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And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? (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,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
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 2:8 word 1
πῶςpōshow
Lemma: πῶς (pōs) · Strong's: G4459
Parsing: Interrogative Particle · Interrogative (PRT-I)
Meaning: how?! — πῶς, interrog. adv., correl. of ὅπως, ; 1. prop., in direct questions, how?: with indic., Mat.12:29, Mrk.3:23, Luk.11:18, Jhn.3:4, al.; καὶ π., Mrk.4:13, Luk.20:44; π. οὖν, Mat.12:26; π. οὐ, Mat.16:11, Luk.12:56; in…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 105 times. Also: Matthew 6:28, Matthew 7:4, Matthew 10:19, Matthew 12:4, Matthew 12:26, Matthew 12:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4459; TFLSJ G4459; TAGNT Acts 2:8 word 2
ἡμεῖςhēmeiswe ourselves
Lemma: μέ (me) · Strong's: G3165
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 1st · Nominative · Plural (P-1NP)
Meaning: me — 1. apostrophe for με. ; 2. rarely for μοι, (Homer) (ML)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2026 times. Also: Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 3:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3165; TFLSJ G3165; TAGNT Acts 2:8 word 3
ἀκούομενakouomenhear
Lemma: ἀκούω (akouō) · Strong's: G0191
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Indicative · 1st · Plural (V-PAI-1P)
Meaning: to hear — ἀκούω, ; [in LXX chiefly for שׁמע ] ; to hear, listen, attend, perceive by hearing, comprehend by hearing. ; 1. Intrans.: Mrk.4:3 7:37, Jas.2:5, Rev.2:7, al.; τ. ὠσίν, Mat.13:15 (LXX); with cogn. dative, ακοῇ ἀ. (see:…
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Used 435 times. Also: Matthew 2:3, Matthew 2:9, Matthew 2:18, Matthew 2:22, Matthew 4:12, Matthew 5:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0191; TFLSJ G0191; TAGNT Acts 2:8 word 4
ἕκαστοςhekastoseach
Lemma: ἕκαστος (hekastos) · Strong's: G1538
Parsing: Adjective · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (A-NSM)
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 2:8 word 5
τῇtēain the
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Dative · Singular · Feminine (T-DSF)
Meaning: the/this/who — ὁ, ἡ, τό, ; the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article. ; I. As demonstr. pron. ; 1. As frequently in Hom.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT Acts 2:8 word 6
ἰδίᾳidiaown
Lemma: ἴδιος (idios) · Strong's: G2398
Parsing: Adjective · Dative · Singular · Feminine (A-DSF)
Meaning: one's own/private — ἴδιος, -α, -ον (in Attic usually -ος, -ον), ; [in LXX chiefly for of person(s) suff., also for לָהֶם, etc.; (τὰ ἴ.) בֵּיתוֹ ; ] ; 1. one's own; (a) of that which is private and personal (in cl. opposite to κοινός,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 117 times. Also: Matthew 9:1, Matthew 14:13, Matthew 14:23, Matthew 17:1, Matthew 17:19, Matthew 20:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2398; TFLSJ G2398; TAGNT Acts 2:8 word 7
διαλέκτῳdialektōlanguage
Lemma: διάλεκτος (dialektos) · Strong's: G1258
Parsing: Noun · Dative · Singular · Feminine (N-DSF)
Meaning: language — διά-λεκτος, -ου, ἡ; (διαλέγομαι), [in LXX: Dan LXX 1:4 (לָשׁוֹן), Est.9:26 * ; ] ; 1. conversation, discourse, speech (Plat., Dem., al.). ; 2. As in Polyb. and later writers, the language or dialect of a particular…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 6 times. Also: Acts 1:19, Acts 2:6, Acts 21:40, Acts 22:2, Acts 26:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1258; TFLSJ G1258; TAGNT Acts 2:8 word 8
ἡμῶνhēmōnof us
Lemma: μέ (me) · Strong's: G3165
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 1st · Genitive · Plural (P-1GP)
Meaning: me — 1. apostrophe for με. ; 2. rarely for μοι, (Homer) (ML)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2026 times. Also: Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 3:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3165; TFLSJ G3165; TAGNT Acts 2:8 word 9
ἐνenin
Lemma: ἐν (en) · Strong's: G1722
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: in/on/among — ἐν, ; prep, (the most frequently of all in NT), with dative (= Heb. בְּ, Lat. in, with abl.). ; I. Of place, with dative of thing(s), of person(s), in, within, on, at, by, among: ἐν τ. πόλει, Luk.7:37; τ. οφθαλμῷ,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2826 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:1, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1722; TFLSJ G1722; TAGNT Acts 2:8 word 10
ᾗhēwhich
Lemma: ὅς (hos, hē) · Strong's: G3739
Parsing: Relative pronoun · Dative · Singular · Feminine (R-DSF)
Meaning: which — ὅς, ἥ, ὅ, ; the postpositive article (ἄρθρον ὑποτακτικόν). ; I. As demonstr. pron. = οὗτος, ὅδε, this, that, also for αὐτός, chiefly in nom.: ὅς δέ, but he (cf. ἦ δὲ ὅς, frequently in Plat.), Mrk.15:23, Jhn.5:11; ὃς μὲν…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 1433 times. Also: Matthew 1:16, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 1:25, Matthew 2:9, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 3:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3739; TFLSJ G3739; TAGNT Acts 2:8 word 11
ἐγεννήθημεν,egennēthēmenwe were born?
Lemma: γεννάω (gennaō) · Strong's: G1080
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Passive · Indicative · 1st · Plural (V-API-1P)
Meaning: to beget — γεννάω, -ῶ ; (γέννα, poët. for γένος), [in LXX chiefly for ילד ; ] ; 1. of the father, to beget: with accusative, Mat.1:1-16, Act.7:8, 29; before ἐκ, Mat.1:3, 5, 6. ; 2. Of the mother, to bring forth, bear: Luk.1:13, 57…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 97 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1080; TFLSJ G1080; TAGNT Acts 2:8 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| How is it then that | → | πῶς G4459 how?! |
| each | → | ἕκαστος G1538 each |
| of us | → | ἐγώ G1473 I/we |
| hears [them] | → | ἀκούω G0191 to hear |
| in | → | ἐν G1722 in/on/among |
| his | → | ἐγώ G1473 I/we |
| own | → | ἴδιος G2398 one's own/private |
| native | → | γεννάω G1080 to beget |
| language | → | διάλεκτος G1258 language |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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