Luke 1:78

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Διὰ σπλάγχνα ἐλέους Θεοῦ ἡμῶν· ἐν οἷς ἐπεσκέψατο ἡμᾶς ἀνατολὴ ἐξ ὕψους,

Transliteration

Through splanchna of eleous of Theou our; in which epeskepsato us anatolē from hypsous,

Grammar Details

• *Dia*: preposition with accusative - through/because of
• *splanchna*: accusative, neuter, plural - bowels/inward parts/tender mercies
• *eleous*: genitive, neuter, singular - of mercy
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *ἡμῶν*: genitive, first person, plural pronoun - our
• *en*: preposition with dative - in
• *hois*: dative, relative pronoun, neuter, plural - in which/whereby
• *epeskepsato*: aorist, indicative, middle, 3rd person, singular - visited/looked upon
• *hēmas*: accusative, first person, plural pronoun - us
• *anatolē*: nominative, feminine, singular - dayspring/rising/east
• *ex*: preposition with genitive - from/out of
• *hypsous*: genitive, neuter, singular - height/high place

Word Meanings

• *splanchna*: bowels/inward parts/heart/tender mercies/compassion
• *eleous*: mercy/compassion/pity
• *epeskepsato*: visited/looked upon/attended to/cared for
• *anatolē*: dayspring/rising (of sun or stars)/east/dawn/branch

Referenced Verses

• Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
• Isa 11:1 : 1 And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.
• Col 3:12 : 12 Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
• 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 And we have the word of prophecy [made] more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until {G3757} the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:
• Zech 3:8 : 8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows that sit before you; for they are men that are a sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch.
• Zech 6:12 : 12 and speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build the temple of Jehovah;
• Num 24:17 : 17 I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh: There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, And a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite through the corners of Moab, And break down all the sons of tumult.
• Ps 25:6 : 6 Remember, O Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindness; For they have been ever of old.
• Isa 63:7 : 7 I will make mention of the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah, and the praises of Jehovah, according to all that Jehovah hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
• Isa 63:15 : 15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? the yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me.
• John 3:16 : 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
• Eph 2:4-5 : 4 but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
• Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
• Phil 1:8 : 8 For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
• Phil 2:1 : 1 If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,
• 1 John 3:17 : 17 But whoso {G302} hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?
• 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 Herein {G5129} was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 Herein {G5129} is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.
• Rev 22:16 : 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.