Acts

Acts 11:8–9

⁸‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure^b or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

⁹But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’

Footnotes

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
No	Μηδαμῶς	Mēdamōs	Adverb	G3365 by no means, not at all
Lord	Κύριε	Kyrie	Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular	G2962 lord, Lord, master, sir
I said	Εἶπον	Eipon	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular	G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing)
for	ὅτι	hoti	Conjunction	G3754 that, since, because
nothing	οὐδέποτε	oudepote	Adverb	G3763 never
impure	κοινὸν	koinon	Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular	G2839 common, shared, unclean
or	ἢ	ē	Conjunction	G2228 or, than
unclean	ἀκάθαρτον	akatharton	Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular	G169 unclean, impure
has	εἰσῆλθεν	eisēlthen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1525 I go in, come in, enter
my	μου	mou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
mouth	στόμα	stoma	Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular	G4750 the mouth, speech

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
the voice	φωνὴ	phōnē	Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular	G5456 a sound, noise, voice
spoke	Ἀπεκρίθη	Apekrithē	Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G611 I answer, reply
from	ἐκ	ek	Preposition	G1537 from out, out from among, from
heaven	οὐρανοῦ	ouranou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3772 the sky, the heaven
a second	δευτέρου	deuterou	Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular	G1208 second, in the second place, for the second time
Do not call anything impure	κοίνου	koinou	Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular	G2840 I make unclean, regard as unclean
that	Ἃ	Ha	Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural	G3739 who, which, what, that
God	Θεὸς	Theos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2316 God, a god
has made clean	ἐκαθάρισεν	ekatharisen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2511 I make clean

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Acts 11:8 Romans 14:14 · Hosea 9:3 · 1 Corinthians 7:14

Acts 11:9 Acts 15:9 · Hebrews 9:13–14

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.