What Does Luke 1:57 Mean?

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“Now”

but, and, etc

“Elisabeth's”

elisabet, an israelitess

“came”

to "fill" (literally or figuratively (imbue, influence, supply)); specially, to fulfil (time)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“time”

a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from g2540, which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from g0165, which denotes a

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“should be delivered”

to produce (from seed, as a mother, a plant, the earth, etc.), literally or figuratively

“that she”

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

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“she brought forth”

to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate

“a son”

a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship