Luke 4:8
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.”
Ἰησοῦς
Jesus. Iesous. The Greek form of Yeshua meaning the LORD saves. The name given before His birth. In His name is salvation healing and authority over every power of darkness.
κύριος
The] Lord
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κύριος
Lord, master, owner. Kurios. Jesus is Lord. The foundational confession of Christianity. Lord means owner. To confess Jesus as Lord is to surrender ownership of your life.
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θεός
God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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μόνος
only
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μόνος
Only, alone, solitary. Monos. Man shall not live by bread alone. The deepest hungers of life cannot be satisfied by material things. Only God can fill what God shaped.
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γράφω
It has been written:
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γράφω
To write, to record. These things are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ and have life in His name.
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προσκυνέω
you will worship
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προσκυνέω
to fawn or crouch to, i.e. (literally or figuratively) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore)
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ὑπάγω
do go
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ὑπάγω
to lead (oneself) under, i.e. withdraw or retire (as if sinking out of sight), literally or figuratively
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ὀπίσω
behind
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ὀπίσω
to the back, i.e. aback (as adverb or preposition of time or place; or as noun)
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λατρεύω
you will serve.’
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λατρεύω
to minister (to God), i.e. render religious homage
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Σατανᾶς
Satan;
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Σατανᾶς
the accuser, i.e. the devil
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