Luke 2:20
Strong's Lexicon
The
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

shepherds
ποιμένες (poimenes)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4166: A shepherd; hence met: of the feeder, protector, and ruler of a flock of men. Of uncertain affinity; a shepherd.

returned,
ὑπέστρεψαν (hypestrepsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 5290: To turn back, return. From hupo and strepho; to turn under, i.e. To return.

glorifying
δοξάζοντες (doxazontes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1392: To glorify, honor, bestow glory on. From doxa; to render glorious.

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

praising
αἰνοῦντες (ainountes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 134: To praise. From ainos; to praise.

God
Θεὸν (Theon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

for
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

all
πᾶσιν (pasin)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

they had heard
ἤκουσαν (ēkousan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

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

seen,
εἶδον (eidon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

which was just as
καθὼς (kathōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.

[the angel] had told
ἐλαλήθη (elalēthē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.

them.
αὐτούς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, which was just as the angel had told them.

Young's Literal Translation
and the shepherds turned back, glorifying and praising God, for all those things they heard and saw, as it was spoken unto them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had seen and heard, just as they had been told.

New American Standard Bible
The shepherds went back, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as had been told them.

King James Bible
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

New Living Translation
The shepherds went back to their flocks, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen. It was just as the angel had told them.

English Standard Version
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

New American Standard Bible
The shepherds went back, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as had been told them.

King James Bible
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had seen and heard, just as they had been told.

International Standard Version
Then the shepherds returned to their flock, glorifying and praising God for everything they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.

NET Bible
So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.

American Standard Version
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, even as it was spoken unto them.

English Revised Version
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, even as it was spoken unto them.

Young's Literal Translation
and the shepherds turned back, glorifying and praising God, for all those things they heard and saw, as it was spoken unto them.
















Cross References
Matthew 9:8
But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.

Mark 1:7
And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

Luke 1:1
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,

Luke 2:19
But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

Luke 2:18
And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

Luke 2:17
And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

Luke 2:21
And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Luke 2:22
And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;

Luke 2:23
(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
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