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Luke 11:27

And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

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Ἐγένετοegenetoit came to passγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “it came to pass”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.it came to passδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἐνenasἐνpreposition — “as”G1722in, on, among.asτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.λέγεινlegeinto spakeλέγω (legō)verb, present active infinitive — “to spake”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.spakeαὐτὸνautonunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himταῦταtautathisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἐπάρασάeparasato lift upἐπαίρω (epairō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, feminine — “to lift up”, a single actionG1869I raise, lift up.This verse uses “lift up”.τιςtisoneτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.φωνὴνphōnēnvoiceφωνή (phōnē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “voice”, the object formG5456a sound, noise, voice, language, dialect.This verse uses “voice”.γυνὴgunēwomanγυνήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “woman”, the subject formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.ἐκekout fromἐκpreposition — “out from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ὄχλουochloucrowdὄχλος (ochlos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “crowd”, the of-formG3793a crowd, mob, the common people.εἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).αὐτῷautōheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ΜακαρίαmakariaBlessedμακάριος (makarios)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “Blessed”, the subject formG3107happy, blessed, to be envied.This verse uses “blessed”.Blessedἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κοιλίαkoiliais the wombκοιλίαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “is the womb”, the subject formG2836belly, abdomen, heart, a general term covering any organ in the abdomen, e.g. stomach, womb; met: the inner man.This verse uses “womb”.is the wombἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.βαστάσασάbastasasathat bareβαστάζω (bastazō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, feminine — “that bare”, a single actionG941(a) I carry, bear, (b) I carry (take) away.that bareσεsetheeσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “thee”, the object formG4771you.theeκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andμαστοὶmastoipapsμαστός (mastos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “paps”, the subject formG3149the breast, pap.the papsοὓςhouswhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.whichἐθήλασαςethēlasasthou hast suckedθηλάζω (thēlazō)verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person singular — “thou hast sucked”, a single actionG2337(a) I give suck, (b) I suck.thou hast sucked

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And it came to pass, in his saying these things, a certain woman having lifted up the voice out of the multitude, said to him, 'Happy the womb that carried thee, and the paps that thou didst suck!'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck.

Young’s Literal Translation

And it came to pass, in his saying these things, a certain woman having lifted up the voice out of the multitude, said to him, 'Happy the womb that carried thee, and the paps that thou didst suck!'

World English Bible

It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!”

Darby Translation

And it came to pass as he spake these things, a certain woman, lifting up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the womb that has borne thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

Douay-Rheims

And it came to pass, as he spoke these things, a certain woman from the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to him: Blessed is the womb that bore thee, and the paps that gave thee suck.

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