Acts 8:30 Go deeper
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And Philip ran thither to him , and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
προσδραμὼνprosdramōnHaving run up
Lemma: προστρέχω (prostrechō) · Strong's: G4370
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (V-2AAP-NSM)
Meaning: to hasten — προσ-τρέχω ; [in LXX for רוּץ ; ] ; to run to: Mrk.9:15 10:17, Act.8:30.†; (AS)
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Used 3 times. Also: Mark 9:15, Mark 10:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4370; TFLSJ G4370; TAGNT Acts 8:30 word 1
δὲdethen
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.,…
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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 8:30 word 2
ὁho<the>
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (T-NSM)
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.,…
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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 8:30 word 3
ΦίλιπποςPhilipposPhilip
Lemma: Φίλιππος (Philippos) · Strong's: G5376J
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Masculine · Individual (N-NSM-P)
Meaning: Philip — φίλιππος, -ου, ὁ ; Philip; 1. the husband of Herodias: Mat.14:3, Mrk.6:17. ; 2. The tetrarch: Mat.16:13, Mrk.8:27, Luk.3:1. ; 3. The apostle: Mat.10:3, Mrk.3:18, Luk.6:14, Jhn.1:44-49 6:5, 7 12:21-22 14:8-9, Act.1:13. ;…
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Used 16 times. Also: Acts 6:5, Acts 8:5, Acts 8:6, Acts 8:12, Acts 8:13, Acts 8:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5376J; TFLSJ G5376J; TAGNT Acts 8:30 word 4
ἤκουσενēkousenheard
Lemma: ἀκούω (akouō) · Strong's: G0191
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-AAI-3S)
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 8:30 word 5
αὐτοῦautouwhen he
Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846
Parsing: Personal pronoun · Genitive · Singular · Masculine (P-GSM)
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 8:30 word 6
ἀναγινώσκοντοςanaginōskontosis reading
Lemma: ἀναγινώσκω (anaginōskō) · Strong's: G0314
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Participle · Genitive · Singular · Masculine (V-PAP-GSM)
Meaning: to read — ἀνα-γινώσκω; (Attic ἀναγιγν-), [in LXX chiefly for קָרָא ; ] ; 1. to know certainly, know again, recognize. ; 2. Of written characters, to read: Mat.24:15, Mrk.13:14, Act.15:31 23:34, Eph.3:4; with accusative of…
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Used 33 times. Also: Matthew 12:3, Matthew 12:5, Matthew 19:4, Matthew 21:16, Matthew 21:42, Matthew 22:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0314; TFLSJ G0314; TAGNT Acts 8:30 word 7
ἨσαΐανĒsaianIsaiah
Lemma: Ἡσαΐας (Hēsaias) · Strong's: G2268
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine · Individual (N-ASM-P)
Meaning: Isaiah — Ἠσαίας (Rec. Ἠσαΐας), -ου, ο (Heb. יְשַׁעְיָה), ; Isaiah, the prophet: Mat.3:3 4:14 8:17 12:17 13:14, 35 15:7, Mrk.7:6, Luk.3:4 4:17, Jhn.1:23 12:38-39, 41, Act.8:28 28:25, Rom.9:27, 29 10:16, 20 15:12; ἀνεγίνωςκεν τ.…
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Used 22 times. Also: Matthew 3:3, Matthew 4:14, Matthew 8:17, Matthew 12:17, Matthew 13:14, Matthew 15:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2268; TFLSJ G2268; TAGNT Acts 8:30 word 8
τὸνtonthe
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (T-ASM)
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 8:30 word 9
προφήτηνprophētēnprophet
Lemma: προφήτης (prophētēs) · Strong's: G4396
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (N-ASM)
Meaning: prophet — προφήτης, -ου, ὁ [πρόφημι, to speak forth), ; [in LXX chiefly for נָבִיא ; ] ; one who acts as an interpreter or forth-teller of the Divine will (see Lft., Notes, 83f.; Tr., Syn., §vi), a prophet; 1. in cl. (Æsch.,…
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Used 149 times. Also: Matthew 1:22, Matthew 2:5, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 2:17, Matthew 2:23, Matthew 3:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4396; TFLSJ G4396; TAGNT Acts 8:30 word 10
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 8:30 word 11
εἶπεν·eipensaid;
Lemma: εἶπον (eipon) · Strong's: G2036
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-2AAI-3S)
Meaning: to say — εἶπον, 2 aorist of obsolete present ἔπω (cf. Veitch), used as aorist of λέγω, which see ; (AS)
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Used 955 times. Also: Matthew 2:5, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:15, Matthew 4:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2036; TFLSJ G2036; TAGNT Acts 8:30 word 12
ἆράaraSurely not
Lemma: ἆρα (ara) · Strong's: G0687
Parsing: Negative Particle · Negative · Negative (PRT-N)
Meaning: no? — ἆρα, ; interrog. particle, ; implying anxiety or impatience, "quite rare and only in Luke and Paul, therefore a literary word" (Bl., §77, 2). ; 1. (num igitur) expecting a neg. reply, Luk.18:8; ἆρά γε, Act.8:30. ; 2.…
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Used 3 times. Also: Luke 18:8, Galatians 2:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0687; TFLSJ G0687; TAGNT Acts 8:30 word 13
γεgealso
Lemma: γέ (ge) · Strong's: G1065
Parsing: Particle or Disjunctive (PRT)
Meaning: indeed — γε, enclitic postpositive particle, rarer in κοινή than in cl., giving special prominence to the word to which it is attached, distinguishing it as the least or the most important (Thayer, see word), ; indeed, at least,…
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Used 28 times. Also: Matthew 6:1, Matthew 7:20, Matthew 9:17, Matthew 17:26, Luke 5:36, Luke 5:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1065; TFLSJ G1065; TAGNT Acts 8:30 word 14
γινώσκειςginōskeisunderstand you
Lemma: γινώσκω (ginōskō) · Strong's: G1097
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Indicative · 2nd · Singular (V-PAI-2S)
Meaning: to know — γινώσκω (= γιγν-: see previous word. So also vulgar Attic, in Inscr., see Thumb, MGV, 207), ; [in LXX chiefly for ידע ; ] ; to be taking in knowledge, come to know, recognize, perceive, understand; in past tenses to…
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Used 220 times. Also: Matthew 1:25, Matthew 6:3, Matthew 7:23, Matthew 9:30, Matthew 10:26, Matthew 12:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1097; TFLSJ G1097; TAGNT Acts 8:30 word 15
ἃhawhat
Lemma: ὅς (hos, hē) · Strong's: G3739
Parsing: Relative pronoun · Accusative · Plural · Neuter (R-APN)
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…
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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 8:30 word 16
ἀναγινώσκεις;anaginōskeisyou are reading?
Lemma: ἀναγινώσκω (anaginōskō) · Strong's: G0314
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Indicative · 2nd · Singular (V-PAI-2S)
Meaning: to read — ἀνα-γινώσκω; (Attic ἀναγιγν-), [in LXX chiefly for קָרָא ; ] ; 1. to know certainly, know again, recognize. ; 2. Of written characters, to read: Mat.24:15, Mrk.13:14, Act.15:31 23:34, Eph.3:4; with accusative of…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 33 times. Also: Matthew 12:3, Matthew 12:5, Matthew 19:4, Matthew 21:16, Matthew 21:42, Matthew 22:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0314; TFLSJ G0314; TAGNT Acts 8:30 word 17
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| [So] | → | δέ G1161 then |
| Philip | → | Φίλιππος G5376J Philip |
| ran up | → | προστρέχω G4370 to hasten |
| [and] heard | → | ἀκούω G0191 to hear |
| [the man] | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
| reading | → | ἀναγινώσκω G0314 to read |
| Isaiah | → | Ἡσαΐας G2268 Isaiah |
| the | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| prophet | → | προφήτης G4396 prophet |
| Do you understand | → | γινώσκω G1097 to know |
| what | → | ὅς G3739 which |
| you are reading | → | ἀναγινώσκω G0314 to read |
| [Philip] asked | → | εἶπον G2036 to say |
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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