Luke 1:2
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©GreekStrong'sOrigin
justκαθὼς
(kathōs)
2531a: according as, just asfrom kata and hós
as they were handed downπαρέδοσαν
(paredosan)
3860: to hand over, to give or deliver over, to betrayfrom para and didómi
to us by thoseοἱ
(oi)
3588: thethe def. art.
who from the beginningἀρχῆς
(archēs)
746: beginning, originfrom archó
were eyewitnessesαὐτόπται
(autoptai)
845: an eyewitnessfrom autos and optanomai
and servantsὑπηρέται
(upēretai)
5257: an underling, servantfrom hupo and eretés (a rower)
of the word,λόγου
(logou)
3056: a word (as embodying an idea), a statement, a speechfrom legó


















KJV Lexicon
καθως  adverb
kathos  kath-oce':  just (or inasmuch) as, that -- according to, (according, even) as, how, when.
παρεδοσαν  verb - second aorist active indicative - third person
paradidomi  par-ad-id'-o-mee:  to surrender, i.e yield up, intrust, transmit -- betray, bring forth, cast, commit, deliver (up), give (over, up), hazard, put in prison, recommend.
ημιν  personal pronoun - first person dative plural
hemin  hay-meen':  to (or for, with, by) us -- our, (for) us, we.
οι  definite article - nominative plural masculine
ho  ho:  the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
απ  preposition
apo  apo':  off, i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
αρχης  noun - genitive singular feminine
arche  ar-khay':  beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule.
αυτοπται  adjective - nominative plural masculine
autoptes  ow-top'-tace:  self-seeing, i.e. an eye-witness -- eye-witness.
και  conjunction
kai  kahee:  and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
υπηρεται  noun - nominative plural masculine
huperetes  hoop-ay-ret'-ace:  an under-oarsman, i.e. (generally) subordinate (assistant, sexton, constable) -- minister, officer, servant.
γενομενοι  verb - second aorist middle deponent participle - nominative plural masculine
ginomai  ghin'-om-ahee:  to cause to be (gen-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
του  definite article - genitive singular masculine
ho  ho:  the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
λογου  noun - genitive singular masculine
logos  log'-os:  something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ) -- account, cause, communication, concerning, doctrine, fame, have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say(-ing), shew, speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,

King James Bible
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
just as the original eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed them down to us.

International Standard Version
just as they were passed down to us by those who had been eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning,

NET Bible
like the accounts passed on to us by those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Like the things which they delivered to us who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of The Word,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They received their information from those who had been eyewitnesses and servants of God's word from the beginning, and they passed it on to us.

King James 2000 Bible
Even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
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