What Does Luke 13:16 Mean?

the he (she or it), i.e., this or that (often with article repeated)

“And”

but, and, etc

“a daughter”

a female child, or (by hebraism) descendant (or inhabitant)

“of Abraham”

abraham, the hebrew patriarch

“being”

being

“whom”

the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that

“hath bound”

to bind (in various applications, literally or figuratively)

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

“Satan”

the accuser, i.e., the devil

“lo”

used as imperative lo!

“these eighteen”

ten

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

"eight"

“years”

a year

“not”

the absolute negative (compare g3361) adverb; no or not

“ought”

also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)

“be loosed”

to "loosen" (literally or figuratively)

“from”

"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)

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

“bond”

a band, i.e., ligament (of the body) or shackle (of a prisoner); figuratively, an impediment or disability

“this”

of (from or concerning) this (person or thing)

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

“day”

day, 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

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

“on the sabbath”

the sabbath (i.e., shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension, a se'nnight,