Luke 2:42

När-Var-Vem ^BETA

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The greek text ^BETA

Nestle AlandTextus Receptus

Manuscript comments

NA has 12 words, TR has 13 (+1).

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Καὶ
And ὅτε
when ἐγένετο
He was ἐτῶν
years [old] δώδεκα
twelve, ἀναβαινόντων
when were going up αὐτῶν
they κατὰ
according to τὸ
the ἔθος
custom τῆς
of the ἑορτῆς
Feast,

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Strongs nr	Greek	English	Grammar	Code
G2532	Καὶ (Kai)	And	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G3753	ὅτε (ote)	when	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G1096	ἐγένετο (egeneto)	He was	VERB Verb 2nd aorist deponent ind. second aorist middle-deponent indicative sing. third person singular	V-2ADI-3S
G2094	ἐτῶν (eton)	years [old]	Noun Noun gen. pl. neut. genitive plural Neutral	N-GPN
G1427	δώδεκα (dodeka)	twelve,	Adjective Adjective gen. pl. neut. genitive plural Neutral Numerical Numerical	A-GPN-NUI
G0305	ἀναβαινόντων (anabainonton)	when were going up	VERB Verb pres. active part. present active Participle genitive pl. ♂ genitive plural masculine	V-PAP-GPM
G0846	αὐτῶν (ayton)	they	Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun gen. pl. ♂ genitive plural masculine	P-GPM
G2596	κατὰ (kata)	according to	Preposition Preposition	PREP
G3588	τὸ (to)	the	Definite article Definite article acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral	T-ASN
G1485	ἔθος (ethos)	custom	Noun Noun acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral	N-ASN
G3588	τῆς (tes)	of the	Definite article Definite article gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine	T-GSF
G1859	ἑορτῆς (eortes)	Feast,	Noun Noun gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine	N-GSF

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