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Luke 2:23

as it is written (and remains written) in the teaching of the Lord (the Pentateuch – Gk. nomos):
Every firstborn son who opens the womb
will be sanctified unto the Lord. [Ex. 13:2]
[The principle of sanctifying the first applied to crops, animals and people. It was a constant reminder that everything belongs to the Lord and that every good gift comes from him. The commandment was observed one month after birth, see Num. 8:16. The father handed his son over to a priest in the temple and received him back for a ­prescribed symbolic sum of five pieces of silver. The ceremony known as Pidjon haben, Hebrew for ’redemption of the child kicked in her ’, is still practiced by Orthodox Jews today. A firstborn from a priestly family (the kohen) is not covered by the commandment. That is why there is no mention of this around the birth of John, see Luke 1:57–64.
There is also a deeper meaning in this commandment. The firstborn son represents the whole people, and when he was consecrated to the Lord, it recalled God’s call to the whole people. God calls Israel his firstborn son, see Ex. 4:22–23.]
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καθὼς   γέγραπται   ἐν   νόμῳ   κυρίου   ὅτι   πᾶν   ἄρσεν   διανοῖγον   μήτραν   ἅγιον   τῷ   κυρίῳ   κληθήσεται·  

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The greek text has 14 words. There is no difference between NA and TR in this verse.


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Strongs nr Greek English Grammar Code
G2531
 καθὼς (kathos)
 as
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G1125
 γέγραπται (gegraptai)
 it has been written
VERB Verb
perf. pass. ind. perfect passive indicative
sing. third person singular
V-RPI-3S
G1722
 ἐν (en)
 in [the]
Preposition Preposition
 PREP
G3551
 νόμῳ (nomo)
 law
Noun Noun
dative sing. ♂ dative singular masculine
N-DSM
G2962
 κυρίου (kyrioy)
 of [the] Lord
Noun Noun
gen. sing. ♂ genitive singular masculine
N-GSM
G3754
 ὅτι (oti)
 that:
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G3956
 πᾶν (pan)
 Every
Adjective Adjective
nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral
A-NSN
G0730
 ἄρσεν (arsen)
 male
Adjective Adjective
nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral
A-NSN
G1272
 διανοῖγον (dianoigon)
 opening
VERB Verb
pres. active part. present active Participle
nom. sing. Neutral Nominative singular Neutral
V-PAP-NSN
G3388
 μήτραν (metran)
 a womb
Noun Noun
acc. sing. ♀ accusative singular feminine
N-ASF
G0040
 ἅγιον (agion)
 holy
Adjective Adjective
nom. sing. neut. Nominative singular Neutral
A-NSN
G3588
 τῷ (to)
 to the
Definite article Definite article
dative sing. ♂ dative singular masculine
T-DSM
G2962
 κυρίῳ (kyrio)
 Lord
Noun Noun
dative sing. ♂ dative singular masculine
N-DSM
G2564
 κληθήσεται· (klethesetai.)
 will be called,”
VERB Verb
fut. pass. ind. future passive indicative
sing. third person singular
V-FPI-3S

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