Acts

Acts 11:5

⁵“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I	Ἐγὼ	Egō	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
was	ἤμην	ēmēn	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular	G1510 I am, exist
in	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
city	πόλει	polei	Noun - Dative Feminine Singular	G4172 a city
of Joppa	Ἰόππῃ	Ioppē	Noun - Dative Feminine Singular	G2445 Joppa
praying	προσευχόμενος	proseuchomenos	Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular	G4336 I pray, pray for
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
in	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
a trance	ἐκστάσει	ekstasei	Noun - Dative Feminine Singular	G1611 bewilderment, amazement
I saw	εἶδον	eidon	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular	G3708 I see, look upon, experience
a vision	ὅραμα	horama	Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular	G3705 a spectacle, vision
something	τι	ti	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular	G5100 any one, some one
like	ὡς	hōs	Adverb	G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that
a large	μεγάλην	megalēn	Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3173 large, great
sheet	ὀθόνην	othonēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3607 a linen cloth, sheet
being let down	καθιεμένην	kathiemenēn	Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Feminine Singular	G2524 I let down
from	ἐκ	ek	Preposition	G1537 from out, out from among, from
heaven	οὐρανοῦ	ouranou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3772 the sky, the heaven
by	τέσσαρσιν	tessarsin	Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural	G5064 four
corners	ἀρχαῖς	archais	Noun - Dative Feminine Plural	G746 ruler, beginning
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
it came right down to	ἦλθεν	ēlthen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2064 I come, go
me	ἐμοῦ	emou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular	G1473 I

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.