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Luke

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"And this woman, a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?"

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
"And this woman, this DPro-GMS H3778 ταύτην tautēn
a daughter daughter N-AFS H2364 θυγατέρα thugatera
of Abraham Abraham, the Heb. patriarch N-GMS H11 Ἀβραὰμ abraam
Analysis:
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as she is, whom usually rel. who, which, that, also demonstrative this, that RelPro-AFS H3739 ἣν ēn
Satan the adversary, Satan, i.e. the devil N-NMS H4567 σατανᾶς satanas
Analysis:
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has bound to tie, bind V-AIA-3S H1210 ἔδησεν edēsen
for eighteen ten Adj-ANP H1176 δέκα deka
Analysis:

Eighteen: Life (according to Jewish tradition)

Jewish tradition associates the number eighteen with the concept of life. The primary reason for this is when Hebrew letters are used to convey numbers (each Hebrew letter has a numerical value) the two letters which are used to express the number 18 spell life. In the New Covenant, the number 18 is only found in Luke chapter 13. There it appears three times (Luke 13:4, 11, and 16). Initially, Yeshua spoke about 18 people whom the Tower of Shiloach fell upon and killed. This occurrence of the number 18 would seem to relate to the opposite of life, i.e. death. However, it is important for the reader to understand the emphasis of this first section of this chapter is repentance. Next, Yeshua states, "Unless one repents, he shall perish." The message that Yeshua is teaching is repentance leads to life. The second and third time the number 18 is discussed concerns a woman who has been bound by her infirmity for 18 years. It was on the Shabbat (sabbath) that Yeshua healed her. In healing her, Yeshua remarked that it was proper that this woman be healed on the Shabbat, seeing that she too is a daughter of Abraham and was bound for 18 years. 

There are significant terms which Yeshua used in this passage. Shabbat relates to the Kingdom. The woman is called a daughter of Abraham.  This term expresses the inheritance of the promise that God had made to Abraham, i.e. blessing. And lastly the number 18 is again mentioned. The lesson which the reader should take from this section, is that repentance is fundamental to the Kingdom, i.e. the ultimate outcome of the Abrahamic Covenant. This all speaks to an abundant life, which the number 18 conveys.

When examining the more than two dozen occurrences for the number 18 in the Old Covenant, there is no clear connection of this number to life.

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long look, behold V-AMA-2S H2400 ἰδοὺ idou
years, a year N-ANP H2094 ἔτη etē
should it is necessary V-IIA-3S H1163 ἔδει edei
she not have been released to loose, to release, to dissolve V-ANP H3089 λυθῆναι luthēnai
from this this DPro-GMS H3778    
bond a band, bond N-GMS H1199 δεσμοῦ desmou
on the Sabbath the Sabbath, i.e. the seventh day (of the week) N-GNS H4521 σαββάτου sabbatou
day?" day N-DFS H2250 ἡμέρᾳ ēmera

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Satan

Satan.

Abraham

 The father of the Jewish nation. His original name was Abraham    Abraham  father of a multitude, son of Terah, named ( Genesis 11:27 ) before his older brothers Nahor and Haran, because he was the heir of the promises. Till the age of seventy, Abram sojourned among his kindred in his native country of Chaldea. He then, with his father and his family and household, quitted the city of Ur, in which he had hitherto... View Details

satan

adversary, also the name of the superhuman adversary of God

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New American Standard Bible 1995 "And this woman, a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?"
King James Bible "And And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham as she is, Abraham, whom Satan has bound for hath bound, lo, these eighteen long years, should she not have been released be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?"sabbath day?
Berean Bible "And this woman, And this, being a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan has bound for bound, behold, eighteen long years, should ought she not have been released to be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?"day of the Sabbath?”
Hebrew Greek English "And this woman, a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?"