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Luke 1:80

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

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Τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.Andπαιδίονpaidionchildπαιδίονnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “child”, the subject formG3813a little child, an infant, little one.the childηὔξανεēuxanegrewαὐξάνω (auxanō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “grew”, an ongoing action in the pastG837(a) I cause to increase, become greater (b) I increase, grow.grewκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐκραταιοῦτοekrataioutowaxed strongκραταιόομαι (krataioomai)verb, imperfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “waxed strong”, an ongoing action in the pastG2901I strengthen, confirm; pass: I grow strong, become strong.waxed strongπνεύματιpneumatiin spiritπνεῦμα (pneuma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “in spirit”, the to- or for-formG4151wind, breath, spirit.This verse uses “spirit”.in spiritκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἦνēnwasεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “was”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.wasἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐρήμοιςerēmoisdesertsἔρημος (erēmos)adjective, dative, plural, feminine — “deserts”, the to- or for-formG2048as an adj: deserted, desolate, waste; hence: the desert, to the east and south of Palestine; of a person: deserted, abandoned, desolate.the desertsἕωςheōstillἕωςpreposition — “till”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.tillἡμέραςhēmerasdayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “day”, the of-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.the dayἀναδείξεωςanadeixeōsshewingἀνάδειξις (anadeixis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “shewing”, the of-formG323the proclamation of an appointment (to an office); perhaps rather admission to membership of a society.shewingαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.πρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἸσραήλisraēlIsraelἸσραήλnoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Israel”, the object formG2474(Hebrew), Israel, surname of Jacob, then the Jewish people, the people of God.Israel

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and he was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and he was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

World English Bible

The child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

Darby Translation

— And the child grew and was strengthened in spirit; and he was in the deserts until the day of his shewing to Israel.

Douay-Rheims

And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit; and was in the deserts until the day of his manifestation to Israel.

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