Luke 3:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways {G1519} smooth;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Πᾶσα φάραγξ πληρωθήσεται, καὶ πᾶν ὄρος καὶ βουνὸς ταπεινωθήσεται· καὶ ἔσται τὰ σκολιὰ εἰς εὐθείαν, καὶ αἱ τραχεῖαι εἰς ὁδοὺς λείας·

Transliteration

Every pharagx plerōthesetai, and every oros and bounos tapeinōthesetai; and estai the skolia into eutheian, and the tracheiai into hodous leias;

Grammar Details

*pharagx*: nominative, feminine, singular - ravine/valley
*plerōthesetai*: future, passive, indicative, 3rd person, singular - will be filled
*oros*: nominative, neuter, singular - mountain
*bounos*: nominative, masculine, singular - hill
*tapeinōthesetai*: future, passive, indicative, 3rd person, singular - will be made low/humbled
*estai*: future, middle, indicative, 3rd person, singular - will be
*skolia*: nominative, neuter, plural - crooked things
*eutheian*: accusative, feminine, singular - straight (path)
*tracheiai*: nominative, feminine, plural - rough places
*hodous*: accusative, feminine, plural - ways/roads
*leias*: accusative, feminine, plural - smooth/level

Word Meanings

*pharagx*: ravine/valley/gorge
*plerōthesetai*: will be filled/will be made full
*oros*: mountain/high hill
*bounos*: hill/mound
*tapeinōthesetai*: will be made low/will be humbled/will be brought down
*skolia*: crooked things/twisted things
*tracheiai*: rough places/rugged places
*leias*: smooth/level/even

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.
Isa 45:2 : 2 I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron;
Isa 49:11 : 11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
Isa 40:4 : 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:
Isa 2:11-17 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day. 12 For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low; 13 and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 14 and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 15 and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall, 16 and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant imagery. 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isa 35:6-8 : 6 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. 7 And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. 8 [And a highway] [shall be there, and a way,] [and it shall be called] [The way] [of holiness;] [the unclean] [shall not pass over] [it; but is shall be for the redeemed]: the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err [therein].
Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to them that are bound; 2 to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
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.
Luke 1:51-53 : 51 He hath showed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart. 52 He hath put down princes from [their] thrones, And hath exalted them of low degree. 53 The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.
Heb 12:12-13 : 12 Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees; 13 and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed.
Jas 1:9 : 9 But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate:

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