Luke 2:8
And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock,This verse in the real world
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- ἀγραυλέωagrauléōto camp out
- ποίμνηpoímnēa flock (literally or figuratively)
- ποιμήνpoimḗna shepherd (literally or figuratively)
- χώραchṓraroom, i.e. a space of territory (more or less extensive; often including its inhabitants)
- φυλάσσωphylássōto watch, i.e. be on guard (literally of figuratively); by implication, to preserve, obey,
- φυλακήphylakḗa guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condi
- ἦνēnI (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)
- ἐπίepíproperly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribu
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 78:70–71, Gen 31:39–40, 1Sa 17:34–35, Jhn 10:8–12, Ezk 34:8, Exo 3:1–2