Acts
Acts 20:3
3where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| he stayed | ποιήσας | poiēsas | Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G4160 I do, make |
| three | τρεῖς | treis | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural | G5140 three |
| months | μῆνας | mēnas | Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural | G3376 a month |
| the | τῶν | tōn | Article - Genitive Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| Jews | Ἰουδαίων | Ioudaiōn | Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural | G2453 Jewish |
| formed | γενομένης | genomenēs | Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Genitive Feminine Singular | G1096 I come into being, am born |
| a plot | ἐπιβουλῆς | epiboulēs | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G1917 a plot, design against |
| against him | αὐτῷ | autō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| he was about | μέλλοντι | mellonti | Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Singular | G3195 I am about to |
| to sail | ἀνάγεσθαι | anagesthai | Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive | G321 I lead up, put to sea, set sail |
| for | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| Syria | Συρίαν | Syrian | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G4947 Syria |
| he decided | γνώμης | gnōmēs | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G1106 opinion, counsel, judgment, intention |
| to go back | ὑποστρέφειν | hypostrephein | Verb - Present Infinitive Active | G5290 I turn back, return |
| through | διὰ | dia | Preposition | G1223 through, on account of |
| Macedonia | Μακεδονίας | Makedonias | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G3109 Macedonia |
Cross-references
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.