Acts
Acts 28:21
21The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| replied | εἶπαν | eipan | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
| We | Ἡμεῖς | Hēmeis | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural | G1473 I |
| have not received | ἐδεξάμεθα | edexametha | Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person Plural | G1209 I take, receive, accept, welcome |
| letters | γράμματα | grammata | Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural | G1121 a letter, writings, learning |
| about | περὶ | peri | Preposition | G4012 about, concerning, around |
| you | σοῦ | sou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular | G4771 you |
| from | ἀπὸ | apo | Preposition | G575 from, away from |
| Judea | Ἰουδαίας | Ioudaias | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G2449 Judea |
| nor | οὔτε | oute | Conjunction | G3777 and not, neither, nor |
| any | τις | tis | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G5100 any one, some one |
| of the | τῶν | tōn | Article - Genitive Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| brothers | ἀδελφῶν | adelphōn | Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural | G80 a brother |
| reported | ἀπήγγειλεν | apēngeilen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G518 I report, bring a report, announce |
| or even | ἢ | ē | Conjunction | G2228 or, than |
| mentioned | ἐλάλησέν | elalēsen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2980 I speak, say |
| anything | τι | ti | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G5100 any one, some one |
| bad | πονηρόν | ponēron | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular | G4190 evil, bad, wicked |
| about | περὶ | peri | Preposition | G4012 about, concerning, around |
| you | σοῦ | sou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular | G4771 you |
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