Luke 8:37
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.”
μέγας
Great, large, important. Megas. A great door and effectual is opened. God opens great doors. Do not settle for small thinking about a great God. He works on a grand scale.
φόβος
with fear
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φόβος
Fear, reverence, terror. Phobos. Perfect love casts out fear. Fear and love cannot fully coexist. As love grows fear shrinks. Let love displace what fear has occupied.
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συνέχω
they were seized.
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συνέχω
to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy
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περίχωρος
surrounding region
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περίχωρος
around the region, i.e. circumjacent (as noun, with G1093 (γῆ) implied vicinity)
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Γεργεσηνός
Gerasenes
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Γεργεσηνός
a Gergesene (i.e. Girgashite) or one of the aborigines of Palestine
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ὑποστρέφω
turned back.
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ὑποστρέφω
to turn under (behind), i.e. to return (literally or figuratively)
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ἐμβαίνω
having climbed
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ἐμβαίνω
to walk on, i.e. embark (aboard a vessel), reach (a pool)
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πλῆθος
multitude
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πλῆθος
a fulness, i.e. a large number, throng, populace
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ἐρωτάω
asked
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ἐρωτάω
to interrogate; by implication, to request
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πλοῖον
boat
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πλοῖον
a sailer, i.e. vessel
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