Greek Interlinear
Luke 2:20 Interlinear
Word-by-word Greek interlinear analysis of Luke 2:20, showing the original Greek text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“And returned the shepherds glorifying And praising God for all the things that they had heard And seen as it was told unto them”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | καὶ | G2532 | And | and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
| 2 | ἐπέστρεψαν | G1994 | returned | to revert (literally, figuratively or morally) |
| 3 | οἱ | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 4 | ποιμένες | G4166 | the shepherds | a shepherd (literally or figuratively) |
| 5 | δοξάζοντες | G1392 | glorifying | to render (or esteem) glorious (in a wide application) |
| 6 | καὶ | G2532 | And | and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
| 7 | αἰνοῦντες | G134 | praising | to praise (god) |
| 8 | τὸν | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 9 | θεὸν | G2316 | God | a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism) |
| 10 | ἐπὶ | G1909 | for | properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re |
| 11 | πᾶσιν | G3956 | all the things | all, any, every, the whole |
| 12 | οἷς | G3739 | that | the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that |
| 13 | ἤκουσαν | G191 | they had heard | to hear (in various senses) |
| 14 | καὶ | G2532 | And | and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
| 15 | εἶδον | G1492 | seen | used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl |
| 16 | καθὼς | G2531 | as | just (or inasmuch) as, that |
| 17 | ἐλαλήθη | G2980 | it was told | to talk, i.e., utter words |
| 18 | πρὸς | G4314 | unto | a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, |
| 19 | αὐτούς | G846 | them | the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons |
Verse Context
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