Luke 1:59 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLuke 1:59 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἐγένετο
gínomai
G1096
to become
ἐν
en
G1722
in
τῇ
ho
G3588
the
ἡμέρᾳ
hēméra
G2250
day
τῇ
ho
G3588
the
ὀγδόῃ
ógdoos
G3590
eighth
ἦλθον
érchomai
G2064
to come
περιτεμεῖν
peritémnō
G4059
to circumcise
τὸ
ho
G3588
the
παιδίον
paidíon
G3813
small child
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἐκάλουν
kaléō
G2564
to call
αὐτὸ
autós
G846
he
ἐπὶ
epí
G1909
upon
τῷ
ho
G3588
the
ὀνόματι
ónoma
G3686
name
τοῦ
ho
G3588
the
πατρὸς
patḗr
G3962
father
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
Ζαχαρίαν
Zacharías
G2197
Zacharias
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World English Bible Public Domain
It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.
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King James Version Public Domain
And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And it happened that, on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call after the name of his father, Zechariah.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).