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Luke 2:9

In Luke 2 of Luke.

And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “behold” (ἰδού) before angel here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἄγγελοςangelosangelἄγγελοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “angel”, the subject formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.the angelκυρίουkuriouof the Lordκύριος (kurios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the Lord”, the of-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.of the Lordἐπέστηepestēcame uponἐφίστημι (ephistēmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “came upon”, a single actionG2186I stand by, am urgent, befall one (as of evil), am at hand, impend.came uponαὐτοῖςautoisthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andδόξαdoxagloryδόξαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “glory”, the subject formG1391honor, renown; glory, an especially divine quality, the unspoken manifestation of God, splendor.the gloryκυρίουkuriouof the Lordκύριος (kurios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the Lord”, the of-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.of the Lordπεριέλαμψενperielampsenshone round aboutπεριλάμπω (perilampō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “shone round about”, a single actionG4034I shine around.shone round aboutαὐτούςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐφοβήθησανephobēthēsanafraidφοβέομαι (phobeomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “afraid”, a single actionG5399I fear, dread, reverence, am afraid, terrified.afraidφόβονphobonfearφόβος (phobos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “fear”, the object formG5401(a) fear, terror, alarm, (b) the object or cause of fear, (c) reverence, respect.This verse uses “fear”.μέγανmegangreatμέγας (megas)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “great”, the object formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἰδούidouloἰδούinterjection — “lo”G2400See! Lo! Behold! Look!.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood over them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they feared a great fear.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

Young’s Literal Translation

and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood over them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they feared a great fear.

World English Bible

Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

Darby Translation

And lo, an angel of [the] Lord was there by them, and [the] glory of [the] Lord shone around them, and they feared [with] great fear.

Douay-Rheims

And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the brightness of God shone round about them; and they feared with a great fear.

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