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And when Zacharias saw him , he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
καὶkaiAnd
Lemma: καί (kai) · Strong's: G2532
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: and — καί, ; conj., ; and ; I. Copulative. ; 1. Connecting single words; (a) in general: Mat.2:18, 16:1, Mrk.2:15, Luk.8:15, Heb.1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Mat.23:23, Luk.14:21, Rom.7:12,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 9450 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2532; TFLSJ G2532; TAGNT Luke 1:12 word 1
ἐταράχθηetarachthēwas troubled
Lemma: ταράσσω (tarassō) · Strong's: G5015
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Passive · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-API-3S)
Meaning: to trouble — ταράσσω ; [in LXX for בָּהַל, רָגַז, etc., forty-six words in all ; ] ; to disturb, trouble, stir up: primarily in physical sense (Hom., Eur.): τ. ὕδωρ, Jhn.1:5 [4], Jhn.1:7. Metaphorical, of the mind (Æsch., Plat.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 18 times. Also: Matthew 2:3, Matthew 14:26, Mark 6:50, Luke 24:38, John 5:4, John 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5015; TFLSJ G5015; TAGNT Luke 1:12 word 2
ΖαχαρίαςZachariasZechariah
Lemma: Ζαχαρίας (Zacharias) · Strong's: G2197H
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Masculine · Individual (N-NSM-P)
Meaning: Zechariah — Ζαχαρίας, -ου, ὁ (Heb. זַכַּי); 1. Zacharias, father of John the Baptist: Luk.1:5, 12-13 1:18, 21 1:40, 59 1:67 3:2. ; 2. Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada (in txt. wrongly called son of Barachiah; cf. 2Ch.24:19 ff.):…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 9 times. Also: Luke 1:5, Luke 1:13, Luke 1:18, Luke 1:21, Luke 1:40, Luke 1:59 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2197H; TFLSJ G2197H; TAGNT Luke 1:12 word 3
ἰδών,idōnhaving seen [him],
Lemma: εἴδω (eidō) · Strong's: G1492H
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (V-2AAP-NSM)
Meaning: to perceive: see — οἶδα, (from same root as εἶδον, which see), ; [in LXX chiefly for ידע ; ] pf. with present meaning (plpf. as impf.; on irregular tense-forms, see App.), ; to have seen or perceived, hence, to know, have knowledge of:…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 346 times. Also: Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:9, Matthew 2:10, Matthew 2:11, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 3:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1492H; TFLSJ G1492H; TAGNT Luke 1:12 word 4
καὶkaiand
Lemma: καί (kai) · Strong's: G2532
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: and — καί, ; conj., ; and ; I. Copulative. ; 1. Connecting single words; (a) in general: Mat.2:18, 16:1, Mrk.2:15, Luk.8:15, Heb.1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Mat.23:23, Luk.14:21, Rom.7:12,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 9450 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2532; TFLSJ G2532; TAGNT Luke 1:12 word 5
φόβοςphobosfear
Lemma: φόβος (phobos) · Strong's: G5401
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (N-NSM)
Meaning: fear — φόβος, -ου, ὁ ; [in LXX chiefly for יִרְאָה, also for פַּחַד, אֵימָה, etc. ; ] ; 1. in Hom., flight. ; 2. That which causes flight, fear, dread, terror: Luk.1:12, Act.5:5, 1Ti.5:20. 1Jn.4:18, al.; cogn. accusative,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 46 times. Also: Matthew 14:26, Matthew 28:4, Matthew 28:8, Mark 4:41, Luke 1:65, Luke 2:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5401; TFLSJ G5401; TAGNT Luke 1:12 word 6
ἐπέπεσενepepesenfell
Lemma: ἐπιπίπτω (epipiptō) · Strong's: G1968
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-2AAI-3S)
Meaning: to fall/press upon — ἐπι-πίπτω ; [in LXX chiefly for נָפַל ; ] ; to fall upon (Field, Notes, 25): with dative of person(s), Mrk.3:10 (see Swete, in l), Act.20:10; before ἐπὶ τ. τράχηλον (as Gen.46:29, Tob.11:8, 3Ma.5:49, al.), Luk.15:20,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 11 times. Also: Mark 3:10, Luke 15:20, Acts 8:16, Acts 10:44, Acts 11:15, Acts 19:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1968; TFLSJ G1968; TAGNT Luke 1:12 word 7
ἐπ᾽ep᾽upon
Lemma: ἐπί (epi) · Strong's: G1909
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: upon/to/against — ἐπί (before a smooth breathing ἐπ᾽, before a rough breathing ἐφ᾽), ; prep. with genitive, dative, accusative (accusative most frequently in NT), ; with primary sense of superposition, on, upon. ; I. C. genitive, ; 1. of…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 905 times. Also: Matthew 1:11, Matthew 2:22, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:13, Matthew 3:16, Matthew 4:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1909; TFLSJ G1909; TAGNT Luke 1:12 word 8
αὐτόν.¶autonhim.
Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846
Parsing: Personal pronoun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (P-ASM)
Meaning: it/s/he — αὐτός, -ή, -ό, ; determinative pron., in late Gk. much more frequently than in cl. (WM, 178f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399). ; 1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., see infr., iii); (1) self (ipse),…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 5846 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0846; TFLSJ G0846; TAGNT Luke 1:12 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When | → | καί G2532 and |
| Zechariah | → | Ζαχαρίας G2197H Zechariah |
| saw [him] | → | ὁράω G3708 to see: see |
| he was startled | → | ταράσσω G5015 to trouble |
| and | → | καί G2532 and |
| gripped | → | ἐπιπίπτω G1968 to fall/press upon |
| . . . | → | ἐπί G1909 upon/to/against |
| . . . | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
| with fear | → | φόβος G5401 fear |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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