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Galatians 4

Gal. 4:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
Jerusalem
Hierousalem (Greek #2419)
Hierusalem (i.e. Jerushalem), the capitol of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem. Compare 2414.
Pronounce: hee-er-oo-sal-ame'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03389)
d which is
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
above
ano (Greek #507)
upward or on the top
KJV usage: above, brim, high, up.
Pronounce: an'-o
Origin: adverb from 473
is
esti (Greek #2076)
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
KJV usage: are, be(-long), call, X can(-not), come, consisteth, X dure for a while, + follow, X have, (that) is (to say), make, meaneth, X must needs, + profit, + remaineth, + wrestle.
Pronounce: es-tee'
Origin: third person singular present indicative of 1510
free
eleutheros (Greek #1658)
unrestrained (to go at pleasure), i.e. (as a citizen) not a slave (whether freeborn or manumitted), or (genitive case) exempt (from obligation or liability)
KJV usage: free (man, woman), at liberty.
Pronounce: el-yoo'-ther-os
Origin: probably from the alternate of 2064
, which
hostis (Greek #3748)
which some, i.e. any that; also (definite) which same
KJV usage: X and (they), (such) as, (they) that, in that they, what(-soever), whereas ye, (they) which, who(-soever). Compare 3754.
Pronounce: hos'-tis
Origin: ἥτις (hay'-tis), and the neuter ὅτι (hot'-ee) from 3739 and 5100
is
esti (Greek #2076)
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
KJV usage: are, be(-long), call, X can(-not), come, consisteth, X dure for a while, + follow, X have, (that) is (to say), make, meaneth, X must needs, + profit, + remaineth, + wrestle.
Pronounce: es-tee'
Origin: third person singular present indicative of 1510
the mother
meter (Greek #3384)
a "mother" (literally or figuratively, immediate or remote)
KJV usage: mother.
Pronounce: may'-tare
Origin: apparently a primary word
of us
hemon (Greek #2257)
of (or from) us
KJV usage: our (company), us, we.
Pronounce: hay-mone'
Origin: genitive case plural of 1473
all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
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Heb. 12:22• 22But ye have approached to mount Zion; and to a living God's city, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels, a universal assemblage; (Heb. 12:22)
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Rev. 21:2,10• 2And the holy city, new Jerusalem, I saw coming down out of the heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
 10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God, having the glory of God. (Rev. 21:2,10)

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Jerusalem.
Psa. 87:3‑6• 3Glorious things [are] spoken of thee,{HR}O city of God. Selah.
 4I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to those that know me.{HR}Behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Cush:{HR}This [man] was born there.
 5And of Zion it shall be said,{HR}[This] man, and [that] man was born in her:{HR}And himself the Most High will establish her.
 6Jehovah will count, in inscribing the peoples,{HR}This [man] was born there. Selah. (Psa. 87:3‑6)
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Isa. 2:2‑3• 2And it shall come to pass in the end of days, [that] the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top (head) of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow unto it.
 3And many peoples will go and say, Come and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and Jehovah's word from Jerusalem. (Isa. 2:2‑3)
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Isa. 52:9• 9Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. (Isa. 52:9)
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Isa. 62:1‑2• 1For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp [that] burneth.
 2And the nations shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory; and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of Jehovah shall name. (Isa. 62:1‑2)
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Isa. 65:18• 18But be glad and rejoice forever [in that] which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. (Isa. 65:18)
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Isa. 66:10• 10Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her; rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn over her; (Isa. 66:10)
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Joel 3:17• 17So shall ye know that I am Jehovah your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her anymore (Joel 3:17)
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Mic. 4:1‑2• 1But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
 2And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem. (Mic. 4:1‑2)
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Phil. 3:20• 20For our commonwealth has its being in [the] heavens, from whence also we await [as] Saviour [the] Lord Jesus Christ, (Phil. 3:20)
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Heb. 12:22• 22But ye have approached to mount Zion; and to a living God's city, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels, a universal assemblage; (Heb. 12:22)
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Rev. 3:12• 12He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall never go out more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, that cometh down out of the heaven from my God, and my new name. (Rev. 3:12)
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Rev. 21:2,10‑27• 2And the holy city, new Jerusalem, I saw coming down out of the heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
 10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God, having the glory of God.
 11Its light was like a stone most precious, as a jasper stone clear as crystal;
 12it had a wall great and high; it had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel:
 13on the east three gates, and on the north three gates, and on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.
 14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
 15And he that talked with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and the gates of it and the wall of it.
 16And the city lieth quadrangular, and the length of it is as much as the breadth; and he measured the city with the reed (twelve thousand stadia: the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
 17And he measured the wall of it, an hundred forty and four cubits, a man's measure which is of the angel.
 18And the building of its wall was jasper; and the city pure gold like pure glass.
 19The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every precious stone; the first foundation jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
 20the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolyte, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprasus, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.
 21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates severally was of one pearl: and the street of the city pure gold as transparent glass.
 22And I saw no temple in it: for the Lord God the Almighty is the temple of it, and the Lamb.
 23And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine on it: for the glory of God illumined it, and the Lamb is the lamp of it.
 24And the nations shall walk by its light; and the kings of the earth bring their glory unto it.
 25And the gates of it shall in no wise be shut by day: for there shall be no night there.
 26And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations unto it.
 27And there shall in no wise enter into it anything common, and one practicing abomination and a lie; but those that are written in the Lamb's book of life. (Rev. 21:2,10‑27)
free.
Gal. 4:22• 22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one of the maidservant and one of the freewoman. (Gal. 4:22)
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Gal. 5:1• 1Stand fast in the freedom with which Christ hath freed us, and be not again held in a yoke of bondage. (Gal. 5:1)
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John 8:36• 36If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. (John 8:36)
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Rom. 6:14,18• 14For sin shall not have dominion over you, for ye are not under law but under grace.
 18and having been freed from sin ye became bondservants to righteousness. (Rom. 6:14,18)
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1 Peter 2:16• 16as free, and not having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen. (1 Peter 2:16)
mother.
Song of Sol. 8:1‑2• 1Oh that thou wert as my brother,{HR}That sucked the breasts of my mother!{HR}Should I find thee without, I would kiss thee;{HR}And they would not despise me.
 2I would lead thee—bring thee into my mother's house:{HR}Thou wouldest instruct me;{HR}I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine,{HR}Of the juice of my pomegranate. (Song of Sol. 8:1‑2)
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Isa. 50:1• 1Thus saith Jehovah, Where [is] the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors [is it] to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. (Isa. 50:1)
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Hos. 2:2,5• 2Plead with your mother. Plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
 5because their mother hath committed lewdness, their parent hath acted shamefully; for she said, I will follow my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my wine. (Hos. 2:2,5)
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Hos. 4:5• 5Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. (Hos. 4:5)
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Rev. 17:5• 5and upon her forehead a name written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. (Rev. 17:5)

J. N. Darby Translation

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but the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother.

W. Kelly Translation

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But the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mothera,

WK Translation Notes

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It is not "the mystery" of the bride which is here foreshown, but the new covenant; it is the mother. The word "all" has been improperly added to this verse. The true text ends with "us," not the "mother of us all," and obviously the sense is fuller and better without it. "All" was added, probably, by those who thought to strengthen the connection of all the children of God; whereas the inspired writer particularly refers to those that had been Jews.