Luke 4:25
But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.
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ASV
But of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land;
KJV
But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
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Commentary
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33 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπ᾽ | ep᾽ | In | G1909 → |
| ἀληθείας | alētheias | truth | G225 → |
| δὲ | de | now | G1161 → |
| λέγω | legō | I say | G3004 → |
| ὑμῖν· | humin | to you; | G4771 → |
| πολλαὶ | pollai | many | G4183 → |
| χῆραι | chērai | widows | G5503 → |
| ἦσαν | ēsan | there were | G1510 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| ταῖς | tais | the | G3588 → |
| ἡμέραις | hēmerais | days | G2250 → |
| Ἠλίου | Ēliou | of Elijah | G2243 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| τῷ | tō | <the> | G3588 → |
| Ἰσραὴλ | Israēl | Israel | G2474 → |
| ὅτε | hote | when | G3753 → |
| ἐκλείσθη | ekleisthē | was shut up | G2808 → |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → |
| οὐρανὸς | ouranos | heaven | G3772 → |
| ἐπὶ | epi | for | G1909 → |
| ἔτη | etē | years | G2094 → |
| τρία | tria | three | G5140 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| μῆνας | mēnas | months | G3376 → |
| ἕξ, | hex | six, | G1803 → |
| ὡς | hōs | when | G5613 → |
| ἐγένετο | egeneto | there was | G1096 → |
| λιμὸς | limos | a famine | G3042 → |
| μέγας | megas | great | G3173 → |
| ἐπὶ | epi | upon | G1909 → |
| πᾶσαν | pasan | all | G3956 → |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 → |
| γῆν· | gēn | land; | G1093 → |
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