Acts

Acts 7:17

¹⁷As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
As	Καθὼς	Kathōs	Adverb	G2531 just as, as
the	ὁ	ho	Article - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3588 the
time	χρόνος	chronos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G5550 time, a particular time, season
drew near	ἤγγιζεν	ēngizen	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1448 I come near, approach
for	ἧς	hēs	Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G3739 who, which, what, that
God	Θεὸς	Theos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2316 God, a god
His promise	ἐπαγγελίας	epangelias	Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G1860 a promise
to Abraham	Ἀβραάμ	Abraam	Noun - Dative Masculine Singular	G11 Abraham
people	λαὸς	laos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2992 a people, the crowd
in	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
Egypt	Αἰγύπτῳ	Aigyptō	Noun - Dative Feminine Singular	G125 Egypt
increased	ηὔξησεν	ēuxēsen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G837 I cause to increase, become greater, grow
greatly in number	ἐπληθύνθη	eplēthynthē	Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G4129 I increase, multiply

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.