Luke 2:1

Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἐξῆλθεν δόγμα παρὰ Καίσαρος Αὐγούστου ἀπογράφεσθαι πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
Ἐγένετο
G1096 V-2ADI-3S
ginomai
to cause to be (___%___gen___%___-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
  • to become, i.e., to come into existence, begin to be, receive being
    • "to become, i.e., to come to pass, happen
    • of events
    to arise, appear in history, come upon the stage
    • of men appearing in public
    to be made, finished
    • of miracles, to be performed, wrought
    to become, be made
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
ἐν
G1722 PREP
en
___%___in,___%___ at, (up-)on, by, etc
  • in, by, with
ταῖς
G3588 T-DPF
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ἡμέραις
G2250 N-DPF
hēmera
day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)
  • the day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with the night
    • in the daytime
      • "metaphorically, ___%___the day___%___ is regarded as the time for abstaining from indulgence, vice, crime, because acts of the sort are perpetrated at night and in darkness
    of the civil day, or the space of twenty four hours (thus including the night)"of the last day of this present age, the day Christ will return from heaven, raise the dead, hold the final judgment, and perfect his kingdom"used of time in general, i.e., the days of his life.
ἐκείναις
G1565 D-DPF
ekeinos
that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed
  • he, she it, etc.
ἐξῆλθεν
G1831 V-2AAI-3S
exerchomai
to issue (literally or figuratively)
  • to go or come forth of
    • with mention of the place out of which one goes, or the point from which he departs
      • of those who leave a place of their own accord
        • "of those who are expelled or cast out
    metaphorically
    • to go out of an assembly, i.e., forsake it
      • "to come forth from physically, arise from, to be born of"to go forth from one's power, escape from it in safety"to come forth (from privacy) into the world, before the public, (of those who by novelty of opinion attract attention)"of things
      • of reports, rumours, messages, precepts
        • "to be made known, declared"to be spread, to be proclaimed"to come forth
        • emitted as from the heart or the mouth
          • "to flow forth from the body"to emanate, issue
          • used of a sudden flash of lightning
            • "used of a thing vanishing"used of a hope which has disappeared
δόγμα
G1378 N-NSN
dogma
a law (civil, ceremonial or ecclesiastical)
  • doctrine, decree, ordinance
    • of public decrees
      • "of the Roman Senate"of rulers
    the rules and requirements of the law of Moses; carrying a suggestion of severity and of threatened judgment"of certain decrees of the apostles relative to right living
παρὰ
G3844 PREP
para
properly, near; i.e., (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local (especially beyond or opposed to) or causal (on account of)
  • from, of at, by, besides, near
Καίσαρος
G2541 N-GSM-T
kaisar
severed
Caesar, a title of the Roman emperor
  • the surname of Julius Caesar, which adopted by Octavius Augustus and his successors afterwards became a title, and was appropriated by the Roman emperors as part of their title
Αὐγούστου
G828 N-GSM-P
augoustos
venerable
Augustus, a title of the Roman emperor
  • the first Roman emperor
    • "title conferred upon Roman emperors
ἀπογράφεσθαι
G583 V-PEN
apographō
to write off (a copy or list), i.e., enrol
  • to write off, copy (from some pattern)
    • "to enter in a register or records
    • specifically to enter in public records the names of men, their property and income
      • "to enroll
πᾶσαν
G3956 A-ASF
pas
all, any, every, the whole
  • individually
    • each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything
    collectively
    • some of all types
τὴν
G3588 T-ASF
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
οἰκουμένην
G3625 N-ASF
oikoumenē
land, i.e., the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire
  • the inhabited earth
    • the portion of the earth inhabited by the Greeks, in distinction from the lands of the barbarians
      • "the Roman empire, all the subjects of the empire"the whole inhabited earth, the world"the inhabitants of the earth, men
    the universe, the world

Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἐξῆλθεν δόγμα παρὰ Καίσαρος Αὐγούστου ἀπογράφεσθαι πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην
1
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
Cross References

Luke 3:1

Ἐν ἔτει δὲ πεντεκαιδεκάτῳ τῆς ἡγεμονίας Τιβερίου Καίσαρος ἡγεμονεύοντος Ποντίου Πιλάτου τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ τετραρχοῦντος τῆς Γαλιλαίας Ἡρῴδου Φιλίππου δὲ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ τετραρχοῦντος τῆς Ἰτουραίας καὶ Τραχωνίτιδος χώρας καὶ Λυσανίου τῆς Ἀβιληνῆς τετραρχοῦντος
1
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,

Matthew 24:14

καὶ κηρυχθήσεται τοῦτο τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ οἰκουμένῃ εἰς μαρτύριον πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν καὶ τότε ἥξει τὸ τέλος
14
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Acts 25:21

τοῦ δὲ Παύλου ἐπικαλεσαμένου τηρηθῆναι αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ διάγνωσιν ἐκέλευσα τηρεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ἕως οὗ πέμψω αὐτὸν πρὸς Καίσαρα
21
But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.

Acts 11:28

ἀναστὰς δὲ εἷς ἐξ αὐτῶν ὀνόματι Ἄγαβος ἐσήμανεν διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος λιμὸν μέγαν μέλλειν ἔσεσθαι ἐφ' ὅλην τὴν οἰκουμένην ὅστις καὶ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος
28
And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.

Matthew 22:17

εἰπὲ οὖν ἡμῖν τί σοι δοκεῖ· ἔξεστιν δοῦναι κῆνσον Καίσαρι ἢ οὔ
17
Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?

Romans 1:8

Πρῶτον μὲν εὐχαριστῶ τῷ θεῷ μου διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ὑπὲρ πάντων ὑμῶν ὅτι ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν καταγγέλλεται ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ κόσμῳ
8
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

Philippians 4:22

ἀσπάζονται ὑμᾶς πάντες οἱ ἅγιοι μάλιστα δὲ οἱ ἐκ τῆς Καίσαρος οἰκίας
22
All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household.

Mark 14:9

ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅπου ἂν κηρυχθῇ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦτο εἰς ὅλον τὸν κόσμον καὶ ὃ ἐποίησεν αὕτη λαληθήσεται εἰς μνημόσυνον αὐτῆς
9
Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

Acts 25:11

εἰ μὲν γὰρ ἀδικῶ καὶ ἄξιον θανάτου πέπραχά τι οὐ παραιτοῦμαι τὸ ἀποθανεῖν· εἰ δὲ οὐδέν ἐστιν ὧν οὗτοι κατηγοροῦσίν μου οὐδείς με δύναται αὐτοῖς χαρίσασθαι· Καίσαρα ἐπικαλοῦμαι
11
For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.

Mark 16:15

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Πορευθέντες εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἅπαντα κηρύξατε τὸ εὐαγγέλιον πάσῃ τῇ κτίσει
15
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
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