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Luke 2:23

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And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present [him] to the Lord;	(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)	And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

(As^G2531 it is written^G1125 in^G1722 the law^G3551 of the Lord^G2962,^G3754 Every^G3956 male^G730 that openeth^G1272 the womb^G3388 shall be called^G2564 holy^G40 to the Lord^G2962;)

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Original Greek

καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν νόμῳ Κυρίου ὅτι Πᾶν ἄρσεν διανοῖγον μήτραν ἅγιον τῷ Κυρίῳ κληθήσεται,

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
καθὼς	kathōs	G2531	ADV	(As
γέγραπται	gegraptai	G1125	V-RPI-3S	it is written
ἐν	en	G1722	PREP	in
νόμῳ	nomō	G3551	N-DSM	the law
Κυρίου	Kuriou	G2962	N-GSM	of the Lord
ὅτι	hoti	G3754	CONJ
Πᾶν	Pan	G3956	A-NSN	Every
ἄρσεν	arsen	G730	A-NSN	male
διανοῖγον	dianoigon	G1272	V-PAP-NSN	that openeth
μήτραν	mētran	G3388	N-ASF	the womb
ἅγιον	hagion	G40	A-ASN	holy
τῷ	tō	G3588	T-DSM	*
Κυρίῳ	Kuriō	G2962	N-DSM	to the Lord
κληθήσεται,	klēthēsetai	G2564	V-FPI-3S	shall be called

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G40 — ἅγιος (hágios, hag'-ee-os): set apart, holy, sacred — from (an awful thing) (compare ἁγνός, θάλπω); sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated):--(most) holy (one, thing), saint.
• G730 — ἄῤῥην (árrhēn, ar'-hrane): male — probably from αἴρω; male (as stronger for lifting):--male, man.
• G1125 — γράφω (gráphō, graf'-o): I write — a primary verb; to "grave", especially to write; figuratively, to describe:--describe, write(-ing, -ten).
• G1272 — διανοίγω (dianoígō, dee-an-oy'-go): I open fully — from διά and ἀνοίγω; to open thoroughly, literally (as a first-born) or figuratively (to expound):--open.
• G1722 — ἐν (en, en): in, on, among — a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between εἰς and ἐκ); "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.:--about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (… sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
• G2531 — καθώς (kathṓs, kath-oce'): just as, as — from κατά and ὡς; just (or inasmuch) as, that:--according to, (according, even) as, how, when.
• G2564 — καλέω (kaléō, kal-eh'-o): I call, invite, name — akin to the base of κελεύω; to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise):--bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called)).
• G2962 — κύριος (kýrios, koo'-ree-os): lord, Lord, master, sir — from (supremacy); supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title):-- God, Lord, master, Sir.
• G3388 — μήτρα (mḗtra, may'-trah): the womb — from μήτηρ; the matrix:--womb.
• G3551 — νόμος (nómos, nom'-os): a law, the Mosaic Law — from a primary (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals); law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle):--law.
• G3754 — ὅτι (hóti, hot'-ee): that, since, because — neuter of ὅστις as conjunction; demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because:--as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
• G3956 — πᾶς (pâs, pas): all, the whole, every kind of — including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole:--all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

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