Acts

Acts 17:23–25

23For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:

TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.

Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

24The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands. 25Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

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Acts 17:23

EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
ForγὰρgarConjunctionG1063 for
as I walked aroundδιερχόμενοςdierchomenosVerb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine SingularG1330 I pass through, spread a report
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
examinedἀναθεωρῶνanatheōrōnVerb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularG333 I look at attentively, consider
yourὑμῶνhymōnPersonal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person PluralG4771 you
objects of worshipσεβάσματαsebasmataNoun - Accusative Neuter PluralG4574 an object of worship
I even foundεὗρονheuronVerb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularG2147 I find
an altarβωμὸνbōmonNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularG1041 an altar
withᾧhōPersonal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine SingularG3739 who, which, what, that
this inscriptionἐπεγέγραπτοepegegraptoVerb - Pluperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularG1924 I write upon, inscribe
TO AN UNKNOWNΑΓΝΩΣΤΩAGNŌSTŌAdjective - Dative Masculine SingularG57 unknown
GODΘΕΩTHEŌNoun - Dative Masculine SingularG2316 God, a god
ThereforeοὖνounConjunctionG3767 therefore, then
whatὋHoPersonal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter SingularG3739 who, which, what, that
you worshipεὐσεβεῖτεeusebeiteVerb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person PluralG2151 I am dutiful, pious
as something unknownἀγνοοῦντεςagnoountesVerb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralG50 I do not know, am ignorant of
IἐγὼegōPersonal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person SingularG1473 I
proclaimκαταγγέλλωkatangellōVerb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularG2605 I declare openly, preach
to youὑμῖνhyminPersonal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluralG4771 you

Acts 17:24

EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
TheὉHoArticle - Nominative Masculine SingularG3588 the
GodΘεὸςTheosNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularG2316 God, a god
whoὁhoArticle - Nominative Masculine SingularG3588 the
madeποιήσαςpoiēsasVerb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularG4160 I do, make
theτὸνtonArticle - Accusative Masculine SingularG3588 the
worldκόσμονkosmonNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularG2889 the world, universe
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
everythingπάνταpantaAdjective - Accusative Neuter PluralG3956 all, the whole, every kind of
inἐνenPrepositionG1722 in, on, among
itαὐτῷautōPersonal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person SingularG846 he, she, it, they, them, same
isὑπάρχωνhyparchōnVerb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularG5225 I am, exist, am in possession
LordΚύριοςKyriosNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularG2962 lord, Lord, master, sir
of heavenοὐρανοῦouranouNoun - Genitive Masculine SingularG3772 the sky, the heaven
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
earthγῆςgēsNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularG1093 the earth, soil, land
notοὐκoukAdverbG3756 no, not
liveκατοικεῖkatoikeiVerb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG2730 I dwell in, settle in, inhabit
inἐνenPrepositionG1722 in, on, among
templesναοῖςnaoisNoun - Dative Masculine PluralG3485 a temple, shrine
made byχειροποιήτοιςcheiropoiētoisAdjective - Dative Masculine PluralG5499 done or made with hands

Acts 17:25

EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
NorοὐδὲoudeConjunctionG3761 neither, nor, not even
is He servedθεραπεύεταιtherapeuetaiVerb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularG2323 I care for, attend, serve, heal
byὑπὸhypoPrepositionG5259 by, under, about
humanἀνθρωπίνωνanthrōpinōnAdjective - Genitive Feminine PluralG442 belonging to human beings, human
handsχειρῶνcheirōnNoun - Genitive Feminine PluralG5495 a hand
as if He neededπροσδεόμενόςprosdeomenosVerb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine SingularG4326 I want more
anythingτινοςtinosInterrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Genitive Neuter SingularG5100 any one, some one
He HimselfαὐτὸςautosPersonal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person SingularG846 he, she, it, they, them, same
givesδιδοὺςdidousVerb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularG1325 I offer, give
everyoneπᾶσιpasiAdjective - Dative Masculine PluralG3956 all, the whole, every kind of
lifeζωὴνzōēnNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularG2222 life
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
breathπνοὴνpnoēnNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularG4157 breath, wind
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
everythingπάνταpantaAdjective - Accusative Neuter PluralG3956 all, the whole, every kind of

Cross-references

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Acts 17:23 John 4:22 · Galatians 4:8–9 · John 17:3 · John 17:25 · Acts 17:30 · 2 Thessalonians 2:4 · 1 Timothy 1:17 · Romans 1:28 · 1 Corinthians 1:21 · 1 John 5:20 · Romans 1:20–25 · Ephesians 2:12

Acts 17:24 1 Kings 8:27 · Deuteronomy 10:14 · Acts 7:48 · Isaiah 66:1 · 2 Chronicles 6:18 · Matthew 11:25 · Psalm 115:16 · 2 Chronicles 2:6 · John 4:22–23 · Jeremiah 10:11 · Revelation 20:11 · Acts 4:24

Acts 17:25 Psalm 50:8–13 · Genesis 2:7 · Isaiah 42:5 · Romans 11:35 · Job 33:4 · Acts 17:28 · Job 35:6–7 · Job 22:2 · Job 12:10 · Psalm 104:27–30 · Job 27:3 · 1 Timothy 6:17

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