Luke 1:73

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The oath which he spake unto Abraham our father,

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Gen 22:16-18 : 16 and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, 17 that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18 and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Deut 7:12 : 12 And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Jehovah thy God will keep with thee the covenant and the lovingkindness which he sware unto thy fathers:
Ps 105:9 : 9 [ The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,
Jer 11:5 : 5 that I may establish the oath which I sware unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then answered I, and said, Amen, O Jehovah.
Heb 6:13 : 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,
Heb 6:16-17 : 16 For men {G3303} swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation. 17 Wherein {G1722} God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;
Gen 24:7 : 7 Jehovah, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spake unto me, and who sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence.
Gen 26:3 : 3 sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Deut 7:8 : 8 but because Jehovah loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Luke 1:71-72
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85%
71Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
72To show mercy towards, our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;
Luke 1:54-55
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82%
54He hath given help to Israel his servant, That he might remember mercy
55(As he spake unto our fathers) Toward Abraham and {G4690} his seed for ever.
Ps 105:8-9
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8He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
9[ The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,
Luke 1:74-75
2 verses
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74To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies Should serve him without fear,
75In holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
Heb 6:13-14
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78%
13For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,
14saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
Mic 7:20
77%
20Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the lovingkindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
1 Chr 16:15-17
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77%
15Remember his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
16[ The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,
17And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
Gen 21:23-24
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23now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
24And Abraham said, I will swear.
Heb 6:17
74%
17Wherein {G1722} God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;
Deut 6:23
74%
23and he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
Ps 105:42
74%
42For he remembered his holy word, [And] Abraham his servant.
Gen 22:16
74%
16and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,
Deut 29:13
73%
13that he may establish thee this day unto himself for a people, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he spake unto thee, and as he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Gen 17:9
72%
9And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations.
Exod 32:13
72%
13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
Gen 26:3
72%
3sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Gen 31:53
71%
53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac.
Acts 3:25
71%
25Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Gen 17:4
71%
4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.
Gen 24:9
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9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning this matter.
Acts 13:32
71%
32And we bring you good tidings of the promise made unto the fathers,
Acts 7:2
70%
2And he said, {G435} Brethren and fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
Gen 26:5
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5because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Heb 11:17-18
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70%
17By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten [son];
18[None even he] to whom it was said, {G3754} In Isaac shall thy seed be called:
Rom 4:12
70%
12and the father of circumcision to them who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he had in uncircumcision.
Rom 4:16
70%
16For this cause [it is] of faith, that [it may be] according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
Heb 7:6
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6but he whose genealogy is not counted from them hath taken tithes of Abraham, and hath blessed him that hath the promises.
Matt 1:1
70%
1The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Jer 11:5
70%
5that I may establish the oath which I sware unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then answered I, and said, Amen, O Jehovah.
Isa 63:16
69%
16For thou art our Father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name.
Gen 24:3
69%
3and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Gal 3:14-15
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69%
14that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
15Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man's covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto.
Heb 7:20
69%
20And inasmuch as [it is] not without the taking of an oath
Gen 28:4
69%
4and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham.
Gal 3:7-9
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69%
7Know therefore that they that are of faith, the same are sons of Abraham.
8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand unto Abraham, [saying,] In thee shall all the nations be blessed.
9So then they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
1 Kgs 8:58
69%
58that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.
Rom 4:1
69%
1What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, hath found according to the flesh?
Acts 13:23
69%
23Of this man's seed hath God according to promise brought unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus;