Luke 4:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

but to none of them was Elijah sent, except to Zarephath, a city of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ πρὸς οὐδεμίαν αὐτῶν ἐπέμφθη Ἠλίας, εἰ μὴ εἰς Σάρεπτα, τῆς Σιδῶνος, πρὸς γυναῖκα χήραν.

Transliteration

And pros oudemian autōn epemphthē Ēlias, if not to Sarepta, of Sidōnos, pros gynaika chēran.

Grammar Details

• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to
• *oudemian*: accusative, feminine, singular, adjective - none/not one
• *autōn*: genitive, feminine, plural, pronoun - of them
• *epemphthē*: aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd singular - was sent
• *Ēlias*: nominative, masculine, singular - Elijah
• *Sarepta*: accusative, feminine, singular - Zarephath
• *Sidōnos*: genitive, feminine, singular - of Sidon
• *gynaika*: accusative, feminine, singular - woman
• *chēran*: accusative, feminine, singular - widow

Word Meanings

• *epemphthē*: was sent/dispatched
• *Sarepta*: Zarephath [place name]
• *Sidōnos*: Sidon [place name]

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and vnto none of them was Helias sent save in to Sarephta besydes Sidon vnto a woma that was a widow.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  & to none of the was Elias sent, but onely vnto Sarepta of the Sydonyans to a wedowe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But vnto none of them was Elias sent, saue into Sarepta, a citie of Sidon, vnto a certaine widowe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And vnto none of the was Elias sent, saue vnto Sarepta, a citie of Sidon, vnto a woman that was a wydowe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta,› [a city] ‹of Sidon, unto a woman› [that was] ‹a widow.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but -- to Sarepta of Sidon, unto a woman, a widow;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But Elijah was not sent to one of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 17:9-9 : 9 Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you. 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Please, bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. 11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Please, bring me a morsel of bread in your hand. 12 And she said, As the LORD your God lives, I do not have a cake, but only a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a jar: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. 13 And Elijah said to her, Fear not; go and do as you have said: but make a little cake for me first, and bring it to me, and afterward, make some for you and your son. 14 For thus says the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, nor shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth. 15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her household, ate many days. 16 And the barrel of meal did not waste, nor did the jar of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by Elijah. 17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe, that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to remind me of my sin, and to kill my son? 19 And he said to her, Give me your son. And he took him out of her arms, and carried him up into the loft where he stayed, and laid him upon his own bed. 20 And he cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, have You also brought calamity upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son? 21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray, let this child's soul come back to him again. 22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back to him again, and he revived. 23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the room into the house, and delivered him to his mother: and Elijah said, See, your son lives. 24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth.
• Matt 11:21 : 21 Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.