Luke 8:43

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And a woman, who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had given all her money to medical men, and not one of them was able to make her well,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ γυνὴ οὖσα ἐν ῥύσει αἵματος ἀπὸ ἐτῶν δώδεκα, ἥτις εἰς ἰατροὺς προσαναλώσασα ὅλον τὸν βίον, οὐκ ἴσχυσεν ὑπʼ οὐδενὸς θεραπευθῆναι,

Transliteration

And gynē ousa in rhysei of haimatos from etōn dōdeka, who to iatrous prosanalōsasa whole the bion, not ischysen by no one therapeuthēnai,

Grammar Details

• *gynē*: nominative, feminine, singular - woman
• *ousa*: present active participle, nominative, feminine, singular - being
• *rhysei*: dative, feminine, singular - flow/discharge
• *haimatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - of blood
• *etōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - of years
• *dōdeka*: cardinal numeral - twelve
• *iatrous*: accusative, masculine, plural - physicians/doctors
• *prosanalōsasa*: aorist active participle, nominative, feminine, singular - having spent
• *bion*: accusative, masculine, singular - livelihood/life/means
• *ischysen*: aorist active, 3rd singular - was able/had strength
• *therapeuthēnai*: aorist passive infinitive - to be healed/cured

Word Meanings

• *gynē*: woman/wife
• *ousa*: being/existing
• *rhysei*: flow/discharge/hemorrhage
• *haimatos*: blood/bloodshed
• *etōn*: years
• *dōdeka*: twelve
• *iatrous*: physicians/doctors/healers
• *prosanalōsasa*: having spent/consumed/used up
• *bion*: livelihood/life/means of living
• *ischysen*: was able/had strength/succeeded
• *therapeuthēnai*: to be healed/cured/treated

Referenced Verses

• Matt 9:20-22 : 20 And a woman, who for twelve years had had a flow of blood, came after him, and put her hand on the edge of his robe: 21 Because, she said to herself, if I may but put my hand on his robe, I will be made well. 22 But Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Daughter, take heart; your faith has made you well. And the woman was made well from that hour.
• Mark 5:25-26 : 25 And a woman, who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, 26 And had undergone much at the hands of a number of medical men, and had given all she had, and was no better, but even worse,
• Acts 3:2 : 2 And a certain man who from birth had had no power in his legs, was taken there every day, and put down at the door of the Temple which is named Beautiful, requesting money from those who went into the Temple;
• Acts 4:22 : 22 For the man on whom this act of power was done was more than forty years old.
• Acts 14:8-9 : 8 And at Lystra there was a certain man, who from birth had been without the use of his feet, never having had the power of walking. 9 This man was giving ear to the preaching of Paul, who, looking at him, and seeing that he had faith to be made well, 10 Said in a loud voice, Get up on your feet. And, jumping up, he went walking about.
• 2 Chr 16:12 : 12 In the thirty-ninth year of his rule, Asa had a very bad disease of the feet; but he did not go to the Lord for help in his disease, but to medical men.
• Job 13:4 : 4 But you put a false face on things; all your attempts to put things right are of no value.
• Ps 108:12 : 12 Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in man.
• Isa 2:22 : 22 Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.
• Isa 55:1-3 : 1 Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price. 2 Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure. 3 Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.
• Mark 9:18 : 18 And wherever it takes him, it puts him down violently, streaming at the lips and twisted with pain; and his strength goes from him; and I made a request to your disciples to send it out, and they were not able.
• Mark 9:21-22 : 21 And Jesus questioning the father said, How long has he been like this? And he said, From a child. 22 And frequently it has sent him into the fire and into the water, for his destruction; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us, and give us help.
• Luke 8:27 : 27 And when he had come to the land, there came to him a certain man from the town who had evil spirits; and for a long time he had had no clothing on, and was not living in a house but in the place of the dead.
• Luke 13:11 : 11 And there was a woman who had had a disease for eighteen years; she was bent, and was not able to make herself straight.
• Luke 13:16 : 16 And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?
• John 5:5-6 : 5 One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him there on the floor it was clear to him that he had been now a long time in that condition, and so he said to the man, Is it your desire to get well?
• John 9:1 : 1 And when he went on his way, he saw a man blind from birth.
• John 9:21 : 21 But how it is he is now able to see, or who made his eyes open, we are not able to say: put the question to him; he is old enough to give an answer for himself.
• Lev 15:25-33 : 25 And if a woman has a flow of blood for a long time, not at the time when she generally has it, or if the flow goes on longer than the normal time, she will be unclean while the flow of blood goes on, as she is at other normal times. 26 Every bed on which she has been resting will be unclean, as at the times when she normally has a flow of blood, and everything on which she has been seated will be unclean, in the same way. 27 And anyone touching these things will be unclean, and his clothing will have to be washed and his body bathed in water and he will be unclean till evening. 28 But when her flow of blood is stopped, after seven days she will be clean. 29 And on the eighth day let her get two doves or two young pigeons and take them to the priest to the door of the Tent of meeting, 30 To be offered by the priest, one for a sin-offering and one for a burned offering; and the priest will take away her sin before the Lord on account of her unclean condition. 31 In this way may the children of Israel be made free from all sorts of unclean conditions, so that death may not overtake them when they are unclean and when they make unclean my holy place which is among them. 32 This is the law for the man who has a flow from his body, or whose seed goes from him so that he is unclean; 33 And for her who has a flow of blood, and for any man or woman who has an unclean flow, and for him who has sex relations with a woman when she is unclean.