Luke 8:42
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.”
ὄχλος
A crowd, a multitude, a mob. He saw a great crowd and had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. His response to crowds was always compassion.
μονογενής
an only
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μονογενής
Only, one and only, unique. He gave His only Son. Monogenes. One of a kind. What God gave was not one of many but the most precious possible gift.
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ὑπάγω
is] to 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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συμπνίγω
were pressing around
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συμπνίγω
to strangle completely, i.e. (literally) to drown, or (figuratively) to crowd
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θυγάτηρ
daughter
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θυγάτηρ
a female child, or (by Hebraism) descendant (or inhabitant)
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δώδεκα
twelve
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δώδεκα
two and ten, i.e. a dozen
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