King James Version

Luke 2:26

And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἦνēnit wasεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “it was”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.it wasαὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himκεχρηματισμένονkechrēmatismenonto announceχρηματίζω (chrēmatizō)verb, perfect passive participle, nominative, singular, neuter — “to announce”, a completed action with a present resultG5537(originally: I transact business), (a) act. of God: I warn; pass: I am warned by God (probably in response to an inquiry as to one's duty), (b) (I take a name from my public business, hence) I receive a name, am publicly called.ὑπὸhupobyὑπόpreposition — “by”G5259by, under, about.byτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πνεύματοςpneumatosGhostπνεῦμα (pneuma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “Ghost”, the of-formG4151wind, breath, spirit.Ghostτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἁγίουhagiouholyἅγιος (hagios)adjective, genitive, singular, neuter — “holy”, the of-formG40set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.This verse uses “holy”.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notἰδεῖνideinto seeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).seeθάνατονthanatondeathθάνατος (thanatos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “death”, the object formG2288death, physical or spiritual.deathπρὶνprinbeforeπρίνconjunction — “before”G4250formerly, before.This verse uses “before”.beforeἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.ἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.ἴδῃidēseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).he had seenτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.χριστὸνchristonChristΧριστός (christos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the object formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.Christκυρίουkurioulordκύριος (kurios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “lord”, the of-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and it hath been divinely told him by the Holy Spirit — not to see death before he may see the Christ of the Lord.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

Young’s Literal Translation

and it hath been divinely told him by the Holy Spirit — not to see death before he may see the Christ of the Lord.

World English Bible

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

Darby Translation

And it was divinely communicated to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death before he should see [the] Lord's Christ.

Douay-Rheims

And he had received an answer from the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Christ of the Lord.

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