Luke 1:15

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἔσται γὰρ μέγας ἐνώπιον τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ οἶνον καὶ σίκερα οὐ μὴ πίῃ· καὶ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου πλησθήσεται, ἔτι ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

Estai gar megas enōpion tou Kyriou, kai oinon kai sikera ou mē piē; kai Pneumatos Hagiou plēsthēsetai, eti ek koilias mētros autou.

Grammar Details

• *Estai*: future, indicative, middle, 3rd person singular - will be
• *gar*: conjunction - for, because
• *megas*: nominative, masculine, singular - great
• *enōpion*: preposition + genitive - before, in the sight of
• *tou Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of the Lord
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *oinon*: accusative, masculine, singular - wine
• *sikera*: accusative, neuter, singular - strong drink
• *ou mē*: double negative - by no means, certainly not
• *piē*: aorist, subjunctive, active, 3rd person singular - he might drink
• *Pneumatos Hagiou*: genitive, neuter, singular + genitive, neuter, singular - of Holy Spirit
• *plēsthēsetai*: future, indicative, passive, 3rd person singular - will be filled
• *eti*: adverb - yet, still, even
• *ek koilias*: preposition + genitive, feminine, singular - from womb
• *mētros autou*: genitive, feminine, singular + genitive, masculine, singular - of his mother

Word Meanings

• *megas*: great/important/mighty
• *enōpion*: before/in the sight of/in the presence of
• *oinon*: wine/fermented drink
• *sikera*: strong drink/intoxicating beverage/liquor
• *plēsthēsetai*: will be filled/will be full of
• *eti*: yet/still/even/already

Referenced Verses

• Luke 7:33 : 33 `For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a demon;
• Jer 1:5 : 5 `Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'
• Gal 1:15 : 15 and when God was well pleased -- having separated me from the womb of my mother, and having called `me' through His grace --
• Eph 5:18 : 18 and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,
• Acts 2:4 : 4 and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, according as the Spirit was giving them to declare.
• Zech 9:15 : 15 Jehovah of Hosts doth cover them over, And they consumed, and subdued sling-stones, Yea, they have drunk, They have made a noise as wine, And they have been full as a bowl, As corners of an altar.
• Gen 12:2 : 2 And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.
• Gen 48:19 : 19 And his father refuseth, and saith, `I have known, my son, I have known; he also becometh a people, and he also is great, and yet, his young brother is greater than he, and his seed is the fulness of the nations;'
• Num 6:2-4 : 2 `Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When a man or woman doeth singularly, by vowing a vow of a Nazarite, to be separate to Jehovah; 3 from wine and strong drink he doth keep separate; vinegar of wine, and vinegar of strong drink he doth not drink, and any juice of grapes he doth not drink, and grapes moist or dry he doth not eat; 4 all days of his separation, of anything which is made of the wine-vine, from kernels even unto husk, he doth not eat.
• Josh 3:7 : 7 And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `This day I begin to make thee great in the eyes of all Israel, so that they know that as I was with Moses I am with thee;
• Josh 4:14 : 14 On that day hath Jehovah made Joshua great in the eyes of all Israel, and they reverence him, as they reverenced Moses, all days of his life.
• Judg 13:4-6 : 4 And, now, take heed, I pray thee, and do not drink wine, and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing, 5 for, lo, thou art conceiving and bearing a son, and a razor doth not go up on his head, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb, and he doth begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.' 6 And the woman cometh and speaketh to her husband, saying, `A man of God hath come unto me, and his appearance `is' as the appearance of a messenger of God, very fearful, and I have not asked him whence he `is', and his name he hath not declared to me;
• 1 Chr 17:8 : 8 and I am with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and I cut off all thine enemies from thy presence, and have made for thee a name like the name of the great ones who `are' in the earth.
• 1 Chr 29:12 : 12 and the riches, and the honour `are' from before Thee, and Thou art ruling over all, and in Thy hand `is' power and might, and in Thy hand, to make great, and to give strength to all.
• Ps 22:9 : 9 For thou `art' He bringing me forth from the womb, Causing me to trust, On the breasts of my mother.
• Luke 7:28 : 28 for I say to you, a greater prophet, among those born of women, than John the Baptist there is not; but the least in the reign of God is greater than he.'
• Matt 11:9-9 : 9 `But what went ye out to see? -- a prophet? yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet, 10 for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee. 11 Verily I say to you, there hath not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is least in the reign of the heavens is greater than he. 12 `And, from the days of John the Baptist till now, the reign of the heavens doth suffer violence, and violent men do take it by force, 13 for all the prophets and the law till John did prophesy, 14 and if ye are willing to receive `it', he is Elijah who was about to come; 15 he who is having ears to hear -- let him hear. 16 `And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades, 17 and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we lamented to you, and ye did not smite the breast. 18 `For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon; 19 the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.'
• John 5:35 : 35 he was the burning and shining lamp, and ye did will to be glad, for an hour, in his light.
• Acts 2:14-18 : 14 and Peter having stood up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and declared to them, `Men, Jews! and all those dwelling in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and harken to my sayings, 15 for these are not drunken, as ye take it up, for it is the third hour of the day. 16 `But this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel: 17 And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; 18 and also upon My men-servants, and upon My maid-servants, in those days, I will pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy;