Luke 2:8

The greek text ^BETA

Nestle-Aland and Textus Receptus

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The greek text has 18 words. There is no difference between NA and TR in this verse.

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Καὶ
And ποιμένες
shepherds ἦσαν
were ἐν
in τῇ
the χώρᾳ
region τῇ
αὐτῇ
same, ἀγραυλοῦντες
lodging in the fields καὶ
and φυλάσσοντες
keeping φυλακὰς
watch τῆς
νυκτὸς
by night ἐπὶ
over τὴν
the ποίμνην
flock αὐτῶν.
of them.

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Strongs nr	Greek	English	Grammar	Code
G2532	Καὶ (Kai)	And	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G4166	ποιμένες (poimenes)	shepherds	Noun Noun nom. pl. ♂ Nominative plural masculine	N-NPM
G1510	ἦσαν (esan)	were	VERB Verb imp. active ind. imperfect active indicative pl. third person plural	V-IAI-3P
G1722	ἐν (en)	in	Preposition Preposition	PREP
G3588	τῇ (te)	the	Definite article Definite article dative sing. ♀ dative singular feminine	T-DSF
G5561	χώρᾳ (chora)	region	Noun Noun dative sing. ♀ dative singular feminine	N-DSF
G3588	τῇ (te)		Definite article Definite article dative sing. ♀ dative singular feminine	T-DSF
G0846	αὐτῇ (ayte)	same,	Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun dative sing. ♀ dative singular feminine	P-DSF
G0063	ἀγραυλοῦντες (agrayloyntes)	lodging in the fields	VERB Verb pres. active part. present active Participle nom. pl. ♂ Nominative plural masculine	V-PAP-NPM
G2532	καὶ (kai)	and	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G5442	φυλάσσοντες (phylassontes)	keeping	VERB Verb pres. active part. present active Participle nom. pl. ♂ Nominative plural masculine	V-PAP-NPM
G5438	φυλακὰς (phylakas)	watch	Noun Noun acc. pl. ♀ accusative plural feminine	N-APF
G3588	τῆς (tes)		Definite article Definite article gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine	T-GSF
G3571	νυκτὸς (nyktos)	by night	Noun Noun gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine	N-GSF
G1909	ἐπὶ (epi)	over	Preposition Preposition	PREP
G3588	τὴν (ten)	the	Definite article Definite article acc. sing. ♀ accusative singular feminine	T-ASF
G4167	ποίμνην (poimnen)	flock	Noun Noun acc. sing. ♀ accusative singular feminine	N-ASF
G0846	αὐτῶν. (ayton.)	of them.	Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun gen. pl. ♂ genitive plural masculine	P-GPM

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