Acts
Acts 7:27–28
27But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us? 28Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’f
Footnotes
- f 7:28 Exodus 2:13–14|EXO 2:13-14(see also LXX)
Word by word
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Acts 7:27
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But | δὲ | de | Conjunction | G1161 but, on the other hand, and |
| the | Ὁ | Ho | Article - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| was abusing | ἀδικῶν | adikōn | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G91 I act unjustly towards |
| neighbor | πλησίον | plēsion | Adverb | G4139 near, nearby, a neighbor |
| pushed | ἀπώσατο | apōsato | Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular | G683 I push or thrust away, reject |
| said | εἰπών | eipōn | Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
| Who | Τίς | Tis | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G5101 who, which, what |
| made | κατέστησεν | katestēsen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2525 I set, establish, appoint, conduct |
| you | σε | se | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Singular | G4771 you |
| ruler | ἄρχοντα | archonta | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G758 a ruler, prince, leader |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| judge | δικαστὴν | dikastēn | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G1348 a judge |
| over | ἐφ’ | eph’ | Preposition | G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at |
| us | ἡμῶν | hēmōn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural | G1473 I |
Acts 7:28
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| you | σὺ | sy | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singular | G4771 you |
| want | θέλεις | theleis | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G2309 I will, wish, desire |
| to kill me | ἀνελεῖν | anelein | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G337 I take up, abolish, murder |
| as | ὃν | hon | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| you killed | ἀνεῖλες | aneiles | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G337 I take up, abolish, murder |
| the | τὸν | ton | Article - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| Egyptian | Αἰγύπτιον | Aigyption | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular | G124 Egyptian |
| yesterday | ἐχθὲς | echthes | Adverb | G5504 yesterday |
Cross-references
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Acts 7:27 Luke 12:14 · Acts 7:35 · Proverbs 9:7–8
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.