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To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. (KJV)

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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.

ἀπογράψασθαιapograpsasthaito register

Lemma: ἀπογράφω (apographō) · Strong's: G0583

Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Middle · Infinitive (V-AMN)

Meaning: to register — ἀπο-γράφω ; [in LXX: Jdg.8:14, Pro.22:20 (כָּתַב), I Est.8:30, 3Ma.2:29 3Mac 4:14 3Mac 6:34 3Mac 6:38 * ; ] ; 1. to write out, copy. ; 2. to enrol; mid., to enrol oneself: Luk.2:1 (M, Pr., 162; but. see ICC, in l),…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 4 times. Also: Luke 2:1, Luke 2:3, Hebrews 12:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G0583; TFLSJ G0583; TAGNT Luke 2:5 word 1

σὺνsunwith

Lemma: σύν (sun) · Strong's: G4862

Parsing: Preposition (PREP)

Meaning: with — σύν (old Att. ξύν), ; prep. with dative, ; expressing association, fellowship and inclusion. It gradually gave way to μετά, with genitive (cf. LS, see word; Bl., §41, 3), and is therefore comparatively infrequent in NT,…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 131 times. Also: Matthew 25:27, Matthew 26:35, Matthew 27:38, Matthew 27:44, Mark 2:26, Mark 4:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G4862; TFLSJ G4862; TAGNT Luke 2:5 word 2

ΜαριὰμMariamMary

Lemma: Μαρία (Maria) · Strong's: G3137G

Parsing: Noun · Dative · Singular · Feminine · Individual (N-DSF-P)

Meaning: Mary — Μαρία, -ας (Hellenized form), and Μαριάμ, indecl., ἡ (Aram. מַרְיָם; Heb. מִרְיָם) ; Mary. In NT; 1. the mother of Jesus: Mat.1:16 ff. Mat.2:11 13:55, Mrk.6:3, Luk.1:27 ff. Luk.2:5, 16 2:19, 34, Act.1:14 ; 2. M.…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 26 times. Also: Matthew 1:16, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:11, Matthew 13:55, Matthew 27:56 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3137G; TFLSJ G3137G; TAGNT Luke 2:5 word 3

τῇtēawho [was]

Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588

Parsing: Definite article · Dative · Singular · Feminine (T-DSF)

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.,…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

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 2:5 word 4

ἐμνηστευμένῃemnēsteumenēbetrothed

Lemma: μνηστεύω (mnēsteuō) · Strong's: G3423

Parsing: Verb · Perfect · Passive · Participle · Dative · Singular · Feminine (V-RPP-DSF)

Meaning: to betroth — μνηστεύω ; [in LXX for אָרַשׂ pi., pu. ; ] ; 1. to woo and win, espouse. ; 2. to promise in marriage, betroth; pass., of the woman, to be be­trothed: with dative of person(s), Mat.1:18, Luk.1:27 2:5.†; (AS)

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 3 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Luke 1:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3423; TFLSJ G3423; TAGNT Luke 2:5 word 5

αὐτῷautōto him

Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846

Parsing: Personal pronoun · Dative · Singular · Masculine (P-DSM)

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 2:5 word 6

γυναικίgunaikiwife

Lemma: γυνή (gunē) · Strong's: G1135H

Parsing: Noun · Dative · Singular · Feminine (N-DSF)

Meaning: woman: wife — γυνή, -αικός, ἡ, ; [in LXX for אִשָּׁה ; ] ; 1. a woman, married or unmarried: Mat.11:11 14:21, al.; ὕπανδρος γ., Rom.7:2; γ. χήρα, Luk.4:26; in vocat., γύναι implies neither reproof nor severity, but is used frequently…

Greek editions with this word: TR, Byzantine

Used 98 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:24, Matthew 5:31, Matthew 5:32, Matthew 14:3, Matthew 18:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1135H; TFLSJ G1135H; TAGNT Luke 2:5 word 7

οὔσῃousēshe being

Lemma: εἰμί (eimi) · Strong's: G1510

Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Participle · Dative · Singular · Feminine (V-PAP-DSF)

Meaning: to be — εἰμί, ; with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be. ; I. As substantive verb. ; 1. Of persons and things, to be, exist: Act.17:28, Jhn.1:1, 8:58, 17:5, al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), Rev.1:4,…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 2406 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1510; TFLSJ G1510; TAGNT Luke 2:5 word 8

ἐγκύῳ.¶egkuōwith child.

Lemma: ἔγκυος (egkuos) · Strong's: G1471

Parsing: Adjective · Dative · Singular · Feminine (A-DSF)

Meaning: pregnant — ἔγκυος, see: ἐνκ-.; ἔνκυoς (Rec. ἐγκ-, see: ἐν), -ον ; (κύω, to conceive), [in LXX: Sir.42:10 * ; ] ; pregnant, big with child : Luk.2:5.†; (AS)

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1471; TFLSJ G1471; TAGNT Luke 2:5 word 9

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

[He went there] to register→ἀπογράφω G0583 to register
with→σύν G4862 with
Mary→Μαρία G3137G Mary
who was→ὁ G3588 the/this/who
pledged to him in marriage→μνηστεύω G3423 to betroth
. . .→αὐτός G0846 it/s/he
[and] was expecting→εἰμί G1510 to be
a child→ἔγκυος G1471 pregnant

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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