Luke 21:35

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

for [so] {G3803} shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὡς παγὶς γὰρ ἐπελεύσεται ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς καθημένους ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς γῆς.

Transliteration

As pagis gar it will epeleusetai upon all the ones kathēmenous upon prosōpon of all the gēs.

Grammar Details

*pagis*: nominative feminine singular - snare/trap
*gar*: postpositive particle - for
*epeleusetai*: future middle indicative, 3rd person singular - will come upon
*kathēmenous*: present middle participle, accusative masculine plural - sitting/dwelling
*prosōpon*: accusative neuter singular - face/surface
*gēs*: genitive feminine singular - earth/land

Word Meanings

*pagis*: snare/trap/noose
*gar*: for/because/indeed
*epeleusetai*: will come upon/will overtake/will come suddenly
*kathēmenous*: sitting/dwelling/living
*prosōpon*: face/surface/countenance
*gēs*: earth/land/ground

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Rev 16:15 : 15 (Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)
Gen 7:4 : 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground.
Ps 11:6 : 6 Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Eccl 9:12 : 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Isa 24:17-18 : 17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. 18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
Jer 48:43-44 : 43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah. 44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon him, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.
Luke 17:37 : 37 And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body [is], thither will the eagles also be gathered together.
Acts 17:26 : 26 and he made of one {G129} every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined [their] appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

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