Luke 2:12

The greek text ^BETA

Nestle AlandTextus Receptus

Manuscript comments

Both NA and TR have 12 words, however there are differences between the texts.

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καὶ
And τοῦτο
this [is] ὑμῖν
to you τὸ
the σημεῖον·
sign: εὑρήσετε
You will find βρέφος
a baby ἐσπαργανωμένον
swaddled, καὶ
and κείμενον
lying ἐν
in φάτνῃ.
a manger.

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Below is an interlinear version in table form that follows the word order of the original text. Clicking on the Strongs number will show the words in their basic form (note that sometimes the grammar causes not only the endings to change, but also the initial letters of the word).

Strongs nr	Greek	English	Grammar	Code
G2532	καὶ (kai)	And	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G3778	τοῦτο (toyto)	this [is]	Demonstrative pron. Demonstrative pronoun nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral	D-NSN
G4771	ὑμῖν (ymin)	to you	Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun dative pl. second person dative plural	P-2DP
G3588	τὸ (to)	the	Definite article Definite article nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral	T-NSN
G4592	σημεῖον· (semeion.)	sign:	Noun Noun nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral	N-NSN
G2147	εὑρήσετε (eyresete)	You will find	VERB Verb fut. active ind. future active indicative pl. second person plural	V-FAI-2P
G1025	βρέφος (brephos)	a baby	Noun Noun acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral	N-ASN
G4683	ἐσπαργανωμένον (esparganomenon)	swaddled,	VERB Verb perf. pass. part. perfect passive Participle accusative sing. Neutral accusative singular Neutral	V-RPP-ASN
G2532	καὶ (kai)	and	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G2749	κείμενον (keimenon)	lying	VERB Verb pres. middle dep. part. present middle or passive deponent Participle accusative sing. Neutral accusative singular Neutral	V-PNP-ASN
G1722	ἐν (en)	in	Preposition Preposition	PREP
G5336	φάτνῃ. (phatne.)	a manger.	Noun Noun dative sing. ♀ dative singular feminine	N-DSF

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