Luke 1:4
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.”
περί
properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
λόγος
of the] things
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λόγος
In Greek thought, the logos was the rational principle holding the universe together. John opens his Gospel with this word — not as a concept, but as a person. In the beginning was the Word. Before anything existed, the Word already was.
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ἵνα
so that
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ἵνα
That, in order that, so that. Hina. For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son in order that whoever believes in Him should not perish. The purpose of the cross is clear.
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κατηχέω
you were instructed
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κατηχέω
to sound down into the ears, i.e. (by implication) to indoctrinate ("catechize") or (genitive case) to apprise of
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ἐπιγινώσκω
you may know
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ἐπιγινώσκω
to know upon some mark, i.e. recognize; by implication, to become fully acquainted with, to acknowledge
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