King James Version

Luke 1:43

And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andπόθενpothenwhenceπόθενadverb — “whence”G4159whence, from what place.whenceμοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).to meτοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἵναhinathatἵναadverb — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatἔλθῃelthēshould comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “should come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.should comeἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μήτηρmētērmotherμήτηρnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “mother”, the subject formG3384a mother.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κυρίουkurioulordκύριος (kurios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “lord”, the of-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meπρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.ἐμέemeIἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and whence [is] this to me, that the mother of my Lord might come unto me?

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American Standard Version (1901)

And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come unto me?

Young’s Literal Translation

and whence [is] this to me, that the mother of my Lord might come unto me?

World English Bible

Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

Darby Translation

And whence [is] this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

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