Acts

Acts 23:14

¹⁴They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They	οἵτινες	hoitines	Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural	G3748 whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever
went	προσελθόντες	proselthontes	Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural	G4334 I come near, consent to
to the	τοῖς	tois	Article - Dative Masculine Plural	G3588 the
chief priests	ἀρχιερεῦσιν	archiereusin	Noun - Dative Masculine Plural	G749 high priest, chief priest
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
elders	πρεσβυτέροις	presbyterois	Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural	G4245 elder
said	εἶπαν	eipan	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing)
We have bound	ἀνεθεματίσαμεν	anethematisamen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural	G332 I curse, invoke curses
ourselves	ἑαυτοὺς	heautous	Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural	G1438 himself, herself, itself
with a solemn oath	Ἀναθέματι	Anathemati	Noun - Dative Neuter Singular	G331 a curse, a cursed thing
to eat	γεύσασθαι	geusasthai	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle	G1089 I taste, experience
until	ἕως	heōs	Preposition	G2193 until, as far as
we have killed	ἀποκτείνωμεν	apokteinōmen	Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural	G615 I put to death, kill
Paul	Παῦλον	Paulon	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3972 Paul

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