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chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/luke/21.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />But not a hair of your head will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/luke/21.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But not a hair of your head will perish!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/luke/21.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But not a hair of your head will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/luke/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/21.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And no, not a hair of your head should perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/luke/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But there shall not an hair of your head perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/luke/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But not a hair of your head shall be lost.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/luke/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And <i>yet</i> not a hair of your head will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/luke/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Yet not a hair of your head will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/luke/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Yet not a hair of your head will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/luke/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Yet not a hair of your head will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/luke/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But not a hair of your head will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/luke/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />but not a hair of your head will be lost.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/luke/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />but not a hair of your head will be lost. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/luke/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And not a hair of your head shall perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/luke/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But don't worry! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/luke/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And not a hair of your head shall perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/luke/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But not a hair on your head will be lost.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/luke/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But not a single hair from your heads will be lost. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/luke/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />And yet not a hair on your head will be lost. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/luke/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/luke/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Yet not a hair of your head will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/luke/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And not a hair of your head will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/luke/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But there shall not a hair of your head perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/21.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />and yet not a hair of your heads shall perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/luke/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />And not a hair of your head will perish. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/luke/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and a hair out of your head will not perish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/21.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And no, not a hair of your head should perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/luke/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and a hair out of your head shall not perish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/luke/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And there shall not a hair of your head perish.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/luke/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But a hair of your head shall not perish. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/luke/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And yet, not a hair of your head will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/luke/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />but not a hair on your head will be destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/luke/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But not a hair of your head will perish.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/luke/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And yet not a hair of your head will be lost.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/21.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />A hair of your heads shall not be lost.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/luke/21.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Yet a hair of your head shall not perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/luke/21.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>and not a hair from your head shall perish.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/luke/21.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Though a hair of your head shall in nowise perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/luke/21.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />however a single hair of your head shall not be lost.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/21.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />and yet not a hair of your heads shall perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/luke/21.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>And a hair of your head shall in no wise perish.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/luke/21.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>But not an hair of your head shall perish.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/luke/21-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=8320" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/luke/21.htm">Witnessing to All Nations</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>And you will be hated by everyone because of My name. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">Yet</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.">not even</a> <a href="/greek/2359.htm" title="2359: thrix (N-NFS) -- Hair (of the head or of animals). Genitive case trichos, etc. of uncertain derivation; hair.">a hair</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">of</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2776.htm" title="2776: kephalēs (N-GFS) -- From the primary kapto; the head, literally or figuratively.">head</a> <a href="/greek/622.htm" title="622: apolētai (V-ASM-3S) -- From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively.">will perish.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">19</span>By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-30.htm">Matthew 10:30</a></span><br />And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/27-34.htm">Acts 27:34</a></span><br />So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-28.htm">John 10:28-29</a></span><br />I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. / My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/14-45.htm">1 Samuel 14:45</a></span><br />But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/14-11.htm">2 Samuel 14:11</a></span><br />“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/1-52.htm">1 Kings 1:52</a></span><br />And Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-2.htm">Isaiah 43:2</a></span><br />When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/3-27.htm">Daniel 3:27</a></span><br />and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/6-22.htm">Daniel 6:22</a></span><br />My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/91-7.htm">Psalm 91:7-12</a></span><br />Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you. / You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked. / Because you have made the LORD your dwelling—my refuge, the Most High— ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/121-7.htm">Psalm 121:7-8</a></span><br />The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul. / The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28</a></span><br />And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-35.htm">Romans 8:35-39</a></span><br />Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? / As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” / No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-10.htm">2 Corinthians 1:10</a></span><br />He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/4-18.htm">2 Timothy 4:18</a></span><br />And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But there shall not an hair of your head perish.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/12-7.htm">Luke 12:7</a></b></br> But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/14-45.htm">1 Samuel 14:45</a></b></br> And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: <i>as</i> the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/25-29.htm">1 Samuel 25:29</a></b></br> Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, <i>as out</i> of the middle of a sling.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/20-16.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/luke/7-45.htm">Hair</a> <a href="/luke/20-17.htm">Head</a> <a href="/luke/12-7.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/luke/16-9.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/luke/18-17.htm">Wise</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/21-20.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/john/11-2.htm">Hair</a> <a href="/luke/22-47.htm">Head</a> <a href="/luke/21-28.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/john/3-15.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/luke/21-33.htm">Wise</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/21-1.htm">Jesus commends the poor widow.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/21-5.htm">He foretells the destruction of the temple, and of the city Jerusalem;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/21-25.htm">the signs also which shall be before the last day.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/21-34.htm">He exhorts them to be watchful.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/21.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/luke/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/luke/21.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Yet not even a hair</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the meticulous care and protection God provides for His people. In biblical times, hair was often seen as a symbol of one's identity and personal care. The reference to hair here suggests that God is attentive to even the smallest details of our lives. This echoes Jesus' earlier teaching in <a href="/luke/12-7.htm">Luke 12:7</a>, where He assures His followers that they are more valuable than many sparrows and that even the hairs of their head are all numbered. This reflects God's intimate knowledge and concern for each individual.<p><b>of your head</b><br>The head is often symbolic of one's life and well-being. In the cultural context of the Bible, the head was considered the seat of life and identity. This phrase reassures believers that their life is under divine protection. The head being unharmed signifies that God’s protection extends to the very essence of a person’s being. This assurance is particularly poignant given the trials and persecutions that Jesus' followers would face, as described earlier in <a href="/luke/21.htm">Luke 21</a>.<p><b>will perish.</b><br>The term "perish" here is used to convey the idea of ultimate destruction or loss. In the context of <a href="/luke/21.htm">Luke 21</a>, Jesus is speaking about the end times and the trials that His followers will endure. Despite the physical dangers and persecutions, Jesus promises that their eternal security is assured. This is consistent with the broader biblical theme of eternal life and salvation, as seen in <a href="/john/10-28.htm">John 10:28</a>, where Jesus states that no one can snatch His sheep out of His hand. The assurance that not even a hair will perish underscores the promise of eternal life and the ultimate victory over death through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a></b><br>The speaker of this verse, providing assurance to His disciples amidst His teachings on the end times.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/disciples.htm">Disciples</a></b><br>The immediate audience of Jesus' discourse, representing all believers who follow Christ.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where Jesus delivered this teaching, significant in biblical prophecy and history.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/end_times.htm">End Times</a></b><br>The broader context of Jesus' discourse, addressing future events and the trials believers will face.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/persecution.htm">Persecution</a></b><br>The trials and tribulations that Jesus warns His followers they will endure for His name's sake.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_protection.htm">Divine Protection</a></b><br>Jesus assures us of God's protection, even in the smallest details of our lives. This should encourage us to trust in His sovereignty and care.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/eternal_security.htm">Eternal Security</a></b><br>The promise that not a hair will perish points to the eternal security we have in Christ. Our ultimate destiny is secure, regardless of earthly trials.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_amidst_trials.htm">Faith Amidst Trials</a></b><br>Believers are called to remain steadfast in faith, knowing that God is with us through persecution and hardship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_intimate_knowledge.htm">God's Intimate Knowledge</a></b><br>God's knowledge of us is complete and personal. This should lead us to a deeper relationship with Him, knowing He cares for every aspect of our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/encouragement_in_persecution.htm">Encouragement in Persecution</a></b><br>In times of persecution, we can find encouragement in Jesus' words, knowing that our suffering is not in vain and that God is in control.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_nazirite_vow.htm">What is the Nazirite vow?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_pandemics.htm">What does the Bible say about pandemic diseases?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_absalom's_hair_in_the_tree_plausible.htm">How did Absalom become caught by his head or hair in the oak tree (2 Samuel 18:9), and does this detail conflict with scientific plausibility?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_psalm_31_7-8_with_suffering.htm">Psalm 31:7-8 affirms divine deliverance, yet history shows numerous faithful people suffering or dying--how do we reconcile this apparent discrepancy?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">There shall not an hair of your head perish.</span>--The promise does not meet us in this form in the parallel passages of the two other Gospels. A like promise meets us in <a href="/matthew/10-30.htm" title="But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.">Matthew 10:30</a>, <a href="/luke/12-7.htm" title="But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.">Luke 12:7</a>. The very same phrase occurs, however, almost as if it were a quotation from this Gospel, in St. Paul's address to the sailors, in <a href="/acts/27-34.htm" title="Why I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.">Acts 27:34</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But there shall not an hair of your head perish</span>. Not, of course, to be understood literally; for comp. ver. 16. Bengel's comment accurately paraphrases it: "Not a hair of your head shall perish without the special providence of God, nor without reward, nor before the due time." The words, too, had a general fulfillment; for the Christian community of Palestine, warned by this very discourse of the Lord's, fled in time from the doomed city, and so escaped the extermination which overtook the Jewish people in the great war which ended in the fall of Jerusalem (A.D. 70). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/luke/21-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Yet</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">not even</span><br /><span class="grk">μὴ</span> <span class="translit">(mē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3361.htm">Strong's 3361: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a hair</span><br /><span class="grk">θρὶξ</span> <span class="translit">(thrix)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2359.htm">Strong's 2359: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hair (of the head or of animals). Genitive case trichos, etc. of uncertain derivation; hair.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐκ</span> <span class="translit">(ek)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> </span><span class="str2">From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑμῶν</span> <span class="translit">(hymōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">head</span><br /><span class="grk">κεφαλῆς</span> <span class="translit">(kephalēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2776.htm">Strong's 2776: </a> </span><span class="str2">From the primary kapto; the head, literally or figuratively.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will perish.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀπόληται</span> <span class="translit">(apolētai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_622.htm">Strong's 622: </a> </span><span class="str2">From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/luke/21-18.htm">Luke 21:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/luke/21-18.htm">Luke 21:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/luke/21-18.htm">Luke 21:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/luke/21-18.htm">Luke 21:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/luke/21-18.htm">Luke 21:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/luke/21-18.htm">Luke 21:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/luke/21-18.htm">Luke 21:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/luke/21-18.htm">Luke 21:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/luke/21-18.htm">Luke 21:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/luke/21-18.htm">Luke 21:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/luke/21-18.htm">NT Gospels: Luke 21:18 And not a hair of your head (Luke Lu Lk) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/luke/21-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 21:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 21:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/luke/21-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 21:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 21:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>