Acts

Acts 16:3

³Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Paul	Παῦλος	Paulos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3972 Paul
wanted	ἠθέλησεν	ēthelēsen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2309 I will, wish, desire
to accompany	ἐξελθεῖν	exelthein	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G1831 I go out, come out
him	αὐτῷ	autō	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
he took	λαβὼν	labōn	Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2983 I receive, take
circumcised	περιέτεμεν	perietemen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G4059 I circumcise
him	αὐτὸν	auton	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
on account of	διὰ	dia	Preposition	G1223 through, on account of
the	τοὺς	tous	Article - Accusative Masculine Plural	G3588 the
Jews	Ἰουδαίους	Ioudaious	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural	G2453 Jewish
in	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
that	ἐκείνοις	ekeinois	Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural	G1565 that, that one there, yonder
area	τόποις	topois	Noun - Dative Masculine Plural	G5117 a place
for	γὰρ	gar	Conjunction	G1063 for
they all knew	ᾔδεισαν	ēdeisan	Verb - Pluperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G1492 I know, remember
that	ὅτι	hoti	Conjunction	G3754 that, since, because
his	αὐτοῦ	autou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
father	πατὴρ	patēr	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3962 father, Father, ancestor
was	ὑπῆρχεν	hypērchen	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G5225 I am, exist, am in possession
a Greek	Ἕλλην	Hellēn	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G1672 a Hellene, a Greek

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.