Luke 2:37
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.”
χήρα
Widow. Chera. A widow who had given everything she had. Jesus noticed and commended what no one else saw. God sees your hidden faithfulness and values it eternally.
νύξ
night
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νύξ
Night, darkness. You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. Your identity is light.
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ἡμέρα
day;
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ἡμέρα
Day. Hemera. This is the day the LORD has made. Every day is a gift from God. The right response to any day is rejoicing in the One who gave it.
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ἱερόν
temple
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ἱερόν
a sacred place, i.e. the entire precincts (whereas G3485 (ναός) denotes the central sanctuary itself) of the Temple (at Jerusalem or elsewhere)
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νηστεία
with fastings
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νηστεία
abstinence (from lack of food, or voluntary and religious); specially, the fast of the Day of Atonement
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ἕως
until
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ἕως
a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
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λατρεύω
serving
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λατρεύω
to minister (to God), i.e. render religious homage
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ὀγδοήκοντα
eighty and
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ὀγδοήκοντα
ten times eight
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δέησις
prayers
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δέησις
a petition
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τέσσαρες
four
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τέσσαρες
four
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