Acts
Acts 7:6
6God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| God | Θεὸς | Theos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| told | ἐλάλησεν | elalēsen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2980 I speak, say |
| that | ὅτι | hoti | Conjunction | G3754 that, since, because |
| his | αὐτοῦ | autou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| descendants | σπέρμα | sperma | Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular | G4690 seed, offspring |
| would be | ἔσται | estai | Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| foreigners | πάροικον | paroikon | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular | G3941 a stranger, foreigner |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| a strange | ἀλλοτρίᾳ | allotria | Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular | G245 belonging to another person, foreign |
| land | γῇ | gē | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G1093 the earth, soil, land |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| they would be enslaved | δουλώσουσιν | doulōsousin | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G1402 I enslave |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| mistreated | κακώσουσιν | kakōsousin | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G2559 I treat badly |
| four hundred | τετρακόσια | tetrakosia | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural | G5071 four hundred |
| years | ἔτη | etē | Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural | G2094 a year |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.