Luke 2:37

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ αὐτὴ χήρα ὡς ἐτῶν ὀγδοηκοντα τεσσάρων, ἣ οὐκ ἀφίστατο ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱεροῦ, νηστείαις καὶ δεήσεσιν λατρεύουσα νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν.

Transliteration

And she a chēra of about etōn ogdoēkonta tessarōn, who not aphistato from the hierou, with nēsteiais and deēsesin latreuousa nykta and hēmeran.

Grammar Details

*chēra*: nominative, feminine, singular - widow
*etōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - of years
*ogdoēkonta*: cardinal numeral - eighty
*tessarōn*: cardinal numeral, genitive - four
*aphistato*: imperfect indicative middle, 3rd singular - was departing/leaving
*hierou*: genitive, neuter, singular - from temple
*nēsteiais*: dative, feminine, plural - with fastings
*deēsesin*: dative, feminine, plural - with prayers/supplications
*latreuousa*: present participle active, nominative, feminine, singular - serving/worshiping
*nykta*: accusative, feminine, singular - night
*hēmeran*: accusative, feminine, singular - day

Word Meanings

*chēra*: widow/bereaved woman
*etōn*: years/periods of time
*aphistato*: departed/left/stayed away
*hierou*: temple/sanctuary
*nēsteiais*: fastings/abstinence from food
*deēsesin*: prayers/supplications/petitions
*latreuousa*: serving/worshiping/rendering religious service
*nykta*: night/nighttime
*hēmeran*: day/daytime

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Referenced Verses

1 Tim 5:5 : 5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
Acts 14:23 : 23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
Acts 26:7 : 7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
Acts 13:3 : 3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
Rev 3:12 : 12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
Rev 7:15 : 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
Exod 38:8 : 8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
1 Sam 2:2 : 2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
Ps 22:2 : 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
Ps 23:6 : 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
Ps 84:4 : 4 Blessed are they that dwell{H8802)} in thy house: they will be still praising{H8762)} thee. Selah.
Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather{H8804)} be a doorkeeper{H8705)} in the house of my God, than to dwell{H8800)} in the tents of wickedness.
Ps 92:13 : 13 Those that be planted{H8803)} in the house of the LORD shall flourish{H8686)} in the courts of our God.
Ps 135:1-2 : 1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD. 2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God,
Luke 5:33 : 33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?

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