Acts
Acts 9:2
2and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and requested | ᾐτήσατο | ētēsato | Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular | G154 I ask, request, beg, petition |
| letters | ἐπιστολὰς | epistolas | Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural | G1992 a letter, dispatch, epistle |
| to | πρὸς | pros | Preposition | G4314 to, towards, with |
| the | τὰς | tas | Article - Accusative Feminine Plural | G3588 the |
| synagogues | συναγωγάς | synagōgas | Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural | G4864 an assembly, congregation, synagogue |
| in | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| Damascus | Δαμασκὸν | Damaskon | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G1154 Damascus |
| so that | ὅπως | hopōs | Conjunction | G3704 how, in order that, so that |
| if | ἐάν | ean | Conjunction | G1437 if |
| he found | εὕρῃ | heurē | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2147 I find |
| any | τινας | tinas | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural | G5100 any one, some one |
| men | ἄνδρας | andras | Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural | G435 a male human being, a man |
| women | γυναῖκας | gynaikas | Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural | G1135 a woman, wife, my lady |
| belonging | ὄντας | ontas | Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural | G1510 I am, exist |
| to the | τῆς | tēs | Article - Genitive Feminine Singular | G3588 the |
| Way | Ὁδοῦ | Hodou | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G3598 a way, road, journey |
| he could bring them as prisoners | δεδεμένους | dedemenous | Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Plural | G1210 I bind |
| to | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| Jerusalem | Ἰερουσαλήμ | Ierousalēm | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G2419 Jerusalem |
Cross-references
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.