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Galatians 4:25

Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.

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ASV

Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: for she is in bondage with her children.

KJV

For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
τὸto<the>G3588 →
δὲdeNowG1161 →
ἉγὰρHagarHagarG28 →
ΣινᾶSinaSinaiG4614 →
ὄροςorosMountG3735 →
ἐστὶνestinisG1510 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
τῇtēa<the>G3588 →
Ἀραβίᾳ,ArabiaArabia,G688 →
συστοιχεῖsustoicheishe correspondsG4960 →
δὲdenowG1161 →
τῇtēato theG3588 →
νῦνnunpresentG3568 →
Ἰερουσαλήμ,IerousalēmJerusalem,G2419 →
δουλεύειdouleueishe is in slaveryG1398 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
μετὰmetawithG3326 →
τῶνtōntheG3588 →
τέκνωνteknōnchildrenG5043 →
αὐτῆς.autēsof her.G846 →

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Leviticus 25:10So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and to his clan.Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!Galatians 1:17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.Psalms 68:17The chariots of God are tens of thousands— thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.Galatians 2:4This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.Psalms 68:8the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.Deuteronomy 33:2He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.Hebrews 12:18For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;Luke 19:44They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”Acts 1:11“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”Judges 5:5The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.Luke 13:34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!Galatians 4:24These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.Acts 2:11both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”Acts 7:30After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.Ezekiel 27:21Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.1 Kings 10:15not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.Galatians 4:3So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.

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