Galatians 4:27
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”

Young's Literal Translation
for it hath been written, ‘Rejoice, O barren, who art not bearing; break forth and cry, thou who art not travailing, because many [are] the children of the desolate—more than of her having the husband.’

King James Bible
For it is written, Rejoice, [thou] barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

Greek
For
γάρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

it is written:
γέγραπται (gegraptai)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1125: A primary verb; to 'grave', especially to write; figuratively, to describe.

“Rejoice,
Εὐφράνθητι (Euphranthēti)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Passive - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 2165: From eu and phren; to put in a good frame of mind, i.e. Rejoice.

[O] barren woman,
στεῖρα (steira)
Noun - Vocative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4723: Barren. A contraction from stereos; 'sterile'.

who
(hē)
Article - Vocative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

bears no children;
τίκτουσα (tiktousa)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Vocative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5088: A strengthened form of a primary teko tek'-o; to produce, literally or figuratively.

break forth
ῥῆξον (rhēxon)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4486: To rend, break asunder; I break forth (into speech); I throw or dash down.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

cry aloud,
βόησον (boēson)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 994: To shout, call aloud, proclaim. Apparently a prolonged form of a primary verb; to halloo, i.e. Shout.

[you] who
(hē)
Article - Vocative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

{have} never
οὐκ (ouk)
Adverb
Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

travailed;
ὠδίνουσα (ōdinousa)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Vocative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5605: To be in travail, suffer birth-pangs. From odin; to experience the pains of parturition.

because
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

more
μᾶλλον (mallon)
Adverb
Strong's 3123: More, rather. Neuter of the comparative of the same as malista; more) or rather.

[are] the
τὰ (ta)
Article - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

children
τέκνα (tekna)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's 5043: A child, descendent, inhabitant. From the base of timoria; a child.

of the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

desolate woman,
ἐρήμου (erēmou)
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 2048: Lonesome, i.e. waste.

than
(ē)
Conjunction
Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.

of her who
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

has
ἐχούσης (echousēs)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

a husband.”
ἄνδρα (andra)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 435: A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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