Luke 1:72 Go deeper
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To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
ποιῆσαιpoiēsaito fulfill
Lemma: ποιέω (poieō) · Strong's: G4160G
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Infinitive (V-AAN)
Meaning: to do/make: do — ποιέω, -ῶ, ; [in LXX for a great variety of words, but chiefly for עשׂה ; ] ; 1. to make, produce, create, cause: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.17:4, Mrk.9:5, Jhn.9:11, Act.9:39, Rom.9:20, al.; of God as Creator…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 565 times. Also: Matthew 1:24, Matthew 3:3, Matthew 3:8, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 4:19, Matthew 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4160G; TFLSJ G4160G; TAGNT Luke 1:72 word 1
ἔλεοςeleosmercy
Lemma: ἔλεος (eleos) · Strong's: G1656
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (N-ASN)
Meaning: mercy — ἔλεος, -ους, τό; (cl. -ου, ὁ, and so Rec., Mat.9:13 12:7 23:23, Tit.3:5, Heb.4:16; on the Hellenistic form τό ἔ., see WH, App., 158; M, Pr., 60; Mayser, 277; Kühner, i, 515), [in LXX chiefly for חֶסֶד ; ] ; mercy, pity,…
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Used 27 times. Also: Matthew 9:13, Matthew 12:7, Matthew 23:23, Luke 1:50, Luke 1:54, Luke 1:58 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1656; TFLSJ G1656; TAGNT Luke 1:72 word 2
μετὰmetatoward
Lemma: μετά (meta) · Strong's: G3326
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: with/after — μετά (before vowel μετ᾽; on the neglect of elision in certain cases, V. WH, App., 146 b), ; prep. with genitive, accusative (in poet, also with dative), [in LXX for אַחַד ,עִם ,אֵת, etc.]. ; I. C. genitive, ; 1. among,…
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Used 475 times. Also: Matthew 1:12, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:3, Matthew 2:11, Matthew 4:21, Matthew 5:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3326; TFLSJ G3326; TAGNT Luke 1:72 word 3
τῶνtōnthe
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Genitive · Plural · Masculine (T-GPM)
Meaning: the/this/who — ὁ, ἡ, τό, ; the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article. ; I. As demonstr. pron. ; 1. As frequently in Hom.,…
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Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT Luke 1:72 word 4
πατέρωνpaterōnfathers
Lemma: πατήρ (patēr) · Strong's: G3962
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Plural · Masculine (N-GPM)
Meaning: father — πατήρ, πατρός, -τρί, τέρα, [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for אָב ; ] ; a father; 1. prop., ; (a) of the male parent: Mat.2:22, Luk.1:17, Jhn.4:53; anarth., Heb.12:7 (M, Pr., 82 f.); pl., of both parents (cl.),…
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Used 420 times. Also: Matthew 2:22, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 4:21, Matthew 4:22, Matthew 5:16, Matthew 5:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3962; TFLSJ G3962; TAGNT Luke 1:72 word 5
ἡμῶν,hēmōnof us,
Lemma: μέ (me) · Strong's: G3165
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 1st · Genitive · Plural (P-1GP)
Meaning: me — 1. apostrophe for με. ; 2. rarely for μοι, (Homer) (ML)
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Used 2026 times. Also: Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 3:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3165; TFLSJ G3165; TAGNT Luke 1:72 word 6
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 1:72 word 7
μνησθῆναιmnēsthēnaito remember
Lemma: μιμνήσκω (mimnēskō) · Strong's: G3403
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Passive · Infinitive (V-APN)
Meaning: to remember — μιμνήσκω; (Bl., -ῄ-, § 3, 3), [in LXX chiefly for זָכַר ; ] ; to remind: mid, and pass.; (a) reflexive, to remind oneself of, hence, to remember: with genitive of thing(s), Mat.26:75, Luk.1:54, 72 24:8, Act.11:16,…
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Used 23 times. Also: Matthew 5:23, Matthew 26:75, Matthew 27:63, Luke 1:54, Luke 16:25, Luke 23:42 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3403; TFLSJ G3403; TAGNT Luke 1:72 word 8
διαθήκηςdiathēkēs[the] covenant
Lemma: διαθήκη (diathēkē) · Strong's: G1242
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Singular · Feminine (N-GSF)
Meaning: covenant — διαθήκη, -ης, ἡ; (διατίθημι), [frequently in LXX, and nearly always for בְּרִית ; ] ; 1. as usually in cl., a disposition, testament, will (Plat., al.): Gal.3:15 (R, mg., but see Lft., in l.), Heb.9:16, 17 (R, txt.; MM,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 33 times. Also: Matthew 26:28, Mark 14:24, Luke 22:20, Acts 3:25, Acts 7:8, Romans 9:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1242; TFLSJ G1242; TAGNT Luke 1:72 word 9
ἁγίαςhagiasholy
Lemma: ἅγιος (hagios) · Strong's: G0040G
Parsing: Adjective · Genitive · Singular · Feminine (A-GSF)
Meaning: holy — ἅγιος, -α, ον ; (τό ἅγός, religious awe; ἅζω, to venerate), [in LXX chiefly for קֹ֫דֶשׁ ; ] ; primarily, dedicated to the gods, sacred (Hdt.; rare in Att., never in Hom., Hes. and Trag., who use ἁγνός), hence, holy,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 166 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 4:5, Matthew 7:6, Matthew 12:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0040G; TFLSJ G0040G; TAGNT Luke 1:72 word 10
αὐτοῦ,autouof Him,
Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846
Parsing: Personal pronoun · Genitive · Singular · Masculine (P-GSM)
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 1:72 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| to show | → | ποιέω G4160G to do/make: do |
| mercy | → | ἔλεος G1656 mercy |
| to | → | μετά G3326 with/after |
| our | → | ἐγώ G1473 I/we |
| fathers | → | πατήρ G3962 father |
| and | → | καί G2532 and |
| to remember | → | μιμνήσκω G3403 to remember |
| His | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
| holy | → | ἅγιος G0040G holy |
| covenant | → | διαθήκη G1242 covenant |
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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