Acts

Acts 7:8

8Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

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EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
ThenΚαὶKaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
gaveἔδωκενedōkenVerb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG1325 I offer, give
covenantδιαθήκηνdiathēkēnNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularG1242 a covenant, will, testament
of circumcisionπεριτομῆςperitomēsNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularG4061 circumcision
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
became the father ofἐγέννησενegennēsenVerb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG1080 I beget, bring forth, give birth to
IsaacἸσαὰκIsaakNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularG2464 Isaac
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
circumcisedπεριέτεμενperietemenVerb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG4059 I circumcise
himαὐτὸνautonPersonal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person SingularG846 he, she, it, they, them, same
on theτῇtēArticle - Dative Feminine SingularG3588 the
eighthὀγδόῃogdoēAdjective - Dative Feminine SingularG3590 eighth
dayἡμέρᾳhēmeraNoun - Dative Feminine SingularG2250 a day
AndκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
IsaacἸσαὰκIsaakNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularG2464 Isaac
JacobἸακώβIakōbNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularG2384 Jacob
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
JacobἸακὼβIakōbNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularG2384 Jacob
of theτοὺςtousArticle - Accusative Masculine PluralG3588 the
twelveδώδεκαdōdekaAdjective - Accusative Masculine PluralG1427 twelve
patriarchsπατριάρχαςpatriarchasNoun - Accusative Masculine PluralG3966 a patriarch

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