Galatians 4:27 — King James Version← Study notes
“For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.”
Galatians 4:27 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Galatians 4:2725 words
γέγραπταιgegraptaidescribe, write(-ing, -ten)
γάρgarfor
ΕὐφράνθητιEuphranthētifare, make glad, be (make) merry
στεῖραsteira
ἡhēthe
οὐounot
τίκτουσαtiktousabear, be born, bring forth
ῥῆξονrhēxonbreak (forth), burst, rend
καὶkaiand / also
βόησονboēsoncry
ἡhēthe
οὐκouknot
ὠδίνουσαōdinousatravail in (birth)
ὅτιhotithat / because
πολλὰpollamany / much
τὰtathe
τέκναteknachild
τῆςtēsthe
ἐρήμουerēmoudesert, desolate, solitary
μᾶλλονmallon+ better, (the) more (and more), (so) much…
ἢēor
τῆςtēsthe
ἐχούσηςechousēshave
τὸνtonthe
ἄνδραandrafellow, husband, man
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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