Luke Chapter 2 verse 44 Holy Bible

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(44) Supposing him to have been in the company.--The company was probably a large one, consisting of those who had come up to keep the Passover from Nazareth and the neighbouring villages. It is not certain, but in the nature of things it is sufficiently probable, that the boys of such a company congregated together, and travelled apart from the others.Parallel Commentaries ...GreekAssumingνομίσαντες (nomisantes)Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralStrong's 3543: From nomos; properly, to do by law, i.e. To accustom; by extension, to deem or regard.Heαὐτὸν (auton)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person SingularStrong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.wasεἶναι (einai)Verb - Present Infinitive ActiveStrong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.inἐν (en)PrepositionStrong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.theirτῇ (tē)Article - Dative Feminine SingularStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.company,συνοδίᾳ (synodia)Noun - Dative Feminine SingularStrong's 4923: A company traveling together, a caravan. From a compound of sun and hodos; companionship on a journey, i.e., a caravan.they traveled onὁδὸν (hodon)Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularStrong's 3598: A way, road, journey, path. Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress; figuratively, a mode or means.for a dayἡμέρας (hēmeras)Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularStrong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. [before]καὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. they began to lookἀνεζήτουν (anezētoun)Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralStrong's 327: To seek out, search for (implying the difficulty of the task). From ana and zeteo; to search out.for Himαὐτὸν (auton)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person SingularStrong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.amongἐν (en)PrepositionStrong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.[their]τοῖς (tois)Article - Dative Masculine PluralStrong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.relativesσυγγενεῦσιν (syngeneusin)Adjective - Dative Masculine PluralStrong's 4773: Akin to, related; subst: fellow countryman, kinsman. From sun and genos; a relative; by extension, a fellow countryman.andκαὶ (kai)ConjunctionStrong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. friends.γνωστοῖς (gnōstois)Adjective - Dative Masculine PluralStrong's 1110: Known, an acquaintance. From ginosko; well-known.Jump to PreviousAcquaintance Acquaintances Belief Boy Company Day's Discover Full Home Jerusalem Jesus Journey Journeyed Kinsfolk Parents Relations Relatives Seeking Sought Started Staying Supposed Supposing Thinking Together Traveled