Acts

Acts 21:37

³⁷As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?”

“Do you speak Greek?” he replied.

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
they were about	Μέλλων	Mellōn	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3195 I am about to
to take	εἰσάγεσθαι	eisagesthai	Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive	G1521 I lead in, bring in
Paul	Παῦλος	Paulos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3972 Paul
into	εἰς	eis	Preposition	G1519 into, in, among, till, for
the	τὴν	tēn	Article - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3588 the
barracks	παρεμβολὴν	parembolēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3925 a camp, barracks, army in battle array
he asked	λέγει	legei	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G3004 I say, speak
the	τῷ	tō	Article - Dative Masculine Singular	G3588 the
commander	χιλιάρχῳ	chiliarchō	Noun - Dative Masculine Singular	G5506 a military tribune
May	ἔξεστίν	exestin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1832 it is permitted, lawful, possible
I	μοι	moi	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
say	εἰπεῖν	eipein	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing)
something	τι	ti	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular	G5100 any one, some one
to	πρὸς	pros	Preposition	G4314 to, towards, with
you	σέ	se	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Singular	G4771 you
Do you speak	γινώσκεις	ginōskeis	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular	G1097 I come to know, learn, realize
Greek	Ἑλληνιστὶ	Hellēnisti	Adverb	G1676 in the Greek language
replied	ἔφη	ephē	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G5346 I say

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.