Luke 1:2
New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
רֵאשִׁית
rêʼshîyth
the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
English grammatical function word ('eyewitnesses'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equiv...
שָׁרַת
shârath
to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('eyewitnesses'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they a...
Study GRAM →שָׁרַת shârath
to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to
Study H8334 →רֵאשִׁית rêʼshîyth
the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
Study H7225 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I w...
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
And ye are witnesses of these things.
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth...
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
The sower soweth the word.
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