Acts

Acts 13:36

³⁶For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	γὰρ	gar	Conjunction	G1063 for
David	Δαυὶδ	Dauid	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G1138 David
had served	ὑπηρετήσας	hypēretēsas	Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular	G5256 I minister to, serve
God’s	Θεοῦ	Theou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G2316 God, a god
purpose	βουλῇ	boulē	Noun - Dative Feminine Singular	G1012 counsel, deliberate wisdom
in his own	ἰδίᾳ	idia	Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular	G2398 one's own, private, personal
generation	γενεᾷ	genea	Noun - Dative Feminine Singular	G1074 a generation
he fell asleep	ἐκοιμήθη	ekoimēthē	Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G2837 I fall asleep, am asleep
was buried	προσετέθη	prosetethē	Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G4369 I put to, add, do again
with	πρὸς	pros	Preposition	G4314 to, towards, with
his	αὐτοῦ	autou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
fathers	πατέρας	pateras	Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural	G3962 father, Father, ancestor
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
saw	εἶδεν	eiden	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G3708 I see, look upon, experience
decay	διαφθοράν	diaphthoran	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G1312 destruction, decay, corruption

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