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And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. (KJV)

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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.

καὶkaiAnd

Lemma: καί (kai) · Strong's: G2532

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

Meaning: and — καί, ; conj., ; and ; I. Copulative. ; 1. Connecting single words; (a) in general: Mat.2:18, 16:1, Mrk.2:15, Luk.8:15, Heb.1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Mat.23:23, Luk.14:21, Rom.7:12,…

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Used 9450 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2532; TFLSJ G2532; TAGNT Acts 2:3 word 1

ὤφθησανōphthēsanthere appeared

Lemma: ὀπτάνομαι (optanomai) · Strong's: G3700H

Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Passive · Indicative · 3rd · Plural (V-API-3P)

Meaning: to appear — ὀπτάνω ; [in LXX: 3Ki.8:8 (רָאָה ni.), Tob.12:19 * ; ] ; late present as from ὤφθην (= ὁράω); mid., ὀπτάνομαι, to allow oneself to be seen, to appear. with dative, Act.1:3. (For exx. from π., see Deiss., LAE, 79, 2526;…

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Used 25 times. Also: Matthew 17:3, Mark 9:4, Luke 1:11, Luke 9:31, Luke 22:43, Luke 24:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3700H; TFLSJ G3700H; TAGNT Acts 2:3 word 2

αὐτοῖςautoisto them

Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846

Parsing: Personal pronoun · Dative · Plural · Masculine (P-DPM)

Meaning: it/s/he — αὐτός, -ή, -ό, ; determinative pron., in late Gk. much more frequently than in cl. (WM, 178f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399). ; 1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., see infr., iii); (1) self (ipse),…

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Used 5846 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G0846; TFLSJ G0846; TAGNT Acts 2:3 word 3

διαμεριζόμεναιdiamerizomenaidividing

Lemma: διαμερίζω (diamerizō) · Strong's: G1266

Parsing: Verb · Present · Middle or Passive · Participle · Nominative · Plural · Feminine (V-PEP-NPF)

Meaning: to divide — δια-μερίζω ; [in LXX chiefly for חלק pi. ; ] ; 1. to distribute: with dative of person(s), Act.2:45; before εἰς, Luk.22:17, pass., Act.2:3. Mid. to distribute among themselves: Mat.27:35, Mrk.15:24, Luk.23:34; with…

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Used 12 times. Also: Matthew 27:35, Mark 15:24, Luke 11:17, Luke 11:18, Luke 12:52, Luke 12:53 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1266; TFLSJ G1266; TAGNT Acts 2:3 word 4

γλῶσσαιglōssaitongues

Lemma: γλῶσσα (glōssa) · Strong's: G1100

Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Plural · Feminine (N-NPF)

Meaning: tongue — γλῶσσα, -ης, ἡ, ; [in LXX chiefly for לָשׁוֹן ; ] ; 1. the tongue, as the organ of speech: Mrk.7:33, 35 Luk.1:64 16:24, Act.2:26" (LXX), Rom.3:13 (LXX) 14:11 (LXX), 1Co.14:9, Php.2:11, Jas.1:26 3:5, 6 8, 1Pe.3:10"…

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Used 50 times. Also: Mark 7:33, Mark 7:35, Mark 16:17, Luke 1:64, Luke 16:24, Acts 2:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1100; TFLSJ G1100; TAGNT Acts 2:3 word 5

ὡσεὶhōseias

Lemma: ὡσεί (hōsei) · Strong's: G5616

Parsing: Preposition (PREP)

Meaning: like/as/about — ὡσεί ; adv., ; (a) as if, .as it were, like as, like: Mat.3:16 9:36, Act.2:3 6:15, Rom.6:13, Heb.1:12; γίνεσθαι (φαίνεσθαι) ὡσεί, Mrk.9:26, Luk.22:44 ([WH] R, mg., om.), Luk.24:11; (b) in calculation, and with numbers,…

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Used 21 times. Also: Matthew 3:16, Matthew 9:36, Matthew 14:21, Mark 6:44, Mark 9:26, Luke 3:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G5616; TFLSJ G5616; TAGNT Acts 2:3 word 6

πυρὸςpurosof fire

Lemma: πῦρ (pur) · Strong's: G4442

Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Singular · Neuter (N-GSN)

Meaning: fire — πῦρ genitive, πυρός, τό, ; [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for אֵשׁ ; ] ; fire: Mrk.9:22, Luk.3:9, Jhn.15:6, Act.2:10, 1Co.3:13, Jas.3:5, Rev.8:5, al; π. καὶ θεῖον, Luk.17:29; κατακαίειν (ἐν) π., Mat.13:40,…

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Used 75 times. Also: Matthew 3:10, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 3:12, Matthew 5:22, Matthew 7:19, Matthew 13:40 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G4442; TFLSJ G4442; TAGNT Acts 2:3 word 7

καὶkaiand

Lemma: καί (kai) · Strong's: G2532

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

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Used 9450 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2532; TFLSJ G2532; TAGNT Acts 2:3 word 8

ἐκάθισενekathisensat

Lemma: καθίζω (kathizō) · Strong's: G2523

Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-AAI-3S)

Meaning: to seat — καθ-ίζω ; [in LXX chiefly for יָשַׁב ; ] ; 1. causal, to make to sit down, set, appoint: Act.2:30, 1Co.6:4, Eph.1:20. ; 2. Intrans., to sit down, be seated, sit: Mat.5:1, Mrk.9:35, Luk.7:15, Jhn.8:2, al.; with inf.…

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Used 46 times. Also: Matthew 5:1, Matthew 13:48, Matthew 19:28, Matthew 20:21, Matthew 20:23, Matthew 23:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2523; TFLSJ G2523; TAGNT Acts 2:3 word 9

ἐφ᾽eph᾽upon

Lemma: ἐπί (epi) · Strong's: G1909

Parsing: Preposition (PREP)

Meaning: upon/to/against — ἐπί (before a smooth breathing ἐπ᾽, before a rough breathing ἐφ᾽), ; prep. with genitive, dative, accusative (accusative most frequently in NT), ; with primary sense of superposition, on, upon. ; I. C. genitive, ; 1. of…

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Used 905 times. Also: Matthew 1:11, Matthew 2:22, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:13, Matthew 3:16, Matthew 4:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1909; TFLSJ G1909; TAGNT Acts 2:3 word 10

ἕναhenaone

Lemma: εἷς (ehis) · Strong's: G1520

Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (A-ASM)

Meaning: one — εἷς ; ιά, ἕν, genitive ἑνός, μιᾶς, ἑνός, ; cardinal numeral, one; 1. one, as opposite to many: Mat.25:15, Rom.5:12, 1Co.10:8, al.; as subst., Rom.5:15, Eph.2:14; id. with genitive partit., Mat.5:19, al.; before ἐκ (ἐξ),…

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Used 357 times. Also: Matthew 5:18, Matthew 5:19, Matthew 5:29, Matthew 5:30, Matthew 5:36, Matthew 5:41 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1520; TFLSJ G1520; TAGNT Acts 2:3 word 11

ἕκαστονhekastoneach

Lemma: ἕκαστος (hekastos) · Strong's: G1538

Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (A-ASM)

Meaning: each — 1. every, every one, each, each one , Lat. quisque, (Homer), etc.; the singular is often joined with a pl. Verb, ἔβαν οἴκονδε ἕκαστος they went home every one of them , (Iliad by Homer); ἕκαστος ἐπίστασθε (Xenophon…

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Used 83 times. Also: Matthew 16:27, Matthew 18:35, Matthew 25:15, Matthew 26:22, Mark 13:34, Luke 2:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1538; TFLSJ G1538; TAGNT Acts 2:3 word 12

αὐτῶνautōnof them

Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846

Parsing: Personal pronoun · Genitive · Plural · Masculine (P-GPM)

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Used 5846 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G0846; TFLSJ G0846; TAGNT Acts 2:3 word 13

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

They	→	αὐτός G0846 it/s/he
saw	→	ὁράω G3708 to see: see
tongues	→	γλῶσσα G1100 tongue
like	→	ὡσεί G5616 like/as/about
flames of fire	→	πῦρ G4442 fire
that separated	→	διαμερίζω G1266 to divide
and	→	καί G2532 and
came to rest	→	καθίζω G2523 to seat
on	→	ἐπί G1909 upon/to/against
each	→	ἕκαστος G1538 each
. . .	→	εἷς G1520 one
of them	→	αὐτός G0846 it/s/he

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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