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NASB					Luke 1:5 ¶ ^AIn the days²²⁵⁰ of Herod²²⁶⁴, king⁹³⁵ of Judea²⁴⁵³, there was a priest²⁴⁰⁹ named³⁶⁸⁶ ¹Zacharias²¹⁹⁷, of the ^Bdivision²¹⁸³ of ²Abijah⁷; and he had a wife¹¹³⁵ ³from the daughters²³⁶⁴ of Aaron², and her name³⁶⁸⁶ was Elizabeth¹⁶⁶⁵.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Luke 1:5 ¶ In the days of Herod [the Great], king of Judea, there was a certain priest whose name was ¹Zacharias, of ²the division of Abijah. His wife was ³a descendant of Aaron [the first high priest of Israel], and her name was Elizabeth.

NASB Translator's Notes:
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I.e. Zechariah

Gr Abia

I.e. of priestly descent

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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I.e. Zechariah. The spelling is different because a Greek word cannot end with an "h," and in place of "ah" the common Greek ending "-as" was substituted.

King David organized the priests into 24 groups or divisions, each headed by a president. A division served twice a year for a week at a time (1 Chr 24:1-19).

Lit from the daughters of.

NASB Cross References:
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Matt 2:1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,

1 Chr 24:10 the seventh for Hakkoz, the eighth for Abijah,

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Greek Heb.

Aarôn; of Heb. or. [175]; Aaron, the brother of Moses:--Aaron(4), Aaron's(1).

Abia; of Heb. or. [29]; Abijah, Abia, the name of two Isr.:--Abijah(3).

935

basileus; of unc. or.; a king:--king(82), King of kings(1), KING OF KINGS(1), king's(2), king*(1), kings(1), kings(24), kings'(1).

1135

gunê; a prim. word; a woman:--bride(1), wife(71), wife's(1), wives(11), woman(96), woman's(1), women(33).

1665

Elisabet; of Heb. or. [472]; Elizabeth, an Israelitess:--Elizabeth(9).

2183

ephêmeria; from 2184; a class (of priests detailed for service in the temple):--division(2).

2197

Zacharias; of Heb. or. [2148a]; Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, Zechariah, the son of Barachiah:--Zacharias(9), Zechariah(2).

2250

hêmera; a prim. word; day:--always*(1), court(1), daily*(10), day(207), day's(1), day...another(1), daybreak(1), days(148), daytime(2), midday*(1), time(12), years(4).

2264

Hêrôdês; perh. from hêrôs (hero) and a patronymic suff.; perh. "son of a hero," Herod, the name of several kings of the Jews:--Herod(39), Herod's(4).

2364

thugatêr; a prim. word; daughter:--daughter(23), daughters(5).

2409

hiereus; from 2413; a priest:--priest(16), priests(15).

2453

Ioudaios; from 2455; Jewish, a Jew, Judea:--Jew(21), Jewess(1), Jewish(8), Jews(163), Judea(46).

3686

onoma; a prim. word; a name, authority, cause:--called(1), name(175), name's(7), named(34), names(8), people(1), people*(1), persons(1).

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