A.T. Robertson Commentary Luke 1:51

"He hath showed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart." — Luke 1:51 (ASV)

Showed strength (εποιησεν κρατος). "Made might" (Wycliff). A Hebrew conception as in Ps 118:15. Plummer notes six aorist indicatives in this sentence (51-63), neither corresponding to our English idiom, which translates here by "hath" each time.

Imagination (διανοια). Intellectual insight, moral understanding.