Luke 1:76

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ σύ, παιδίον, προφήτης Ὑψίστου κληθήσῃ: προπορεύσῃ γὰρ πρὸ προσώπου Κυρίου ἑτοιμάσαι ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ·

Transliteration

And you, paidion, prophētēs Hypsistou klēthēsē: proporeusē for pro prosōpou Kyriou hetoimasai hodous of him;

Grammar Details

• *paidion*: vocative neuter singular - little child
• *prophētēs*: nominative masculine singular - prophet
• *Hypsistou*: genitive masculine singular - of Most High
• *klēthēsē*: future passive indicative, 2nd person singular - you will be called
• *proporeusē*: future middle indicative, 2nd person singular - you will go before
• *pro*: preposition with genitive - before
• *prosōpou*: genitive neuter singular - of face
• *Kyriou*: genitive masculine singular - of Lord
• *hetoimasai*: aorist active infinitive - to prepare
• *hodous*: accusative feminine plural - ways/roads

Word Meanings

• *paidion*: little child/infant/child
• *prophētēs*: prophet/one who speaks for God
• *Hypsistou*: Most High/Highest/Supreme
• *klēthēsē*: you will be called/you will be named
• *proporeusē*: you will go before/you will precede/you will go ahead
• *pro prosōpou*: before the face of/ahead of
• *Kyriou*: of Lord/of YHWH/of the Master
• *hetoimasai*: to prepare/to make ready
• *hodous*: ways/roads/paths

Referenced Verses

• Mal 3:1 : 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Luke 1:32 : 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
• Mark 1:2-3 : 2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
• Acts 16:17 : 17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
• Luke 1:35 : 35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
• Matt 3:3 : 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
• Matt 11:9-9 : 9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. 10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
• Matt 14:5 : 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
• Matt 21:26 : 26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
• Matt 3:11 : 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
• Mal 4:5 : 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
• Ps 87:5 : 5 And of Zion it shall be said{H8735)}, This and that man was born{H8795)} in her: and the highest himself shall establish{H8787)} her.
• Isa 40:3-5 : 3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: 5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
• Luke 3:4-6 : 4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
• Luke 6:35 : 35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
• Luke 7:27-28 : 27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
• John 1:23 : 23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
• John 1:27 : 27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
• John 3:28 : 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
• Acts 13:24-25 : 24 When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
• Mark 11:32 : 32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
• Luke 1:16-17 : 16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. 17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.