Luke 2:8
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And there were in the same country shepherds watching and keeping the night watches over their flock.

abiding.

Genesis 31:39,40 Neither did I shew thee that which the beast had torn; I made good all the damage: whatsoever was lost by theft, thou didst exact it of me: . . .

Exodus 3:1,2 Now Moses fed the sheep of Jethro, his father in law, the priest of Madian: and he drove the flock to the inner parts of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, Horeb. . . .

1 Samuel 17:34,35 And David said to Saul: Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, or a bear, and took a ram out of the midst of the flock: . . .

Psalm 78:70,71 And he chose his servant David, and took him from the flocks of sheep: he brought him from following the ewes great with young, . . .

Ezekiel 34:8 As I live, saith the Lord God, forasmuch as my flocks have been made a spoil, and my sheep are become a prey to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd: for my shepherds did not seek after my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flocks:

John 10:8-12 All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers: and the sheep heard them not. . . .

watch over their flock by night.

Context
The Shepherds and the Angels
7And she brought forth her first born son and wrapped him up in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger: because there was no room for them in the inn. 8And there were in the same country shepherds watching and keeping the night watches over their flock. 9And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them and the brightness of God shone round about them: and they feared with a great fear.…
Cross References
Luke 2:7
And she brought forth her first born son and wrapped him up in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger: because there was no room for them in the inn.

Luke 2:9
And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them and the brightness of God shone round about them: and they feared with a great fear.

Lexicon
And
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

there were
ἦσαν (ēsan)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

shepherds
ποιμένες (poimenes)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4166: A shepherd; hence met: of the feeder, protector, and ruler of a flock of men. Of uncertain affinity; a shepherd.

residing in the fields
ἀγραυλοῦντες (agraulountes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 63: To spend the night in the open, bivouac. From agros and auleo; to camp out.

nearby,
χώρᾳ (chōra)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5561: Feminine of a derivative of the base of chasma through the idea of empty expanse; room, i.e. A space of territory.

keeping
φυλάσσοντες (phylassontes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5442: Probably from phule through the idea of isolation; to watch, i.e. Be on guard; by implication, to preserve, obey, avoid.

watch
φυλακὰς (phylakas)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 5438: From phulasso; a guarding or, the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or, the time, literally or figuratively.

over
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

their
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

flocks
ποίμνην (poimnēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4167: A flock (of sheep or goats). Contraction from poimaino; a flock.

by night.
νυκτὸς (nyktos)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3571: The night, night-time. A primary word; 'night'.


Additional Translations
And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night.

And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night.

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

And there were shepherds in that country abiding without, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

Now there were shepherds in the same part of the country, keeping watch over their sheep by night in the open fields,

There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock,
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