Luke 11:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

And he said vnto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father, which art in heauen, halowed be thy Name: Thy kingdome come: Let thy will be done, euen in earth, as it is in heauen:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἷπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς, Ὅταν προσεύχησθε, λέγετε, Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοις, Ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου. Ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου. Γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου, ὡς ἐν οὐρανῳ, καὶ ἐπὶ τὴς γὴς.

Transliteration

Eipen de to them, When proseuchēsthe, legete, Pater of us, the one in the ouranois, Hagiasthētō the onoma of you. Elthetō the basileia of you. Genēthētō the thelēma of you, as in ouranō, also upon the gēs.

Grammar Details

• *Eipen*: aorist, active, 3rd singular - he said
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
• *proseuchēsthe*: present subjunctive, middle, 2nd plural - you pray
• *legete*: present imperative, active, 2nd plural - say/speak
• *Pater*: vocative, masculine, singular - Father
• *ouranois*: dative, masculine, plural - heavens
• *Hagiasthētō*: aorist imperative, passive, 3rd singular - let be sanctified/hallowed
• *onoma*: nominative, neuter, singular - name
• *Elthetō*: aorist imperative, active, 3rd singular - let come
• *basileia*: nominative, feminine, singular - kingdom/reign
• *Genēthētō*: aorist imperative, passive, 3rd singular - let be done/happen
• *thelēma*: nominative, neuter, singular - will/desire
• *ouranō*: dative, masculine, singular - heaven
• *gēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - earth/land

Word Meanings

• *Pater*: Father/progenitor
• *ouranois*: heavens/sky/celestial realm
• *Hagiasthētō*: be sanctified/be hallowed/be treated as holy
• *onoma*: name/title/reputation
• *basileia*: kingdom/reign/rule
• *thelēma*: will/desire/purpose
• *gēs*: earth/land/ground/territory

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 5:2 : 2 (5:1) Be not rash with thy mouth, nor let thine heart be hastie to vtter a thing before God: for God is in the heauens, and thou art on the earth: therefore let thy wordes be fewe.
• Matt 6:6-9 : 6 But when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber and when thou hast shut thy doore, pray vnto thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret, shall rewarde thee openly. 7 Also when ye pray, vse no vaine repetitions as the Heathen: for they thinke to be heard for their much babbling. 8 Be ye not like them therefore: for your Father knoweth whereof ye haue neede, before ye aske of him. 9 After this maner therefore pray ye, Our father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name. 10 Thy Kingdome come. Thy will be done euen in earth, as it is in heauen. 11 Giue vs this day our dayly bread. 12 And forgiue vs our dettes, as we also forgiue our detters. 13 And leade vs not into tentation, but deliuer vs from euill: for thine is the kingdome, and the power, and the glorie for euer. Amen. 14 For if ye doe forgiue men their trespasses, your heauenly Father will also forgiue you. 15 But if ye do not forgiue men their trespasses,, no more will your father forgiue you your trespaces.
• 2 Chr 20:6 : 6 And saide, O Lorde God of our fathers, art not thou God in heauen? And reignest not thou on all the kingdomes of the heathen? And in thine hande is power and might, and none is able to withstand thee.
• Ps 11:4 : 4 The Lord is in his holy palace: the Lordes throne is in the heauen: his eyes wil consider: his eye lids will try the children of men.
• Ps 57:11 : 11 Exalt thy selfe, O God, aboue the heauens, and let thy glory be vpon all the earth.
• Ps 72:18-19 : 18 Blessed be the Lorde God, euen the God of Israel, which onely doeth wonderous things. 19 And blessed be his glorious Name for euer: and let all the earth be filled with his glorie. So be it, euen so be it.
• Ps 103:20 : 20 Prayse the Lord, ye his Angels, that excell in strength, that doe his commandement in obeying the voyce of his worde.
• Ps 108:5 : 5 Exalt thy self, O God, aboue the heauens, and let thy glorie be vpon all the earth,
• Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses sayde vnto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will bee sanctified in the that come neere me, & before all the people I will be glorified: but Aaron held his peace.
• Lev 22:23 : 23 Yet a bullocke, or a sheepe that hath any member superfluous, or lacking, such mayest thou present for a free offring, but for a vowe it shall not be accepted.
• 1 Kgs 8:43 : 43 Heare thou in heauen thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth for vnto thee: that all the people of the earth may know thy Name, and feare thee, as do thy people Israel: and that they may know, that thy Name is called vpon in this house which I haue built.
• 2 Kgs 19:19 : 19 Nowe therefore, O Lorde our God, I beseech thee, saue thou vs out of his hande, that all the kingdomes of the earth may knowe, that thou, O Lord, art onely God.
• Isa 2:2-5 : 2 It shall be in the last dayes, that the mountaine of the house of the Lorde shalbe prepared in the top of the mountaines, and shall be exalted aboue the hilles, and all nations shall flowe vnto it. 3 And many people shall go, and say, Come, and let vs go vp to the mountaine of the Lord, to the house of the God of Iaakob, and hee will teach vs his wayes, and we will walke in his paths: for the Lawe shall go foorth of Zion, and the worde of the Lord from Ierusalem, 4 And he shall iudge among the nations, and rebuke many people: they shall breake their swords also into mattocks, and their speares into siethes: nation shall not lift vp a sworde against nation, neither shal they learne to fight any more. 5 O house of Iaakob, come ye, and let vs walke in the Lawe of the Lord.
• Isa 6:2-3 : 2 The Seraphims stoode vpon it: euery one had sixe wings: with twaine he couered his face, and with twaine hee couered his feete, and with twaine he did flie. 3 And one cryed to another, and sayde, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hostes: the whole world is full of his glory.
• Isa 63:16 : 16 Doutles thou art our Father: though Abraham be ignorant of vs, and Israel knowe vs not, yet thou, O Lord, art our Father, and our redeemer: thy Name is for euer.
• Ezek 36:23 : 23 And I wil sanctifie my great Name, which was polluted among the heathen, among whome you haue polluted it, and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, sayth the Lorde God, when I shalbe sanctified in you before their eyes.
• Dan 2:28 : 28 But there is a God in heauen that reueileth secrets, and sheweth the King Nebuchad-nezzar what shall bee in the latter dayes. Thy dreame, and the things which thou hast seene in thine heade vpon thy bed, is this.
• Dan 2:44 : 44 And in the dayes of these Kings, shall the God of heauen set vp a kingdome, which shall neuer be destroyed: and this kingdome shall not be giuen to another people, but it shall breake, and destroy al these kingdomes, and it shal stand for euer.
• Dan 7:18 : 18 And they shall take the kingdome of the Saintes of the most High, and possesse the kingdome for euer, euen for euer and euer.
• Dan 7:27 : 27 And the kingdome, and dominion, and the greatnesse of the kingdome vnder the whole heauen shalbe giue to the holy people of the most High, whose kingdome is an euerlasting kingdome and all powers shall serue and obey him.
• Hos 14:2 : 2 (14:3) Take vnto you words, & turne to the Lord, and say vnto him, Take away all iniquitie, and receiue vs graciously: so wil we render the calues of our lippes.
• Hab 2:14 : 14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lorde, as the waters couer the sea.
• Matt 3:2 : 2 And said, Repent: for the kingdome of heauen is at hand.
• Matt 5:16 : 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your Father which is in heauen.
• Matt 10:32 : 32 Whosoeuer therefore shall confesse me before men, him will I confesse also before my Father which is in heauen.
• Luke 10:9-9 : 9 And heale the sicke that are there, and say vnto them, The kingdome of God is come neere vnto you. 10 But into whatsoeuer citie ye shall enter, if they will not receiue you, goe your wayes out into the streetes of the same, and say, 11 Euen the very dust, which cleaueth on vs of your citie, we wipe off against you: notwithstanding knowe this, that the kingdome of God was come neere vnto you.
• Rom 1:7 : 7 To all you that be at Rome beloued of God, called to be Saints: Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lorde Iesus Christ.
• Rom 8:15 : 15 For ye haue not receiued the Spirit of bodage, to feare againe: but ye haue receiued the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry Abba, Father.
• 1 Cor 1:3 : 3 Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.
• 2 Cor 1:2 : 2 Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.
• Gal 1:4 : 4 Which gaue himself for our sinnes, that he might deliuer vs from this present euill world according to the will of God euen our Father,
• Eph 1:2 : 2 Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.
• Phil 1:2 : 2 Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lorde Iesus Christ.
• Phil 4:20 : 20 Vnto God euen our Father be praise for euermore, Amen.
• Col 1:2 : 2 To them which are at Colosse, Saintes and faithfull brethren in Christ: Grace bee with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lorde Iesus Christ.
• 1 Thess 1:1 : 1 Pavl, and Siluanus, and Timotheus, vnto the Church of the Thessalonians, which is in God the Father, and in the Lord Iesus Christ: Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.
• 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 Without ceasing, remembring your effectuall faith, and diligent loue, and the patience of your hope in our Lord Iesus Christ, in the sight of God euen our Father,
• 1 Thess 3:11-13 : 11 Nowe God himselfe, euen our Father, and our Lord Iesus Christ, guide our iourney vnto you, 12 And the Lord increase you, and make you abound in loue one toward another, and towarde all men, euen as we doe toward you: 13 To make your hearts stable & vnblameable in holines before God euen our Father, at the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ with all his Saints.
• 2 Thess 1:1-2 : 1 Paul and Siluanus, and Timotheus, vnto the Church of the Thessalonians, which is in God our Father, and in the Lord Iesus Christ: 2 Grace be with you, & peace fro God our Father, and from the Lorde Iesus Christ.
• 2 Thess 2:16 : 16 Now the same Iesus Christ our Lord; and our God euen the Father which hath loued vs, and hath giuen vs euerlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
• Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seuenth Angell blewe the trumpet, and there were great voyces in heauen, saying, The kingdomes of this worlde are our Lordes, and his Christes, and he shall reigne for euermore.
• Rev 15:4 : 4 Who shall not feare thee, O Lord, and glorifie thy Name! for thou onely art holy, and all nations shall come and worship before thee: for thy iudgements are made manifest.
• Rev 19:6 : 6 And I heard like a voyce of a great multitude, and as the voyce of many waters, and as the voyce of strong thundrings, saying, Hallelu-iah: for the Lord that God that almightie God hath reigned.
• Rev 20:4 : 4 And I sawe seates: & they sate vpon them, & iudgement was giuen vnto them, & I saw the soules of them that were beheaded for the witnes of Iesus, and for the word of God, & which did not worship the beast, neither his image, neither had taken his marke vpon their foreheads, or on their handes: and they liued, & reigned with Christ a thousand yeere.