Luke 2:37

New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data

"And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And she was a

אַלְמָנָה

ʼalmânâh

H490

a widow; also a desolate place

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of

סָבִיב

çâbîyb

H5439

(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

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שְׁמֹנִים

shᵉmônîym

H8084

eighty, also eightieth

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and

אַרְבַּע

ʼarbaʻ

H702

four

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שָׁנֶה

shâneh

H8141

a year (as a revolution of time)

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which

נָסַע

nâçaʻ

H5265

properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney

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not from the

הֵיכָל

hêykâl

H1964

a large public building, such as a palace or temple

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but

עָבַד

ʻâbad

H5647

to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.

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אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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with

צוֹם

tsôwm

H6685

a fast

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and

תְּפִלָּה

tᵉphillâh

H8605

intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn

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לַיִל

layil

H3915

properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity

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and

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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Key Terms in This Verse

fastings H6685

צוֹם tsôwm

a fast

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prayers H8605

תְּפִלָּה tᵉphillâh

intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn

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fourscore H8084

שְׁמֹנִים shᵉmônîym

eighty, also eightieth

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widow H490

אַלְמָנָה ʼalmânâh

a widow; also a desolate place

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served H5647

עָבַד ʻâbad

to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.

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temple H1964

הֵיכָל hêykâl

a large public building, such as a palace or temple

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departed H5265

נָסַע nâçaʻ

properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney

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night H3915

לַיִל layil

properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity

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four H702

אַרְבַּע ʼarbaʻ

four

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years H8141

שָׁנֶה shâneh

a year (as a revolution of time)

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Cross References

1 Timothy 5:5 cross-reference

Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

Psalm 23:6 cross-reference

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Acts 14:23 cross-reference

And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

Acts 13:3 cross-reference

And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

Psalm 27:4 cross-reference

One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

Acts 26:7 cross-reference

Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

Psalm 22:2 cross-reference

O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

Psalm 84:4 cross-reference

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

Exodus 38:8 cross-reference

And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Psalm 84:10 cross-reference

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

1 Samuel 2:2 cross-reference

There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

Luke 5:33 cross-reference

And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?

Revelation 7:15 cross-reference

Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.

Revelation 3:12 cross-reference

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem,...

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