Acts
Acts 16:5–6
5So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.
6After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia,a they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.
Footnotes
- a 16:6 Literally in Asia; Asia was a Roman province in what is now western Turkey.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Acts 16:5
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So | οὖν | oun | Conjunction | G3767 therefore, then |
| the | Αἱ | Hai | Article - Nominative Feminine Plural | G3588 the |
| churches | ἐκκλησίαι | ekklēsiai | Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural | G1577 an assembly, congregation, church |
| were strengthened | ἐστερεοῦντο | estereounto | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural | G4732 I strengthen, confirm, establish |
| in the | τῇ | tē | Article - Dative Feminine Singular | G3588 the |
| faith | πίστει | pistei | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G4102 faith, belief, trust |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| grew | ἐπερίσσευον | eperisseuon | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G4052 I exceed, am left over |
| daily | ἡμέραν | hēmeran | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G2250 a day |
| in numbers | ἀριθμῷ | arithmō | Noun - Dative Masculine Singular | G706 a number, total |
Acts 16:6
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the | τοῦ | tou | Article - Genitive Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| Holy | Ἁγίου | Hagiou | Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular | G40 set apart, holy, sacred |
| Spirit | Πνεύματος | Pneumatos | Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular | G4151 wind, breath, spirit |
| had prevented them | κωλυθέντες | kōlythentes | Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural | G2967 I prevent, hinder |
| from speaking | λαλῆσαι | lalēsai | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G2980 I speak, say |
| the | τὸν | ton | Article - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| word | λόγον | logon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3056 a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| Asia | Ἀσίᾳ | Asia | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G773 roughly the western third of Asia Minor |
| they traveled through | Διῆλθον | Diēlthon | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G1330 I pass through, spread a report |
| the | τὴν | tēn | Article - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3588 the |
| region | χώραν | chōran | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G5561 region, land, fields |
| of Phrygia | Φρυγίαν | Phrygian | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G5435 Phrygia |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| Galatia | Γαλατικὴν | Galatikēn | Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular | G1054 belonging to the province Galatia |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Acts 16:5 Acts 9:31 · Acts 2:47 · Acts 6:7 · 1 Peter 5:10 · Ephesians 4:13–16 · Acts 15:41 · Romans 16:25 · Colossians 2:6 · Acts 12:24 · Acts 13:48–49 · Acts 5:14 · Acts 4:4
Acts 16:6 Acts 18:23 · Acts 16:7 · Acts 11:12 · Galatians 1:2 · Acts 13:2–4 · 2 Timothy 4:10 · 1 Peter 1:1 · Galatians 3:1 · Acts 19:10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.