Acts

Acts 7:19

¹⁹He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He	οὗτος	houtos	Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3778 this, he, she, it
exploited	κατασοφισάμενος	katasophisamenos	Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2686 I circumvent by trickery
our	ἡμῶν	hēmōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural	G1473 I
people	γένος	genos	Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular	G1085 offspring, family, race, kind
oppressed	ἐκάκωσεν	ekakōsen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G2559 I treat badly
our	ἡμῶν	hēmōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural	G1473 I
fathers	πατέρας	pateras	Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural	G3962 father, Father, ancestor
forcing	ποιεῖν	poiein	Verb - Present Infinitive Active	G4160 I do, make
to abandon	ἔκθετα	ektheta	Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural	G1570 cast out, exposed
their	αὐτῶν	autōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
infants	βρέφη	brephē	Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural	G1025 infant, babe
so	εἰς	eis	Preposition	G1519 into, in, among, till, for
they would die	ζωογονεῖσθαι	zōogoneisthai	Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive	G2225 I preserve alive

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