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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EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
GodΘεὸςTheosNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularG2316 God, a god
toldἐλάλησενelalēsenVerb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG2980 I speak, say
thatὅτιhotiConjunctionG3754 that, since, because
hisαὐτοῦautouPersonal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person SingularG846 he, she, it, they, them, same
descendantsσπέρμαspermaNoun - Nominative Neuter SingularG4690 seed, offspring
would beἔσταιestaiVerb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person SingularG1510 I am, exist
foreignersπάροικονparoikonAdjective - Nominative Neuter SingularG3941 a stranger, foreigner
inἐνenPrepositionG1722 in, on, among
a strangeἀλλοτρίᾳallotriaAdjective - Dative Feminine SingularG245 belonging to another person, foreign
landγῇgēNoun - Dative Feminine SingularG1093 the earth, soil, land
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
they would be enslavedδουλώσουσινdoulōsousinVerb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralG1402 I enslave
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
mistreatedκακώσουσινkakōsousinVerb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralG2559 I treat badly
four hundredτετρακόσιαtetrakosiaAdjective - Accusative Neuter PluralG5071 four hundred
yearsἔτηetēNoun - Accusative Neuter PluralG2094 a year

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