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Luke 2:13

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐξαίφνηςexaiphnēssuddenlyἐξαίφνηςadverb — “suddenly”G1810suddenly, unexpectedly.This verse uses “suddenly”.suddenlyἐγένετοegenetothere wasγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “there was”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.there wasσὺνsunwithσύνpreposition — “with”G4862with.withτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγγέλῳangelōangelἄγγελος (angelos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “angel”, the to- or for-formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.the angelπλῆθοςplēthosa multitudeπλῆθοςnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “a multitude”, the subject formG4128a multitude, crowd, great number, assemblage.a multitudeστρατιᾶςstratiashostστρατιά (stratia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “host”, the of-formG4756an army; met: a host of angels, the hosts of heaven (i.e. the stars).hostοὐρανίουouraniouheavenlyοὐράνιος (ouranios)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “heavenly”, the of-formG3770in heaven, belonging to heaven, heavenly, from heaven.αἰνούντωνainountōnpraisingαἰνέω (aineō)verb, present active participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “praising”, an ongoing or repeated actionG134I praise.praisingτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸνtheonGodθεός (theos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “God”, the object formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andλεγόντωνlegontōnsayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “saying”, 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.saying

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And suddenly there came with the messenger a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

Young’s Literal Translation

And suddenly there came with the messenger a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying,

World English Bible

Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God and saying,

Darby Translation

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying,

Douay-Rheims

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army, praising God, and saying:

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