Luke 1:52

King James Version 1611 (Original)

He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καθεῖλεν δυνάστας ἀπὸ θρόνων, καὶ ὕψωσεν ταπεινούς.

Transliteration

Katheilen dynastas from thronōn, and hypsōsen tapeinous.

Grammar Details

• *Katheilen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he/she/it brought down/put down
• *dynastas*: accusative masculine plural - rulers/mighty ones
• *thronōn*: genitive masculine plural - of thrones
• *hypsōsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he/she/it lifted up/exalted
• *tapeinous*: accusative masculine plural - humble/lowly ones

Word Meanings

• *Katheilen*: brought down/put down/deposed
• *dynastas*: rulers/potentates/people in positions of power
• *hypsōsen*: exalted/lifted up/raised
• *tapeinous*: humble ones/lowly ones/those of low position

Referenced Verses

• Ps 107:40-41 : 40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. 41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
• Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
• Ezek 17:24 : 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD 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 the LORD have spoken and have done it.
• Amos 9:11 : 11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
• Mark 6:3 : 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
• Luke 18:14 : 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
• Jas 1:9-9 : 9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: 10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
• 1 Sam 2:4 : 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
• 1 Sam 2:6-8 : 6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. 7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
• Job 5:11-13 : 11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
• Job 34:24-28 : 24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead. 25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed. 26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; 27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: 28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
• Ps 113:6-8 : 6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! 7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; 8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
• Eccl 4:14 : 14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.