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And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
ἦσανēsanThere were
Lemma: εἰμί (eimi) · Strong's: G1510
Parsing: Verb · Imperfect · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Plural (V-IAI-3P)
Meaning: to be — εἰμί, ; with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be. ; I. As substantive verb. ; 1. Of persons and things, to be, exist: Act.17:28, Jhn.1:1, 8:58, 17:5, al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), Rev.1:4,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2406 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1510; TFLSJ G1510; TAGNT Acts 20:8 word 1
δὲdenow
Lemma: δέ (de) · Strong's: G1161
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: then — δέ (before vowels δ᾽; on the general neglect of the elision in NT, see WH, App., 146; Tdf., Pr., 96), ; post-positive conjunctive particle; 1. copulative, but, in the next place, and, now (Abbott, JG, 104): Mat.1:2ff.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 2921 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1161; TFLSJ G1161; TAGNT Acts 20:8 word 2
λαμπάδεςlampadeslamps
Lemma: λαμπάς (lampas) · Strong's: G2985
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Plural · Feminine (N-NPF)
Meaning: window — λαμπάς, -άδος, ἡ; (λάμπω), [in LXX for לַפִּיד ; ] ; a torch (frequently fed, like a lamp, with oil): Mat.25:1 ff., Jhn.18:3, Act.20:8, Rev.4:5 8:10.†; (AS)
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Used 9 times. Also: Matthew 25:1, Matthew 25:3, Matthew 25:4, Matthew 25:7, Matthew 25:8, John 18:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2985; TFLSJ G2985; TAGNT Acts 20:8 word 3
ἱκαναὶhikanaimany
Lemma: ἱκανός (hikanos) · Strong's: G2425
Parsing: Adjective · Nominative · Plural · Feminine (A-NPF)
Meaning: sufficient — ἱκανός, -ή, -όν; (ἵκω, ἱκάνω, to reach, attain), [in LXX for דַּי, etc. ; ] ; 1. of persons, suffcient, competent, fit: with inf., Mat.3:11, Mrk.1:7, Luk.3:16, 1Co.15:9, 2Co.3:6, 2Ti.2:2; before πρός, 2Co.2:16; before…
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Used 41 times. Also: Matthew 3:11, Matthew 8:8, Matthew 28:12, Mark 1:7, Mark 10:46, Mark 15:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2425; TFLSJ G2425; TAGNT Acts 20:8 word 4
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 20:8 word 5
τῷtōthe
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Dative · Singular · Neuter (T-DSN)
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 20:8 word 6
ὑπερῴῳhuperōōupper room
Lemma: ὑπερῷον (huperōon) · Strong's: G5253
Parsing: Noun · Dative · Singular · Neuter (N-DSN)
Meaning: upper room — ὑπερῷον, -ου, τό ; (neut. of ὑπερῷος, above, ὑπέρ) [in LXX for עֲלִיָּה and cogn. forms ; ] ; 1. in cl., the upper story or upper rooms where the women resided (Hom., a1.). ; 2. In LXX and NT, an upper chamber,…
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Used 4 times. Also: Acts 1:13, Acts 9:37, Acts 9:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5253; TFLSJ G5253; TAGNT Acts 20:8 word 7
οὗhouwhere
Lemma: οὗ (ohu) · Strong's: G3757
Parsing: Adverb (ADV)
Meaning: whither — oὗ; (prop. genitive of ὅς), ; adv. of place, where, whither; (a) in answer to the question "where?" (= ubi): Mat.2:9 18:20, Luk.4:16-17 23:53, Act.1:13 2:2 7:29 12:12 16:13 20:6, 8 25:10 28:14, Rom.9:26" (LXX), Col.3:1,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 25 times. Also: Matthew 2:9, Matthew 18:20, Matthew 28:16, Luke 4:16, Luke 4:17, Luke 10:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3757; TFLSJ G3757; TAGNT Acts 20:8 word 8
ἦμενēmenwe were
Lemma: εἰμί (eimi) · Strong's: G1510
Parsing: Verb · Imperfect · Active · Indicative · 1st · Plural (V-IAI-1P)
Meaning: to be — εἰμί, ; with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be. ; I. As substantive verb. ; 1. Of persons and things, to be, exist: Act.17:28, Jhn.1:1, 8:58, 17:5, al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), Rev.1:4,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, Byzantine
Used 2406 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1510; TFLSJ G1510; TAGNT Acts 20:8 word 9
συνηγμένοι.sunēgmenoiassembled.
Lemma: συνάγω (sunagō) · Strong's: G4863
Parsing: Verb · Perfect · Passive · Participle · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (V-RPP-NPM)
Meaning: to assemble — συν-άγω ; [in LXX chiefly for אָסַף, also for קָבַץ, etc. (cf. Kennedy, Sources, 128) ; ] ; to gather or bring together: of things, Jhn.6:12-13; before εἰς, Mat.3:12, al.; ἐκεῖ, Luk.12:18; ποῦ, Luk.12:17; συναγαγὼν…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 61 times. Also: Matthew 2:4, Matthew 3:12, Matthew 6:26, Matthew 12:30, Matthew 13:2, Matthew 13:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4863; TFLSJ G4863; TAGNT Acts 20:8 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Now | → | δέ G1161 then |
| there were | → | εἰμί G1510 to be |
| many | → | ἱκανός G2425 sufficient |
| lamps | → | λαμπάς G2985 window |
| in | → | ἐν G1722 in/on/among |
| the | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| upper room | → | ὑπερῷον G5253 upper room |
| where | → | οὗ G3757 whither |
| we were | → | εἰμί G1510 to be |
| gathered | → | συνάγω G4863 to assemble |
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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