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Luke 1:52 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hes hath put down
kathaireo (Greek #2507)
to lower (or with violence) demolish (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: cast (pull, put, take) down, destroy.
Pronounce: kath-ahee-reh'-o
Origin: from 2596 and 138 (including its alternate)
the mighty
dunastes (Greek #1413)
a ruler or officer
KJV usage: of great authority, mighty, potentate.
Pronounce: doo-nas'-tace
Origin: from 1410
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apo (Greek #575)
"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
KJV usage: (X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
Pronounce: apo'
Origin: a primary particle
their seats
thronos (Greek #2362)
a stately seat ("throne"); by implication, power or (concretely) a potentate
KJV usage: seat, throne.
Pronounce: thron'-os
Origin: from θράω (to sit)
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
exalted
hupsoo (Greek #5312)
to elevate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: exalt, lift up.
Pronounce: hoop-so'-o
Origin: from 5311
them of low degree
tapeinos (Greek #5011)
depressed, i.e. (figuratively) humiliated (in circumstances or disposition)
KJV usage: base, cast down, humble, of low degree (estate), lowly.
Pronounce: tap-i-nos'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
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Luke 18:14• 14I say unto you, this [man] went down to his house justified rather than that [other]; for everyone who exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. (Luke 18:14)
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1 Sam. 2:4,6‑8• 4The bows of the mighty men are broken,{HR}And they that stumbled are girded with strength.
6Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive:{HR}He bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
7Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich:{HR}He bringeth low, and lifteth up.
8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,{HR}And lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill,{HR}To set them among princes,{HR}And to make them inherit the throne of glory:{HR}For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's,{HR}And He hath set the world upon them.
(1 Sam. 2:4,6‑8)
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Job 5:11‑13• 11To set the low on high,{HR}And raise up the mourning to prosperity.
12He breaketh to pieces the devices of the crafty,{HR}So that they can do nothing to purpose;
13He taketh the wise in their craftiness,{HR}And the counsel of the cunning is overturned.
(Job 5:11‑13)
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Job 34:24‑28• 24He breaketh the mighty without inquiry,{HR}And he setteth up others in their stead.
25Therefore he knoweth their works,{HR}And overthroweth them in the night, and they are bruised.
26As wicked did he strike them publicly,
27Who purposely turned aside from after him,{HR}And attended not to any of his ways,
28So that the cry of the poor should come to him,{HR}And the cry of the oppressed he heareth.
(Job 34:24‑28)
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Psa. 107:40‑41• 40He poureth contempt upon princes,{HR}And made them wander in a waste without a way.
41And he set high the needy one from affliction{HR}And made families like the sheep.
(Psa. 107:40‑41)
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Psa. 113:6‑8• 6That seeth deep in the heavens and in the earth?
7He raiseth from the dust the poor one;{HR}From the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy,
8To set with rulers, with nobles of his people.
(Psa. 113:6‑8)
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Eccl. 4:14• 14For out of prison he came forth to be the king;{HR}Yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor. (Eccl. 4:14)
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Ezek. 17:24• 24And all the trees of the field shall know that I Jehovah have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I Jehovah have spoken and have done it. (Ezek. 17:24)
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Amos 9:11• 11In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; {i}and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:{/i} (Amos 9:11)
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Mark 6:3• 3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended in him. (Mark 6:3)
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James 1:9‑10• 9But let the lowly brother glory in his elevation,
10and the rich in his humiliation, because as flower of grass, he will pass away.
(James 1:9‑10)
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James 4:10• 10Humble yourselves before [the] Lord, and he will exalt you. (James 4:10)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He has put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly.

W. Kelly Translation

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He hath put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly.