Luke 1:52

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He hath put down princes from [their] thrones, And hath exalted them of low degree.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καθεῖλεν δυνάστας ἀπὸ θρόνων, καὶ ὕψωσεν ταπεινούς.

Transliteration

Katheilen dynastas from thronōn, and hypsōsen tapeinous.

Grammar Details

• *Katheilen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he/she/it brought down/put down
• *dynastas*: accusative masculine plural - rulers/mighty ones
• *thronōn*: genitive masculine plural - of thrones
• *hypsōsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he/she/it lifted up/exalted
• *tapeinous*: accusative masculine plural - humble/lowly ones

Word Meanings

• *Katheilen*: brought down/put down/deposed
• *dynastas*: rulers/potentates/people in positions of power
• *hypsōsen*: exalted/lifted up/raised
• *tapeinous*: humble ones/lowly ones/those of low position

Referenced Verses

• Ps 107:40-41 : 40 He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way. 41 Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh [him] families like a flock.
• Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt {G5312} you.
• Ezek 17:24 : 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I, Jehovah, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I, Jehovah, have spoken and have done it.
• Amos 9:11 : 11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;
• Mark 6:3 : 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended in him.
• Luke 18:14 : 14 I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
• Jas 1:9-9 : 9 But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate: 10 and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
• 1 Sam 2:4 : 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.
• 1 Sam 2:6-8 : 6 Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up. 7 Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up. 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, And he hath set the world upon them.
• Job 5:11-13 : 11 So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety. 12 He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
• Job 34:24-28 : 24 He breaketh in pieces mighty men [in ways] past finding out, And setteth others in their stead. 25 Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed. 26 He striketh them as wicked men In the open sight of others; 27 Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways: 28 So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted.
• Ps 113:6-8 : 6 That humbleth himself to behold [The things that are] in heaven and in the earth? 7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the needy from the dunghill; 8 That he may set him with princes, Even with the princes of his people.
• Eccl 4:14 : 14 For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.