Luke 2:8

Greek	Καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” ποιμένες ἦσανplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. τῇplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article χώρᾳ τῇplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article αὐτῇplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) ἀγραυλοῦντες καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” φυλάσσοντες φυλακὰς τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article νυκτὸς ἐπὶ τὴνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ποίμνην αὐτῶν.plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English)
ESV	And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
NIV	And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.
NLT	That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep.
KJV	And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

^{Luke 2:7 ← Luke 2:8 → Luke 2:9}

Return to: Home Page → Christianity → Bible → New Testament → Luke → Luke 2