Luke 16:23

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ, ὑπάρχων ἐν βασάνοις, ὁρᾷ τὸν Ἀβραὰμ ἀπὸ μακρόθεν, καὶ Λάζαρον ἐν τοῖς κόλποις αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

And in the hadē eparas tous ophthalmous of him, hyparchōn in basanois, hora ton Abraam from makrothen, and Lazaron in the kolpois of him.

Grammar Details

• *hadē*: dative singular masculine - hades
• *eparas*: aorist active participle, nominative singular masculine - having lifted up
• *tous ophthalmous*: accusative plural masculine - the eyes
• *hyparchōn*: present active participle, nominative singular masculine - being/existing
• *basanois*: dative plural feminine - torments/tortures
• *hora*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - sees
• *ton Abraam*: accusative singular masculine - Abraham
• *makrothen*: adverb - from afar/at a distance
• *Lazaron*: accusative singular masculine - Lazarus
• *kolpois*: dative plural masculine - bosoms/embraces

Word Meanings

• *hadē*: hades/the realm of the dead
• *eparas*: having lifted up/having raised
• *ophthalmous*: eyes
• *hyparchōn*: being/existing/finding himself
• *basanois*: torments/tortures/agonies
• *hora*: sees/perceives/beholds
• *makrothen*: from afar/at a distance/far away
• *kolpois*: bosom/embrace [metaphor for place of honor/comfort]

Referenced Verses

• Ps 9:17 : 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.
• Luke 16:28 : 28 ‹For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.›
• 2 Pet 2:4 : 4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
• Rev 14:10-11 : 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
• Isa 14:9 : 9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet [thee] at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, [even] all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
• Isa 14:15 : 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
• Matt 5:22 : 22 ‹But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.›
• Matt 5:29 : 29 ‹And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast› [it] ‹from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not› [that] ‹thy whole body should be cast into hell.›
• Matt 8:11-12 : 11 ‹And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.› 12 ‹But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.›
• Matt 18:9 : 9 ‹And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast› [it] ‹from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.›
• Matt 23:33 : 33 [Ye] ‹serpents,› [ye] ‹generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?›
• Luke 8:28 : 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
• Luke 13:28-29 : 28 ‹There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you› [yourselves] ‹thrust out.› 29 ‹And they shall come from the east, and› [from] ‹the west, and from the north, and› [from] ‹the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.›
• Matt 8:29 : 29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
• Matt 11:23 : 23 ‹And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.›
• Ps 16:10 : 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
• Ps 49:15 : 15 ¶ But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
• Ps 86:13 : 13 For great [is] thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
• Prov 5:5 : 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
• Prov 7:27 : 27 Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
• Prov 9:18 : 18 But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
• Prov 15:24 : 24 ¶ The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
• Rev 20:10 : 10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet [are], and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
• Rev 20:13-14 : 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
• 1 Cor 15:55 : 55 O death, where [is] thy sting? O grave, where [is] thy victory?