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">2532</a></span> <span class="strongsnt"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm" title="Englishman's Greek: 2532">[e]</a></span></td><td class="greek2" valign="top">καὶ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/greek/kai_2532.htm" title="kai: and.">kai</a></td><td class="eng" valign="top">and</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/grammar/greek.htm" title="Conjunction">Conj</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="Strong's Greek 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.">3361</a></span> <span class="strongsnt"><a href="/greek/strongs_3361.htm" title="Englishman's Greek: 3361">[e]</a></span></td><td class="greek2" valign="top">μὴ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/greek/me__3361.htm" title="mē: not.">mē</a></td><td class="eng" valign="top">not</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/grammar/greek.htm" title="Adverb">Adv</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/greek/2147.htm" title="Strong's Greek 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.">2147</a></span> <span class="strongsnt"><a href="/greek/strongs_2147.htm" title="Englishman's Greek: 2147">[e]</a></span></td><td class="greek2" valign="top">εὑρόντες<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/greek/eurontes_2147.htm" title="heurontes: having found.">heurontes</a></td><td class="eng" valign="top">having found [Him],</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/grammar/greek.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural">V-APA-NMP</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/greek/5290.htm" title="Strong's Greek 5290: To turn back, return. From hupo and strepho; to turn under, i.e. To return.">5290</a></span> <span class="strongsnt"><a href="/greek/strongs_5290.htm" title="Englishman's Greek: 5290">[e]</a></span></td><td class="greek2" valign="top">ὑπέστρεψαν<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/greek/upestrepsan_5290.htm" title="hypestrepsan: they returned.">hypestrepsan</a></td><td class="eng" valign="top">they returned</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/grammar/greek.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural">V-AIA-3P</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">1519</a></span> <span class="strongsnt"><a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm" title="Englishman's Greek: 1519">[e]</a></span></td><td class="greek2" valign="top">εἰς<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/greek/eis_1519.htm" title="eis: into-unto.">eis</a></td><td class="eng" valign="top">to</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/grammar/greek.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/greek/2419.htm" title="Strong's Greek 2419: Of Hebrew origin; Hierusalem, the capitol of Palestine.">2419</a></span> <span class="strongsnt"><a href="/greek/strongs_2419.htm" title="Englishman's Greek: 2419">[e]</a></span></td><td class="greek2" valign="top">Ἰερουσαλὴμ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/greek/ierousale_m_2419.htm" title="Ierousalēm: Jerusalem.">Ierousalēm</a></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Jerusalem,</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/grammar/greek.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/greek/327.htm" title="Strong's Greek 327: To seek out, search for (implying the difficulty of the task). From ana and zeteo; to search out.">327</a></span> <span class="strongsnt"><a href="/greek/strongs_327.htm" title="Englishman's Greek: 327">[e]</a></span></td><td class="greek2" valign="top">ἀναζητοῦντες<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/greek/anaze_tountes_327.htm" title="anazētountes: seeking.">anazētountes</a></td><td class="eng" valign="top">seeking</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/grammar/greek.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural">V-PPA-NMP</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/greek/846.htm" title="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.">846</a></span> <span class="strongsnt"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm" title="Englishman's Greek: 846">[e]</a></span></td><td class="greek2" valign="top">αὐτόν.<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/greek/auton_846.htm" title="auton: him.">auton</a></td><td class="eng" valign="top">Him.</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/grammar/greek.htm" title="Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular">PPro-AM3S</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /> <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'; 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(3) the same -- Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Singular Masculine">αὐτόν.</a></span> </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/luke/2.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/greek/2532.htm" title="kai (kahee) -- and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet">And</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/greek/2147.htm" title="heurisko (hyoo-ris'-ko,) -- find, get, obtain, perceive, see">when they found</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/greek/846.htm" title="autos (ow-tos') -- her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, (him-, my-, thy-)self ">him</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/greek/3361.htm" title="me (may) -- any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in) ">not</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/greek/5290.htm" title="hupostrepho (hoop-os-tref'-o) -- come again, return (again, back again), turn back (again)">they turned back again</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/greek/1519.htm" title="eis (ice) -- (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning ">to</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/greek/2419.htm" title="Hierousalem (hee-er-oo-sal-ame') -- Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/greek/2212.htm" title="zeteo (dzay-teh'-o) -- be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means)">seeking</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/greek/846.htm" title="autos (ow-tos') -- her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, (him-, my-, thy-)self ">him</a></span></div><div align="right"><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/luke/2.htm">Luke 2:45 Hebrew Bible</a><br></span><span class="heb">ולא מצאהו וישבו ירושלים לבקשו׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//pes.scripturetext.com/luke/2.htm">Luke 2:45 Aramaic NT: Peshitta</a><br></span><span class="aramaic">ܘܠܐ ܐܫܟܚܘܗܝ ܘܗܦܟܘ ܠܗܘܢ ܬܘܒ ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ ܘܒܥܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܠܗ ܀</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/luke/2-45.htm">Additional Parallel Greek</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/luke/2.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />When they did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem looking for Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/luke/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/luke/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for Him. <div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/luke/2-45.htm">Luke 2:45</a> • <a href="/niv/luke/2-45.htm">Luke 2:45 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/luke/2-45.htm">Luke 2:45 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/luke/2-45.htm">Luke 2:45 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/luke/2-45.htm">Luke 2:45 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/luke/2-45.htm">Luke 2:45 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/luke/2-45.htm">Luke 2:45 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/luke/2-45.htm">Luke 2:45 Biblia Paralela</a> • <a href="//holybible.com.cn/luke/2-45.htm">Luke 2:45 Chinese Bible</a> • <a href="//saintebible.com/luke/2-45.htm">Luke 2:45 French Bible</a> • <a href="//bibeltext.com/luke/2-45.htm">Luke 2:45 German Bible</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../luke/2-44.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 2:44"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 2:44" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../luke/2-46.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 2:46"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 2:46" /></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>