Matthew 6:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

After this maner therefore pray ye, Our father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὕτως οὖν προσεύχεσθε ὑμεῖς: Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, Ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου.

Transliteration

Houtōs oun proseuchesthe you: Pater of us the in the ouranois, Hagiasthētō the onoma of you.

Grammar Details

• *Houtōs oun proseuchesthe*: demonstrative adverb + inferential particle + present middle/passive imperative, 2nd plural - thus therefore pray
• *Pater*: vocative, masculine, singular - Father
• *ouranois*: dative, masculine, plural - heavens
• *Hagiasthētō*: aorist passive imperative, 3rd singular - let be sanctified/hallowed
• *onoma*: nominative, neuter, singular - name

Word Meanings

• *Houtōs*: thus/in this manner/this way
• *proseuchesthe*: pray/petition/make request
• *ouranois*: heavens/sky/celestial realm
• *Hagiasthētō*: let be sanctified/let be hallowed/let be treated as holy
• *onoma*: name/reputation/person

Referenced Verses

• 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.
• Luke 11:1-4 : 1 And so it was, that as he was praying in a certaine place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said vnto him, Lord, teache vs to pray, as Iohn also taught his disciples. 2 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: 3 Our dayly bread giue vs for the day: 4 And forgiue vs our sinnes: for euen we forgiue euery man that is indetted to vs: And leade vs not into temptation: but deliuer vs from euill.
• Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the rising of the sunne vnto the going downe of the same, my Name is great among the Gentiles, and in euery place incense shalbe offred vnto my Name, and a pure offering: for my Name is great among the heathen, sayeth the Lord of hostes.
• Matt 7:11 : 11 If ye then, which are euill, can giue to your children good giftes, howe much more shall your Father which is in heauen, giue good thinges to them that aske him?
• 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.
• 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.
• Zech 14:9 : 9 And the Lorde shall bee King ouer all the earth: in that day shall there bee one Lorde, and his Name shalbe one.
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus sayth he that is hie and excellent, he that inhabiteth the eternitie, whose Name is the Holy one, I dwell in the high and holy place: with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirite to reuiue the spirite of the humble, and to giue life to them that are of a contrite heart.
• 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.
• Rev 4:11 : 11 Thou art worthie, O Lorde, to receiue glorie and honour, and power: for thou hast created all thinges, and for thy willes sake they are, and haue bene created.
• 2 Sam 7:26 : 26 And let thy Name bee magnified for euer by them that shal say, The Lorde of hostes is the God ouer Israel: and let the house of thy seruant Dauid be stablished before thee.
• 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.
• 1 Chr 17:24 : 24 And let thy name be stable and magnified for euer, that it may be sayd, The Lorde of hostes, God of Israel, is the God of Israel, and let the house of Dauid thy seruant bee stablished before thee.
• 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.
• Neh 9:5 : 5 And the Leuites said, euen Ieshua and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodiiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah, Stande vp, and praise the Lorde your God for euer, and euer, and let them praise thy glorious Name, O God, which excelleth aboue all thankesgiuing and praise.
• Ps 72:18 : 18 Blessed be the Lorde God, euen the God of Israel, which onely doeth wonderous things.
• Ps 111:9 : 9 He sent redemption vnto his people: he hath commanded his couenant for euer: holy and fearefull is his Name.
• Ps 115:3 : 3 But our God is in heauen: he doeth what so euer he will.
• Isa 6:3 : 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 37:20 : 20 Nowe therefore, O Lorde our God, saue thou vs out of his hand, that all the kingdomes of the earth may knowe, that thou onely art the Lorde.
• 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 6:6 : 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.
• Matt 6:14 : 14 For if ye doe forgiue men their trespasses, your heauenly Father will also forgiue you.
• Matt 10:29 : 29 Are not two sparrowes sold for a farthing, and one of them shal not fal on the ground without your Father?
• Matt 23:9 : 9 And call no man your father vpon the earth: for there is but one, your father which is in heauen.
• Matt 26:29 : 29 I say vnto you, that I will not drinke henceforth of this fruit of the vine vntil that day, when I shal drinke it new with you in my Fathers kingdome.
• Matt 26:42 : 42 Againe he went away the second time, and praied, saying, O my Father, if this cuppe can not passe away from mee, but that I must drinke it, thy will be done.
• Luke 2:14 : 14 Glory be to God in the high heauens, and peace in earth, and towards men good will.
• Gal 1:1 : 1 Pavl an Apostle (not of men, neither by man, but by Iesus Christ, and God the Father which hath raised him from the dead)
• Gal 4:6 : 6 And because ye are sonnes, God hath sent foorth the Spirit of his Sonne into your heartes, which crieth, Abba, Father.
• 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who onely hath immortalitie, and dwelleth in the light that none can attaine vnto, whom neuer man sawe, neither can see, vnto whome bee honour and power euerlasting, Amen.
• 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 And if ye call him Father, which without respect of person iudgeth according to euery mans woorke, passe the time of your dwelling here in feare,
• Luke 15:18 : 18 I wil rise and goe to my father, and say vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heaue, and before thee,
• Luke 15:21 : 21 And the sonne sayde vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heauen, and before thee, and am no more worthie to be called thy sonne.
• John 20:17 : 17 Iesus saith vnto her, Touch me not: for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but goe to my brethren, and say vnto them, I ascend vnto my Father, and to your Father, and to my God, and your God.
• 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.
• 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.
• Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O Lord, thou art our Father: we are the clay, and thou art our potter, and we all are the worke of thine hands.
• Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus saith the Lorde, The heauen is my throne, and the earth is my footestoole: where is that house that ye will builde vnto me? and where is that place of my rest?
• Ezek 38:23 : 23 Thus will I be magnified, and sanctified, and knowen in the eyes of many nations, & they shall knowe, that I am the Lord.
• Rev 5:12 : 12 Saying with a loude voice, Worthie is the Lambe that was killed to receiue power, & riches, & wisdome, & strength, & honour, & glory, and praise.