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Luke 2:36

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

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ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἦνēnthere wasεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “there was”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.there wasἍνναhannaone AnnaἍνναnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “one Anna”, the subject formG451Anna, a prophetess, who visited the infant Jesus.one Annaπροφῆτιςprophētisa prophetessπροφῆτιςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “a prophetess”, the subject formG4398a prophetess.a prophetessθυγάτηρthugatērdaughterθυγάτηρnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “daughter”, the subject formG2364a daughter; hence (Hebraistic?), of any female descendent, however far removed; even of one unrelated: my young lady.the daughterΦανουήλphanouēlof PhanuelΦανουήλnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Phanuel”, the of-formG5323Phanuel, father of Anna the prophetess.of Phanuelἐκekofἐκpreposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofφυλῆςphulēstribeφυλή (phulē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “tribe”, the of-formG5443a tribe or race of people.the tribeἈσήρasērof AserἈσήρnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Aser”, the of-formG768Asher, one of the sons of Jacob, and founder of one of the Twelve Tribes.of Aser(αὕτηhautēsheοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “she”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “she”.sheπροβεβηκυῖαprobebēkuiato advanceπροβαίνω (probainō)verb, perfect active participle, nominative, singular, feminine — “to advance”, a completed action with a present resultG4260I go forward, advance.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.ἡμέραιςhēmeraisageἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “age”, the to- or for-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.ageπολλαῖςpollaismuchπολύς (polus)adjective, dative, plural, feminine — “much”, the to- or for-formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.ζήσασαzēsasaand had livedζάω (zaō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, feminine — “and had lived”, a single actionG2198I live, am alive.and had livedμετὰmetawithμετάpreposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.withἀνδρὸςandrosan husbandἀνήρ (anēr)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “an husband”, the of-formG435a male human being; a man, husband.an husbandἔτηetēyearsἔτος (etos)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “years”, the object formG2094a year.yearsἑπτὰheptasevenἑπτάadjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “seven”, the object formG2033seven.ἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.παρθενίαςpartheniasvirginityπαρθενία (parthenia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “virginity”, the of-formG3932virginity.virginityαὐτῆςautēsheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And there was Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, she was much advanced in days, having lived with an husband seven years from her virginity,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

Young’s Literal Translation

And there was Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, she was much advanced in days, having lived with an husband seven years from her virginity,

World English Bible

There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

Darby Translation

And there was a prophetess, Anna, daughter of Phanuel, of [the] tribe of Asher, who was far advanced in years, having lived with [her] husband seven years from her virginity,

Douay-Rheims

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser; she was far advanced in years, and had lived with her husband seven years from her virginity.

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