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Luke 4:26

But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

KJV

καὶ πρὸς οὐδεμίαν αὐτῶν ἐπέμφθη Ἡλείας εἰ μὴ εἰς Σάρεπτα τῆς Σιδωνίας πρὸς γυναῖκα χήραν.

Greek NT

et ad nullam illarum missus est Elias, nisi in Sarepta Sidoniæ, ad mulierem viduam.

Vulgate

and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

ASV

And to none of them was Elias sent, but to Sarepta of Sidon, to a widow woman.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Σάρεπτα
sarepta
noun · 1×
Σιδώνιος
sidonios
noun · 2×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
πέμπω
pempo
verb · 79×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
χήρα
chera
noun · 26×
Ἡλίας
elias
noun · 29×
o
article · 19778×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • 1Kgs 17:9 · allusion
    "Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee."
    Elijah sent to the widow of Zarephath — Jesus references in Nazareth

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: Σιδωνίας | WH/Treg/NIV: Σιδωνίας | RP: Σιδῶνος
  • ΣιδωνίαςSBLGNT
  • ΣιδωνίαςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ΣιδῶνοςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 17:9 — Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
  • 1Kgs 17:9 — Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
  • Matt 11:21 — Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
  • Obad 1:20 — And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of th