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OET (OET-LV) and she was a_widow until eighty four years, who not was_withdrawing from_the temple, with_fastings and petitions serving night and day.
OET (OET-RV) and then had been widowed for eighty-four years. She was always at the temple, serving night and day in prayer and fasting.
αὐτὴ χήρα ἕως ἐτῶν ὀγδοήκοντα τεσσάρων
she_‹was› /a/_widow until years eighty four
This could mean: (1) Anna had been a widow for 84 years. Alternate translation: “but then her husband had died and she had not remarried, and 84 years had gone by since” (2) Anna was a widow who was now 84 years old. Alternate translation: “but her husband had died and she had not remarried, and now she was 84 years old”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / litotes
ἣ οὐκ ἀφίστατο τοῦ ἱεροῦ
who not /was/_withdrawing ˱from˲_the temple
Luke is expressing a positive meaning by using a negative word together with a word that is the opposite of the intended meaning. Alternate translation: “who was always in the temple”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
ἣ οὐκ ἀφίστατο τοῦ ἱεροῦ
who not /was/_withdrawing ˱from˲_the temple
This is a generalization that means that Anna spent so much time in the temple that it seemed as though she never left it. Alternate translation: “who was always in the temple” or “who was continually in the temple”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
νηστείαις καὶ δεήσεσιν λατρεύουσα
˱with˲_fastings and petitions serving
The term serving is an idiom that means “worshiping.” Alternate translation: “worshiping God by going without food and praying”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / merism
νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν
night and day
Luke is using the two parts of a day to mean the entire day, that is, all the time. Alternate translation: “all the time”
2:37 she lived as a widow to the age of eighty-four: In the ancient world, great age was associated with wisdom and honor.
• She never left the Temple: This is probably hyperbole; we might say, “She was there all the time,” reflecting her total dedication to God.
OET (OET-LV) and she was a_widow until eighty four years, who not was_withdrawing from_the temple, with_fastings and petitions serving night and day.
OET (OET-RV) and then had been widowed for eighty-four years. She was always at the temple, serving night and day in prayer and fasting.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.