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Luke 23

Lc. 23:44 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
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)
it was
en (Greek #2258)
I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)
KJV usage: + agree, be, X have (+ charge of), hold, use, was(-t), were.
Pronounce: ane
Origin: imperfect of 1510
about
hosei (Greek #5616)
as if
KJV usage: about, as (it had been, it were), like (as).
Pronounce: ho-si'
Origin: from 5613 and 1487
the sixth
hektos (Greek #1623)
sixth
KJV usage: sixth.
Pronounce: hek'-tos
Origin: ordinal from 1803
hour
hora (Greek #5610)
an "hour" (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: day, hour, instant, season, X short, (even-)tide, (high) time.
Pronounce: ho'-rah
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
there was
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
a darkness
skotos (Greek #4655)
shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: darkness.
Pronounce: skot'-os
Origin: from the base of 4639
over
epi (Greek #1909)
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
KJV usage: about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ep-ee'
Origin: a primary preposition
all
holos (Greek #3650)
"whole" or "all", i.e. complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb
KJV usage: all, altogether, every whit, + throughout, whole.
Pronounce: hol'-os
Origin: a primary word
the δearth
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
ge (Greek #1093)
soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)
KJV usage: country, earth(-ly), ground, land, world.
Pronounce: ghay
Origin: contracted from a primary word
until
heos (Greek #2193)
a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
KJV usage: even (until, unto), (as) far (as), how long, (un-)til(-l), (hither-, un-, up) to, while(-s).
Pronounce: heh'-oce
Origin: of uncertain affinity
the ninth
ennatos (Greek #1766)
ninth
KJV usage: ninth.
Pronounce: en'-nat-os
Origin: ordinal from 1767
hour
hora (Greek #5610)
an "hour" (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: day, hour, instant, season, X short, (even-)tide, (high) time.
Pronounce: ho'-rah
Origin: apparently a primary word
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δ
or, land.

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Darkness,
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Hour,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Mt. 27:45• 45Y desde la hora de sexta fueron tinieblas sobre toda la tierra hasta la hora de nona. (Mt. 27:45)
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Mr. 15:33• 33Y cuando vino la hora de sexta, fueron hechas tinieblas sobre toda la tierra hasta la hora de nona. (Mr. 15:33)
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Éx. 10:21‑23• 21Y Jehová dijo á Moisés: Extiende tu mano hacia el cielo, para que haya tinieblas sobre la tierra de Egipto, tales que cualquiera las palpe.
 22Y extendió Moisés su mano hacia el cielo, y hubo densas tinieblas tres días por toda la tierra de Egipto.
 23Ninguno vió á su prójimo, ni nadie se levantó de su lugar en tres días; mas todos los hijos de Israel tenían luz en sus habitaciones. (Éx. 10:21‑23)
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Sal. 105:28• 28Echó tinieblas, é hizo oscuridad; Y no fueron rebeldes á su palabra. (Sal. 105:28)
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Jl. 2:31• 31El sol se tornará en tinieblas, y la luna en sangre, antes que venga el día grande y espantoso de Jehová. (Jl. 2:31)
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Am. 5:18• 18Ay de los que desean el día de Jehová! ¿para qué queréis este día de Jehová? Será de tinieblas, y no luz: (Am. 5:18)
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Am. 8:9• 9Y acaecerá en aquel día, dice el Señor Jehová, que haré se ponga el sol al mediodía, y la tierra cubriré de tinieblas en el día claro. (Am. 8:9)
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Hab. 3:8‑11• 8¿Airóse Jehová contra los ríos? ¿Contra los ríos fué tu enojo? ¿Tu ira contra la mar, Cuando subiste sobre tus caballos, Y sobre tus carros de salud?
 9Descubrióse enteramente tu arco, Los juramentos á las tribus, palabra segura. (Selah.) Hendiste la tierra con ríos.
 10Viéronte, y tuvieron temor los montes: Pasó la inundación de las aguas: El abismo dió su voz, La hondura alzó sus manos.
 11El sol y la luna se pararon en su estancia: A la luz de tus saetas anduvieron, Y al resplandor de tu fulgente lanza. (Hab. 3:8‑11)
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Hch. 2:20• 20El sol se volverá en tinieblas, Y la luna en sangre, Antes que venga el día del Señor, Grande y manifiesto; (Hch. 2:20)
earth.
or, land.
• There was something very fitting in this, for the true “Sun of Righteousness” (Mal. 4:2) was bearing our sin at that time….Our true “Sun” was veiled for a moment, enduring our judgment, that there might be no veil between us and God. (“Luke 23” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it was about the sixth hour, and there came darkness over the whole landa until the ninth hour.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "earth." see Note, Matt. 5.5.

W. Kelly Translation

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And it was nowa about [the] sixth hour, and there came darkness over the whole land till [the] ninth hour.

WK Translation Notes

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a
Most of the Edd. favour including "now." Others omit.