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Luke 4:25

But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

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ἐπ’epofἐπί (epi)preposition — “of”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.ofἀληθείαςalētheiasa truthἀλήθεια (alētheia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “a truth”, the of-formG225truth, but not merely truth as spoken; truth of idea, reality, sincerity, truth in the moral sphere, divine truth revealed to man, straightforwardness.a truthδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.λέγωlegōto speakλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to speak”, 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.This verse uses “speak”.ὑμῖνhuminyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.πολλαὶpollaimanyπολύς (polus)adjective, nominative, plural, feminine — “many”, the subject formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “many”.manyχῆραιchēraiwidowsχήρα (chēra)adjective, nominative, plural, feminine — “widows”, the subject formG5503a widow.widowsἦσανēsanwereεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “were”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.wereἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμέραιςhēmeraisdaysἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “days”, the to- or for-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.the daysἨλίουēliouof EliasἨλίας (ēlias)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Elias”, the of-formG2243Elijah, the prophet.of Eliasἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἸσραήλisraēlIsraelἸσραήλnoun, dative, singular, masculine — “Israel”, the to- or for-formG2474(Hebrew), Israel, surname of Jacob, then the Jewish people, the people of God.ὅτεhotewhenὅτεadverb — “when”G3753when, at which time.whenἐκλείσθηekleisthēwas shut upκλείω (kleiō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “was shut up”, a single actionG2808I shut, shut up.This verse uses “shut”.was shut upὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανὸςouranosheavenοὐρανόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the subject formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.ἐπὶepithroughoutἐπίpreposition — “throughout”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.throughoutἔτηetēyearἔτος (etos)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “year”, the object formG2094a year.τρίαtriathreeτρεῖς (treis)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “three”, the object formG5140three.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.μῆναςmēnasmonthμήν (mēn)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “month”, the object formG3376a (lunar) month.ἕξhexsixἕξadjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “six”, the object formG1803six.ὡςhōswhichὡςadverb — “which”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.ἐγένετοegenetoto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.λιμὸςlimoshungerλιμόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “hunger”, the subject formG3042a famine, hunger.This verse uses “hunger”.μέγαςmegasgreatμέγαςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “great”, the subject formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.ἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.πᾶσανpasanallπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γῆνgēnlandγῆ (gē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “land”, the object formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.This verse uses “land”.the land

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and of a truth I say to you, Many widows were in the days of Elijah, in Israel, when the heaven was shut for three years and six months, when great famine came on all the land,

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American Standard Version (1901)

But of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land;

Young’s Literal Translation

and of a truth I say to you, Many widows were in the days of Elijah, in Israel, when the heaven was shut for three years and six months, when great famine came on all the land,

World English Bible

But truly I tell you , there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah , when the sky was shut up three years and six months , when a great famine came over all the land .

Darby Translation

But of a truth I say to you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months, so that a great famine came upon all the land,

Douay-Rheims

In truth I say to you, there were many widows in the days of Elias in Israel, when heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there was a great famine throughout all the earth.

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