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
אַלְמָנָה
ʼalmânâh
a widow; also a desolate place
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
נָסַע
nâçaʻ
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
הֵיכָל
hêykâl
a large public building, such as a palace or temple
עָבַד
ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
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...
תְּפִלָּה
tᵉphillâh
intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
יוֹם
yôwm
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...
Key Terms in This Verse
עָבַד ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Study H5647 →נָסַע nâçaʻ
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
Study H5265 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →Cross References
Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
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.
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.
And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
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.
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.
O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
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.
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.
There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
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?
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.
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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