Greek Interlinear

Luke 1:59 Interlinear

And it came to pass that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child And they called him after the name father him Zacharias

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1καὶG2532Andand, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
2ἐγένετοG1096it came to passto cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
3ἐνG1722that on"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc
4τῇG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
5ὀγδόῃG3590the eighththe eighth
6ἡμέρᾳG2250dayday, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of
7ἦλθονG2064they cameto come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
8περιτεμεῖνG4059to circumciseto cut around, i.e., (specially) to circumcise
9τὸG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
10παιδίονG3813the childa childling (of either sex), i.e., (properly), an infant, or (by extension) a half-grown boy or girl; figuratively, an immature christian
11καὶG2532Andand, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
12ἐκάλουνG2564they calledto "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
13αὐτοῦG846himthe reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
14ἐπὶG1909afterproperly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
15τῷG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
16ὀνόματιG3686the namea "name" (literally or figuratively) (authority, character)
17τοῦG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
18πατρὸςG3962fathera "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
19αὐτοῦG846himthe reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
20ΖαχαρίανG2197Zachariaszacharias (i.e., zechariah), the name of two israelites

Verse Context

Luke 1:58And heard her neighbours And ...
Luke 1:59 (current)And it came to pass that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child And they called him after the name father him Zacharias
Luke 1:60And answered mother his and said...

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