King James Version

Luke 4:5

And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the devil into mountain high” (ὁ διάβολος εἰς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν) before he showed here.

ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἀναγαγὼνanagagōntakingἀνάγω (anagō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “taking”, a single actionG321I lead up, bring up, offer, produce, put to sea, set sail.takingαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἔδειξενedeixenshewedδείκνυμι (deiknumi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “shewed”, a single actionG1166I point out, show, exhibit; met: I teach, demonstrate, make known.shewedαὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himπάσαςpasasallπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.βασιλείαςbasileiaskingdomsβασιλεία (basileia)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “kingdoms”, the object formG932kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, especially of God, both in the world, and in the hearts of men; hence: kingdom, in the concrete sense.the kingdomsτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.οἰκουμένηςoikoumenēsof the worldοἰκουμένη (oikoumenē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the world”, the of-formG3625(properly: the land that is being inhabited, the land in a state of habitation), the inhabited world, that is, the Roman world, for all outside it was regarded as of no account.of the worldἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inστιγμῇstigmēa momentστιγμήnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “a moment”, the to- or for-formG4743a moment, point of time, an instant.a momentχρόνουchronouof timeχρόνος (chronos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of time”, the of-formG5550time, a particular time, season.This verse uses “time”.of time

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ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.διάβολοςdiabolosdevilδιάβολοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “devil”, the subject formG1228(adj. used often as a noun), slanderous; with the article: the Slanderer (par excellence), the Devil.εἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.ὄροςorosmountainὄροςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “mountain”, the object formG3735a mountain, hill.ὑψηλὸνhupsēlonhighὑψηλός (hupsēlos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “high”, the object formG5308high, lofty.This verse uses “high”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And the Devil having brought him up to an high mountain, shewed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he led him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the Devil having brought him up to an high mountain, shewed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time,

World English Bible

The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

Darby Translation

And [the devil], leading him up into a high mountain, shewed him all the kingdoms of the habitable world in a moment of time.

Douay-Rheims

And the devil led him into a high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time;

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