Luke 1:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ, ἰδού, ἔσῃ σιωπῶν, καὶ μὴ δυνάμενος λαλῆσαι, ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας γένηται ταῦτα, ἀνθʼ ὧν οὐκ ἐπίστευσας τοῖς λόγοις μου, οἵτινες πληρωθήσονται εἰς τὸν καιρὸν αὐτῶν.

Transliteration

Kai, idou, esē siōpōn, kai mē dynamenos lalēsai, achri hēs hēmeras genētai tauta, anth' hōn ouk episteusas tois logois mou, hoitines plērōthēsontai eis ton kairon autōn.

Grammar Details

*Kai*: conjunction - and
*idou*: interjection - behold, look
*esē*: future, indicative, middle, 2nd person singular - you will be
*siōpōn*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being silent
*kai*: conjunction - and
*mē dynamenos*: negative + present, middle, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - not being able
*lalēsai*: aorist, active, infinitive - to speak
*achri*: preposition + genitive - until
*hēs hēmeras*: genitive, feminine, singular - which day
*genētai*: aorist, subjunctive, middle, 3rd person singular - might happen
*tauta*: nominative, neuter, plural, demonstrative pronoun - these things
*anth' hōn*: preposition + genitive, neuter, plural, relative pronoun - because
*ouk episteusas*: negative + aorist, indicative, active, 2nd person singular - you did not believe
*tois logois*: dative, masculine, plural - the words
*mou*: genitive, 1st person singular - of me, my
*hoitines*: nominative, masculine, plural, relative pronoun - which
*plērōthēsontai*: future, indicative, passive, 3rd person plural - will be fulfilled
*eis ton kairon*: preposition + accusative, masculine, singular - in the time, season
*autōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of them

Word Meanings

*idou*: behold/look/see
*siōpōn*: being silent/keeping quiet/remaining mute
*mē dynamenos lalēsai*: not able to speak/unable to talk
*achri*: until/as far as/up to
*genētai*: might happen/may occur/might take place
*anth' hōn*: because/in return for which/since
*episteusas*: believed/trusted/had faith in
*plērōthēsontai*: will be fulfilled/will be accomplished/will come to pass
*kairon*: time/season/proper time

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 3:26 : 26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
Ezek 24:27 : 27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Mark 9:19 : 19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
Mark 16:14 : 14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
Luke 1:22 : 22 And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.
Luke 1:45 : 45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
Luke 1:62-63 : 62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. 63 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
Rom 3:3 : 3 For what if some did not believe ? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
2 Tim 2:13 : 13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
Titus 1:2 : 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Heb 6:18 : 18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Gen 18:10-15 : 10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? 13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? 14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
Exod 4:11 : 11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
Num 20:12 : 12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
2 Kgs 7:2 : 2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
2 Kgs 7:19 : 19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
Isa 7:9 : 9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

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