King James Version
Luke 1:74 in the King James Version says “That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,” — study this verse from Luke chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,”
Luke 1:74 · KJV
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“That he would grant”
G1325to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
“out of”
G1537a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct
“the hand”
G5495the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by hebraism) a means or instrument)
“enemies”
G2190hateful (passively, odious, or actively, hostile); usually as a noun, an adversary (especially satan)
“that we being delivered”
G4506compare g4511); to rush or draw (for oneself), i.e., rescue
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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