Acts
Acts 15:20
20Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instead | ἀλλὰ | alla | Conjunction | G235 but, except |
| we should write | ἐπιστεῖλαι | episteilai | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G1989 I write, send by letter to. |
| them | αὐτοῖς | autois | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| to abstain from | ἀπέχεσθαι | apechesthai | Verb - Present Infinitive Middle | G568 I have in full, am far, it is enough |
| polluted | ἀλισγημάτων | alisgēmatōn | Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural | G234 pollution, perhaps a polluted thing |
| by idols | εἰδώλων | eidōlōn | Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural | G1497 an idol, false god |
| sexual immorality | πορνείας | porneias | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G4202 fornication, idolatry |
| the | τοῦ | tou | Article - Genitive Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| meat of strangled animals | πνικτοῦ | pniktou | Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular | G4156 strangled |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| from | τοῦ | tou | Article - Genitive Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| blood | αἵματος | haimatos | Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular | G129 blood |
Cross-references
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Revelation 2:20 · Acts 15:29 · Revelation 2:14 · Genesis 9:4 · Leviticus 3:17 · Acts 21:25 · 1 Corinthians 8:4–13 · 1 Corinthians 6:9 · 1 Corinthians 6:18 · 1 Corinthians 10:7–8 · Leviticus 17:10–14 · Galatians 5:19
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.