Luke 11:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And he said unto them, ‹When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.›

📖 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 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter [any] thing before God: for God [is] in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
• Matt 6:6-9 : 6 ‹But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.› 7 ‹But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen› [do]: ‹for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.› 8 ‹Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.› 9 ¶ ‹After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.› 10 ‹Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as› [it is] ‹in heaven.› 11 ‹Give us this day our daily bread.› 12 ‹And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.› 13 ‹And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.› 14 ‹For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:› 15 ‹But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.›
• 2 Chr 20:6 : 6 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, [art] not thou God in heaven? and rulest [not] thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand [is there not] power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
• Ps 11:4 : 4 ¶ The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne [is] in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
• Ps 57:11 : 11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: [let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.
• Ps 72:18-19 : 18 ¶ Blessed [be] the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. 19 And blessed [be] his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled [with] his glory; Amen, and Amen.
• Ps 103:20 : 20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
• Ps 108:5 : 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
• Lev 10:3 : 3 ¶ Then Moses said unto Aaron, This [is it] that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
• Lev 22:23 : 23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer [for] a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
• 1 Kgs 8:43 : 43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as [do] thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
• 2 Kgs 19:19 : 19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou [art] the LORD God, [even] thou only.
• Isa 2:2-5 : 2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, [that] the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
• Isa 6:2-3 : 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the LORD of hosts: the whole earth [is] full of his glory.
• Isa 63:16 : 16 Doubtless thou [art] our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, [art] our father, our redeemer; thy name [is] from everlasting.
• Ezek 36:23 : 23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I [am] the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
• Dan 2:28 : 28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
• Dan 2:44 : 44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, [but] it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
• Dan 7:18 : 18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
• Dan 7:27 : 27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
• Hos 14:2 : 2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive [us] graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
• Hab 2:14 : 14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
• Matt 3:2 : 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
• Matt 5:16 : 16 ‹Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.›
• Matt 10:32 : 32 ‹Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.›
• Luke 10:9-9 : 9 ‹And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.› 10 ‹But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,› 11 ‹Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.›
• Rom 1:7 : 7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called [to be] saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Rom 8:15 : 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
• 1 Cor 1:3 : 3 Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Cor 1:2 : 2 Grace [be] to you and peace from God our Father, and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Gal 1:4 : 4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
• Eph 1:2 : 2 Grace [be] to you, and peace, from God our Father, and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Phil 1:2 : 2 Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Phil 4:20 : 20 ¶ Now unto God and our Father [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.
• Col 1:2 : 2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Thess 1:1 : 1 ¶ Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians [which is] in God the Father and [in] the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
• 1 Thess 3:11-13 : 11 ¶ Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. 12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all [men], even as we [do] toward you: 13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
• 2 Thess 1:1-2 : 1 ¶ Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 2 Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Thess 2:16 : 16 ¶ Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given [us] everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
• Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become [the kingdoms] of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
• Rev 15:4 : 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for [thou] only [art] holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
• Rev 19:6 : 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
• Rev 20:4 : 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.