Acts
Acts 28:6
6The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| were expecting | προσεδόκων | prosedokōn | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G4328 I expect, await |
| him | αὐτὸν | auton | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| to | μέλλειν | mellein | Verb - Present Infinitive Active | G3195 I am about to |
| swell up | πίμπρασθαι | pimprasthai | Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive | G4092 I am inflamed, I swell |
| or | ἢ | ē | Conjunction | G2228 or, than |
| suddenly | ἄφνω | aphnō | Adverb | G869 suddenly |
| drop | καταπίπτειν | katapiptein | Verb - Present Infinitive Active | G2667 I fall down |
| dead | νεκρόν | nekron | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3498 dead, a corpse |
| But | δὲ | de | Conjunction | G1161 but, on the other hand, and |
| after waiting | προσδοκώντων | prosdokōntōn | Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural | G4328 I expect, await |
| a long | πολὺ | poly | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular | G4183 much, many, often |
| time | ἐπὶ | epi | Preposition | G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| seeing | θεωρούντων | theōrountōn | Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural | G2334 I behold, look at, experience |
| nothing | μηδὲν | mēden | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular | G3367 no one, nothing |
| unusual | ἄτοπον | atopon | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular | G824 improper, unrighteous, perverse |
| happen | γινόμενον | ginomenon | Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Singular | G1096 I come into being, am born |
| to | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| him | αὐτὸν | auton | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| they changed their minds | μεταβαλόμενοι | metabalomenoi | Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3328 I change, change my mind |
| said | ἔλεγον | elegon | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
| he | αὐτὸν | auton | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| was | εἶναι | einai | Verb - Present Infinitive Active | G1510 I am, exist |
| a god | θεόν | theon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
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