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Luke 1:72 KJV (With Strong’s)

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To perform
poieo (Greek #4160)
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
KJV usage: abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. Compare 4238.
Pronounce: poy-eh'-o
Origin: apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary
the mercy
eleos (Greek #1656)
compassion (human or divine, especially active)
KJV usage: (+ tender) mercy.
Pronounce: el'-eh-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
promised to
meta (Greek #3326)
properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession) with which it is joined; occupying an intermediate position between 575 or 1537 and 1519 or 4314; less intimate than 1722 and less close than 4862)
KJV usage: after(-ward), X that he again, against, among, X and, + follow, hence, hereafter, in, of, (up-)on, + our, X and setting, since, (un-)to, + together, when, with (+ -out). Often used in composition, in substantially the same relations of participation or proximity, and transfer or sequence.
Pronounce: met-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition (often used adverbially)
our
hemon (Greek #2257)
of (or from) us
KJV usage: our (company), us, we.
Pronounce: hay-mone'
Origin: genitive case plural of 1473
fathers
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
pater (Greek #3962)
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
KJV usage: father, parent.
Pronounce: pat-ayr'
Origin: apparently a primary word
, 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
tok remember
mnaomai (Greek #3415)
to bear in mind, i.e. recollect; by implication, to reward or punish
KJV usage: be mindful, remember, come (have) in remembrance. Compare 3403.
Pronounce: mnah'-om-ahee
Origin: middle voice of a derivative of 3306 or perhaps of the base of 3145 (through the idea of fixture in the mind or of mental grasp)
his
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
holy
hagios (Greek #40)
sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated)
KJV usage: (most) holy (one, thing), saint.
Pronounce: hag'-ee-os
Origin: from ἅγος (an awful thing) (compare 53, 2282)
covenant
diatheke (Greek #1242)
properly, a disposition, i.e. (specially) a contract (especially a devisory will)
KJV usage: covenant, testament.
Pronounce: dee-ath-ay'-kay
Origin: from 1303
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Lev. 26:42• 42I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. (Lev. 26:42)
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Psa. 105:8‑10• 8He remembered forever his covenant,{HR}A word he commanded to a thousand generations,
 9Which he ratified (cut) with Abraham,{HR}And his oath to Isaac,
 10And he confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,{HR}To Israel an everlasting covenant, (Psa. 105:8‑10)
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Ezek. 16:60• 60Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. (Ezek. 16:60)

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Covenant,
Fathers,
Mercy

Cross References

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Luke 1:54‑55• 54He hath helped Israel, his servant, in order to remember mercy;
 55as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed forever. (Luke 1:54‑55)
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Gen. 12:3• 3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. (Gen. 12:3)
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Gen. 22:18• 18and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. (Gen. 22:18)
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Gen. 26:4• 4And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and to thy seed I will give all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; (Gen. 26:4)
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Gen. 28:14• 14And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt break forth to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. (Gen. 28:14)
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Psa. 98:3• 3He remembered his mercy and his faithfulness to the house of Israel;{HR}All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. (Psa. 98:3)
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Acts 3:25‑26• 25Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God covenanted with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
 26To you first, God, having raised up his servant, sent him to bless you in turning away each from your iniquities. (Acts 3:25‑26)
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Rom. 11:28• 28As to the gospel, [they are] enemies on your account, but as to the election beloved on account of the fathers; (Rom. 11:28)
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Heb. 6:13‑18• 13For God when he made promise to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself,
 14saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I multiply thee,
 15and thus after long-suffering he obtained the promise.
 16For men, indeed, swear by the greater, and to them the oath for confirmation [is] an end of all dispute.
 17Wherein God willing to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his counsel,
 18intervened by an oath, that by two unchangeable things in which [it was] impossible that God should lie we might have strong encouragement that fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us, (Heb. 6:13‑18)
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Gen. 17:4‑9• 4As for me, behold my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
 5Neither shall thy name anymore be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations I have made thee.
 6I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee;
 7and I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
 8And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.
 9{i}And God said to Abraham, And as for thee,{/i} thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou and thy seed after thee in their generations. (Gen. 17:4‑9)
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Lev. 26:42• 42I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. (Lev. 26:42)
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Psa. 105:8‑10• 8He remembered forever his covenant,{HR}A word he commanded to a thousand generations,
 9Which he ratified (cut) with Abraham,{HR}And his oath to Isaac,
 10And he confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,{HR}To Israel an everlasting covenant, (Psa. 105:8‑10)
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Psa. 106:45• 45And he remembered for them his covenant,{HR}And repented according to the multitude of his mercies; (Psa. 106:45)
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Psa. 111:5• 5Food (prey) he gave to those fearing him;{HR}He will remember forever his covenant. (Psa. 111:5)
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Ezek. 16:8,60• 8{i}And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, and behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness; and I swore unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine.{/i}
 60Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. (Ezek. 16:8,60)
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Gal. 3:15‑17• 15Brethren, I speak according to man: a ratified covenant, though man's, no one setteth aside or supplementeth.
 16But to Abraham were addressed the promises, and to his seed; he doth not say “and to seeds” as of many, but as of one “and to thy seed,” which is Christ.
 17Now this I say: the covenant ratified beforehand by God, the law, which took place four hundred and thirty years after, doth not annul so as to make the promise void. (Gal. 3:15‑17)

J. N. Darby Translation

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to fulfilc mercy with our fathers and remember his holy covenant,

JND Translation Notes

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"To work," or "accomplish." what the fathers had lived on by faith as promised mercy. "Your father Abraham saw my day and was glad."

W. Kelly Translation

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to fulfil mercy with our fathers, and remember his holy covenant;