King James Version

Luke 2:37

And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “until” (ἕως) before years here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of” (ὡς) before years here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “from” (ἀπὸ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andαὐτὴautēsheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “she”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “she”.sheχήραchērawas a widowχήραadjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “was a widow”, the subject formG5503a widow.was a widowἕωςheōsof aboutἕωςpreposition — “of about”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.of aboutἐτῶνetōnyearsἔτος (etos)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “years”, the of-formG2094a year.yearsὀγδοήκονταogdoēkontaeightyὀγδοήκονταadjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “eighty”, the of-formG3589eighty.τεσσάρων,)tessarōnfourτέσσαρες (tessares)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “four”, the of-formG5064four.ἣhēwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “which”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.whichοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἀφίστατοaphistatoto leaveἀφίσταμαι (aphistamai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to leave”, an ongoing action in the pastG868I make to stand away, draw away, repel, take up a position away from, withdraw from, leave, abstain from.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἱεροῦhierousacredἱερός (hierós)adjective, genitive, singular, neuter — “sacred”, the of-formG2413sacred, holy, set apart.This verse uses “sacred”.Strong’s files this form under G2411 (ἱερόν).the templeνηστείαιςnēsteiaisGod with fastingsνηστεία (nēsteia)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “God with fastings”, the to- or for-formG3521fasting, the day of atonement.God with fastingsκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andδεήσεσινdeēsesinprayersδέησις (deēsis)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “prayers”, the to- or for-formG1162supplication, prayer, entreaty.prayersλατρεύουσαlatreuousato ministerλατρεύω (latreuō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, feminine — “to minister”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3000I serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship.νύκταnuktanightνύξ (nux)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “night”, the object formG3571the night, night-time.nightκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἡμέρανhēmerandayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “day”, the object formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.day

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ὡςhōsof aboutὡςpreposition — “of about”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.ἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and she [is] a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,

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American Standard Version (1901)

and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.

Young’s Literal Translation

and she [is] a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,

World English Bible

and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshiping with fastings and petitions night and day.

Darby Translation

and herself a widow up to eighty-four years; who did not depart from the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers;

Douay-Rheims

And she was a widow until fourscore and four years; who departed not from the temple, by fastings and prayers serving night and day.

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