LUKE 17:27

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They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

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Luke 17:27 Translation & Meaning

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They did eat, ἤσθιον Used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315; to eat (usually literal) did eat
they drank, ἔπινον To imbibe (literally or figuratively) drank
they married wives, ἐγάμουν To wed (of either sex) married wives
they were given in marriage, ἐξεγαμίζοντο To marry off a daughter given marriage
until ἄχρι (of time) until or (of place) up to until
the day ἡμέρας Day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context) day
that ἧς The relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that that
Noe Νῶε Noë, (i.e., Noäch), a patriarch Noe
entered εἰσῆλθεν To enter (literally or figuratively) entered
into εἰς To or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases into
the τὴν The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
ark, κιβωτόν A box, i.e., the sacred ark and that of Noah ark
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
the The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
flood κατακλυσμὸς An inundation flood
came, ἦλθεν To come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) came
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
destroyed ἀπώλεσεν To destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively destroyed
them all. ἅπαντας Absolutely all or (singular) every one all

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  • 25  But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.

  • 26  And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

  • 27  They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

  • 28  Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

  • 29  But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.




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