Luke 1:79

New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

Word-by-Word Analysis

To

נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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אוֹר

ʼôwr

H216

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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to them that

יָשַׁב

yâshab

H3427

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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in

חֹשֶׁךְ

chôshek

H2822

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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and in the

צֵל

tsêl

H6738

shade, whether literal or figurative

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of

מָוֶת

mâveth

H4194

death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

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נָחָה

nâchâh

H5148

to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)

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our

רֶגֶל

regel

H7272

a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda

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into the

דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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of

שָׁלוֹם

shâlôwm

H7965

safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace

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Key Terms in This Verse

guide H5148

נָחָה nâchâh

to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)

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shadow H6738

צֵל tsêl

shade, whether literal or figurative

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sit H3427

יָשַׁב yâshab

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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darkness H2822

חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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feet H7272

רֶגֶל regel

a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda

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light H216

אוֹר ʼôwr

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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death H4194

מָוֶת mâveth

death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

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peace H7965

שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm

safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace

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way H1870

דֶּרֶךְ derek

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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give H5414

נָתַן nâthan

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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Cross References

Isaiah 9:2 cross-reference

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

Acts 26:18 cross-reference

To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith t...

Matthew 4:16 cross-reference

The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

Isaiah 42:7 cross-reference

To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

Ephesians 5:8 cross-reference

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

John 12:46 cross-reference

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

Psalm 107:14 cross-reference

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

John 8:12 cross-reference

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 9:5 cross-reference

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

Psalm 107:10 cross-reference

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

Psalm 23:4 cross-reference

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Isaiah 49:9 cross-reference

That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

John 1:9 cross-reference

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

Luke 2:32 cross-reference

A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

Jeremiah 2:6 cross-reference

Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shado...

Isaiah 42:16 cross-reference

And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do ...

Isaiah 49:6 cross-reference

And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou...

Isaiah 48:22 cross-reference

There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

Romans 3:17 cross-reference

And the way of peace have they not known:

Psalm 44:19 cross-reference

Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

Jeremiah 6:16 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

Psalm 25:12 cross-reference

What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

Job 10:22 cross-reference

A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

Isaiah 59:8 cross-reference

The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

Isaiah 48:17 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

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