered them to us,

Douay-Rheims

According as they have delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word:

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