Acts

Acts 4:25

²⁵You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant,^c our father David:

‘Why do the nations rage

and the peoples plot in vain?

Footnotes

c 4:25 Or child; also in verses 27 and 30

Word by word

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
spoke	εἰπών	eipōn	Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing)
by	διὰ	dia	Preposition	G1223 through, on account of
Holy	Ἁγίου	Hagiou	Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular	G40 set apart, holy, sacred
Spirit	Πνεύματος	Pneumatos	Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular	G4151 wind, breath, spirit
through	στόματος	stomatos	Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular	G4750 the mouth, speech
of Your	σου	sou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular	G4771 you
servant	παιδός	paidos	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3816 a boy or girl child
our	ἡμῶν	hēmōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural	G1473 I
father	πατρὸς	patros	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3962 father, Father, ancestor
David	Δαυὶδ	Dauid	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G1138 David
Why	Τί	Ti	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular	G5101 who, which, what
the nations	ἔθνη	ethnē	Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural	G1484 a race, people, the Gentiles
rage	ἐφρύαξαν	ephryaxan	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G5433 I roar, rage
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
peoples	λαοὶ	laoi	Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural	G2992 a people, the crowd
plot	ἐμελέτησαν	emeletēsan	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G3191 I devise, plan
in vain	κενά	kena	Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural	G2756 empty, vain, hollow

Cross-references

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Psalm 2:1–6 · Acts 1:16

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.