LUKE 21:2

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.”

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Luke 21:2 Translation & Meaning

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And δέ But, and, etc And
he saw εἶδεν Used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 and G3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know saw
also καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words also
a certain τινα Some or any person or object certain
poor πενιχρὰν Necessitous poor
widow χήραν A widow (as lacking a husband), literally or figuratively widow
casting in βάλλουσαν To throw (in various applications, more or less violent or intense) casting
thither ἐκεῖ There; by extension, thither thither
two δύο "two" two
mites. λεπτὰ Something scaled (light), i.e., a small coin mites

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  • 1  And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.

  • 2  And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

  • 3  And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:

  • 4  For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.




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