King James Version

Luke 1:27

To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.

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πρὸςprosToπρόςpreposition — “To”G4314to, towards, with.Toπαρθένονparthenona virginπαρθένος (parthenos)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “a virgin”, the object formG3933a maiden, virgin; extended to men who have not known women.a virginἐμνηστευμένηνemnēsteumenēnespousedμνηστεύομαι (mnēsteuomai)verb, perfect passive participle, accusative, singular, feminine — “espoused”, a completed action with a present resultG3423I ask in marriage; pass: I am betrothed.espousedἀνδρὶandrito a manἀνήρ (anēr)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “to a man”, the to- or for-formG435a male human being; a man, husband.This verse uses “a man”.to a manᾧhōwhoseὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “whose”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.whoseὄνομαonomanameὄνομαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “name”, the subject formG3686name, character, fame, reputation.This verse uses “name”.nameἸωσὴφiōsēphwas JosephἸωσήφnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “was Joseph”, the subject formG2501Joseph, a proper name.was Josephἐξexofἐκ (ek)preposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofοἴκουoikouhouseοἶκος (oikos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “house”, the of-formG3624(a) a house, the material building, (b) a household, family, lineage, nation.the houseΔαυίδdauidof DavidΔαυίδnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of David”, the of-formG1138David, King of Israel.of Davidκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ὄνομαonomanameὄνομαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “name”, the subject formG3686name, character, fame, reputation.This verse uses “name”.nameτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.παρθένουparthenouvirginπαρθένος (parthenos)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “virgin”, the of-formG3933a maiden, virgin; extended to men who have not known women.Μαριάμmariamwas MaryΜαριάμnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “was Mary”, the subject formG3137Mary, Miriam, (a) the mother of Jesus, (b) of Magdala, (c) sister of Martha and Lazarus, (d) wife of Cleopas, (e) mother of John Mark, (f) a Christian woman in Rome.This verse uses “Mary”.was Mary

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

to a virgin, betrothed to a man, whose name [is] Joseph, of the house of David, and the name of the virgin [is] Mary.

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American Standard Version (1901)

to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.

Young’s Literal Translation

to a virgin, betrothed to a man, whose name [is] Joseph, of the house of David, and the name of the virgin [is] Mary.

World English Bible

to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of David’s house. The virgin’s name was Mary.

Darby Translation

to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name [was] Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name [was] Mary.

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