Luke 1:18
New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years."
Word-by-Word Analysis
Ζαχαρίας
Zacharías
Zacharias (i.e. Zechariah), the name of two Israelites
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
מֲלְאָךְ
mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
מָה
mâh
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and...
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
יָטַב
yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
Key Terms in This Verse
Ζαχαρίας Zacharías
Zacharias (i.e. Zechariah), the name of two Israelites
Study G2197 →מָה mâh
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with pre...
Study H4100 →מֲלְאָךְ mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
Study H4397 →יָטַב yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Study H3190 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine ey...
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb:
And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
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