King James Version

Luke 1:70

As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of the” (τῶν) before of here.

καθὼςkathōsAsκαθώςconjunction — “As”G2531according to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as.Asἐλάλησενelalēsenhe spakeλαλέω (laleō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he spake”, a single actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.he spakeδιὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byστόματοςstomatosmouthστόμα (stoma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “mouth”, the of-formG4750the mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword.the mouthτῶνtōnwhichὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “which”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.whichἁγίωνhagiōnholyἅγιος (hagios)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “holy”, the of-formG40set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.This verse uses “holy”.ἀπ’aphave been sinceἀπό (apo)preposition — “have been since”G575from, away from.have been sinceαἰῶνοςaiōnosworld beganαἰών (aiōn)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “world began”, the of-formG165an age, a cycle (of time), especially of the present age as contrasted with the future age, and of one of a series of ages stretching to infinity.the world beganπροφητῶνprophētōnprophetπροφήτης (prophētēs)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “prophet”, the of-formG4396a prophet, poet; a person gifted at expositing divine truth.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

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τῶνtōnwhichὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “which”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, Which have been from the age;

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American Standard Version (1901)

(As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),

Young’s Literal Translation

As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, Which have been from the age;

World English Bible

(as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),

Darby Translation

as he spoke by [the] mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began;

Douay-Rheims

As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who are from the beginning:

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