Luke 1:54

KJV1611 – Modern English

He has helped His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀντελάβετο Ἰσραὴλ παιδὸς αὐτοῦ, μνησθῆναι ἐλέους·

Transliteration

Antelabeto Israel paidos of him, mnēsthēnai eleous;

Grammar Details

• *Antelabeto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - he/she/it helped/supported
• *paidos*: genitive masculine singular - of servant/child
• *mnēsthēnai*: aorist passive infinitive - to be reminded/to remember
• *eleous*: genitive neuter singular - of mercy

Word Meanings

• *Antelabeto*: helped/supported/upheld/took the part of
• *paidos*: servant/child/youth
• *mnēsthēnai*: to remember/to be mindful of/to recall
• *eleous*: mercy/compassion/lovingkindness

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He has helped His servant Israel, remembering His mercy,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  He hath given help{G482} to Israel{G2474} his{G846} servant,{G3816} That{G1656} he might remember{G3415} mercy{G1656}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  He hath holpen{G482}{(G5633)} his{G846} servant{G3816} Israel{G2474}, in remembrance{G3415}{(G5683)} of his mercy{G1656};

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  He remenbreth mercy: and helpeth his servaunt Israel.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He remebreth mercy, and helpeth vp his seruaunt Israel.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Hee hath vpholden Israel his seruaunt to be mindefull of his mercie

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He hath helped his seruaunt Israel, in remembraunce of his mercy,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of [his] mercy;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  He received again Israel His servant, To remember kindness,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  He hath given help to Israel his servant, That he might remember mercy

• American Standard Version (1901)

  He hath given help to Israel his servant, That he might remember mercy

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever,

• World English Bible (2000)

  He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He has helped his servant Israel, remembering his mercy,

Referenced Verses

• Ps 98:3 : 3 He has remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
• Mic 7:20 : 20 You will perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
• Isa 44:21 : 21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant: I have formed you; you are my servant: O Israel, you shall not be forgotten by me.
• Jer 31:20 : 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says the LORD.
• Jer 33:24-26 : 24 Do you not consider what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD has chosen, he has even cast them off? Thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. 25 Thus says the LORD: If my covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth, 26 Then I will cast away the descendants of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
• Isa 63:7-9 : 7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. 8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Savior. 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old. 10 But they rebelled, and grieved his Holy Spirit: therefore he turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. 11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? Where is he who put his Holy Spirit within him? 12 Who led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? 13 Who led them through the deep, like a horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? 14 As a beast goes down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so you led your people, to make yourself a glorious name. 15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where is your zeal and your strength, the yearning of your heart and your mercies toward me? Are they restrained? 16 Doubtless you are our Father, though Abraham is ignorant of us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer; your name is from everlasting.
• Jer 31:3 : 3 The LORD appeared to me long ago, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn you.
• Isa 46:3-4 : 3 Listen to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been carried by me from birth, who are carried from the womb: 4 Even to your old age I am he; and even to gray hairs I will carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
• Isa 49:14-16 : 14 But Zion said, The LORD has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me. 15 Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, they may forget, yet I will not forget you. 16 Behold, I have engraved you upon the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
• Zeph 3:14-20 : 14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 15 The LORD has taken away your judgments, he has cast out your enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of you: you shall see evil no more. 16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear not: and to Zion, Let not your hands be weak. 17 The LORD your God in the midst of you is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over you with joy; he will rest in his love, he will rejoice over you with singing. 18 I will gather those who are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of you, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. 19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict you: and I will save her who is lame, and gather her who was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame. 20 At that time I will bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, says the LORD.
• Zech 9:9-9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes to you: he is just, and endowed with salvation; lowly, and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt the foal of a donkey. 10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace to the nations: and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. 11 As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant I have sent forth your prisoners out of the pit where there is no water.
• Luke 1:70-75 : 70 As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, who have been since the world began, 71 That we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us, 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant, 73 The oath which He swore to our father Abraham: 74 To grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.
• Isa 54:6-9 : 6 For the LORD has called you as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when you were refused, says your God. 7 For a small moment have I forsaken you; but with great mercies will I gather you. 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on you, says the LORD your Redeemer. 9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you. 10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, says the LORD that has mercy on you.