Acts
Acts 17:19
19So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus,b where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
Footnotes
- b 17:19 Or Ares Hill or Mars Hill; also in verse 22 and added for clarity in verse 33
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.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So | τε | te | Conjunction | G5037 and, both |
| they took | Ἐπιλαβόμενοί | Epilabomenoi | Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural | G1949 I seize, take hold of |
| brought | ἤγαγον | ēgagon | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G71 I lead |
| to | ἐπὶ | epi | Preposition | G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at |
| the | τὸν | ton | Article - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| Areopagus | Ἄρειον | Areion | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G697 the Areopagus |
| they asked | λέγοντες | legontes | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3004 I say, speak |
| May we | Δυνάμεθα | Dynametha | Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Plural | G1410 I am powerful, am able |
| know | γνῶναι | gnōnai | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G1097 I come to know, learn, realize |
| what | τίς | tis | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G5101 who, which, what |
| this | αὕτη | hautē | Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G3778 this, he, she, it |
| new | καινὴ | kainē | Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular | G2537 fresh, new |
| teaching | διδαχή | didachē | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G1322 teaching, doctrine |
| you | σοῦ | sou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular | G4771 you |
| are presenting | λαλουμένη | laloumenē | Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular | G2980 I speak, say |
Cross-references
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Mark 1:27 · Acts 17:22 · Acts 25:22 · Acts 24:24
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.