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For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
εἰςeisin
Lemma: εἰς (eis) · Strong's: G1519
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: toward — εἰς, ; prep. with accusative, ; expressing entrance, direction, limit, into, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among (Lat. in, with accusative). ; I. Of place. ; 1. After verbs of motion; (a) of entrance into: Mat.8:23,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 1796 times. Also: Matthew 2:1, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:11, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1519; TFLSJ G1519; TAGNT Acts 8:23 word 1
γὰρgarfor
Lemma: γάρ (gar) · Strong's: G1063
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: for — γάρ, ; co-ordinating particle, contr. of γε ἄρα, ; verily then, hence, in truth, indeed, yea, then, why, and when giving a reason or explanation, for, the usage in NT being in general accord with that of cl.; 1.…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 1080 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:21, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:5, Matthew 2:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1063; TFLSJ G1063; TAGNT Acts 8:23 word 2
χολὴνcholēn[the] gall
Lemma: χολή (cholē) · Strong's: G5521
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (N-ASF)
Meaning: gall — χολή, -ῆς, ἡ ; [in LXX for רֹאשׁ, לַעֲנָה, מְרֵרָה ; ] ; gall: Mat.27:34 (here prob. = myrrh, cf. Mrk.15:23, see Swete, in l; DCG, i, 634); metaphorically, Act.8:23.†; (AS)
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Used 2 times. Also: Matthew 27:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5521; TFLSJ G5521; TAGNT Acts 8:23 word 3
πικρίαςpikriasof bitterness
Lemma: πικρία (pikria) · Strong's: G4088
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Singular · Feminine (N-GSF)
Meaning: bitterness — πικρία, -ας, ἡ; (πικρός), [in LXX chiefly for מַר and cognate forms ; ] ; bitterness; (a) of taste (Arist., Jer.15:17, al.); (b) metaphorically, of temper, character, etc.: Rom.3:14 (LXX), Eph.4:31; ῥίζα πικρίας,…
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Used 4 times. Also: Romans 3:14, Ephesians 4:31, Hebrews 12:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4088; TFLSJ G4088; TAGNT Acts 8:23 word 4
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 8:23 word 5
σύνδεσμονsundesmon[the] bond
Lemma: σύνδεσμος (sundesmos) · Strong's: G4886
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (N-ASM)
Meaning: bond(age) — σύν-δεσμος, -ου, ὁ; (συνδέω), [in LXX for קֶשֶׁר, קְטַר, etc. ; ] ; that which binds together, a bond: of the ligaments of the body, Col.2:19. Metaphorical, σ. ἀδικίας, Act.8:23; τ. τελειότητος, Col.3:14; τ. εἰρήνης,…
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Used 4 times. Also: Ephesians 4:3, Colossians 2:19, Colossians 3:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4886; TFLSJ G4886; TAGNT Acts 8:23 word 6
ἀδικίαςadikiasof iniquity
Lemma: ἀδικία (adikia) · Strong's: G0093
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Singular · Feminine (N-GSF)
Meaning: unrighteousness — ἀδικία, -ας, ἡ ; (ἄδικος), [in LXX for עָוֹן, פֶּשַׁע, עָוֶל, etc. ; ] ; 1. injustice: Luk.18:6, Rom.9:14. ; 2. unrighteousness, iniquity: Jhn.7:18, Act.8:23, Rom.1:18, 29 2:8 6:13, 2Ti.2:19, 1Jn.1:9 5:17; opposite to…
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Used 25 times. Also: Luke 13:27, Luke 16:8, Luke 16:9, Luke 18:6, John 7:18, Acts 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0093; TFLSJ G0093; TAGNT Acts 8:23 word 7
ὁρῶhorōI see
Lemma: ὁράω (horaō) · Strong's: G3708
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Indicative · 1st · Singular (V-PAI-1S)
Meaning: to see: see — ὁράω, -ῶ, ; [in LXX chiefly for ראה, also for חזה, etc. ; ] in "durative" sense (hence aor. act., εἶδον, pass., ὤφθην, fut., ὄψομαι, from different roots; see M, Pr., 110f.), to see (in colloq. even the present is rare,…
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Used 61 times. Also: Matthew 8:4, Matthew 9:30, Matthew 16:6, Matthew 18:10, Matthew 24:6, Matthew 27:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3708; TFLSJ G3708; TAGNT Acts 8:23 word 8
σεseyou
Lemma: σύ (su) · Strong's: G4771
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 2nd · Accusative · Singular (P-2AS)
Meaning: you — σύ, ; pron. of 2nd of person(s), ; thou, you, genitive, σοῦ, dative, σοί, accusative, σέ, pl., ὑμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς (enclitic in oblique cases sing., except after prep. (BL, §48, 3), though πρὸς σέ occurs in Mat.25:39).…
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Used 3071 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4771; TFLSJ G4771; TAGNT Acts 8:23 word 9
ὄντα.ontabeing.
Lemma: εἰμί (eimi) · Strong's: G1510
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Participle · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (V-PAP-ASM)
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 8:23 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | γάρ G1063 for |
| I see that | → | ὁράω G3708 to see: see |
| you | → | σύ G4771 you |
| are | → | εἰμί G1510 to be |
| poisoned | → | χολή G5521 gall |
| by bitterness | → | πικρία G4088 bitterness |
| and | → | καί G2532 and |
| captive | → | σύνδεσμος G4886 bond(age) |
| to iniquity | → | ἀδικία G0093 unrighteousness |
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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