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Acts 16:26

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← Acts 16:25	Acts 16:26 (KJV)	Acts 16:27 →
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.	And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.	And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And^G1161 suddenly^G869 there was^G1096 a great^G3173 earthquake^G4578, so that the foundations^G2310 of the prison^G1201 were shaken^G4531: and^G5037 immediately^G3916 all^G3956 the doors^G2374 were opened^G455, and^G2532 every one's^G3956 bands^G1199 were loosed^G447.

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Original Greek

ἄφνω δὲ σεισμὸς ἐγένετο μέγας, ὥστε σαλευθῆναι τὰ θεμέλια τοῦ δεσμωτηρίου· ἀνεῴχθησάν τε παραχρῆμα αἱ θύραι πᾶσαι, καὶ πάντων τὰ δεσμὰ ἀνέθη.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
ἄφνω	aphnō	G869	ADV	suddenly
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ	And
σεισμὸς	seismos	G4578	N-NSM	earthquake
ἐγένετο	egeneto	G1096	V-2ADI-3S	there was
μέγας,	megas	G3173	A-NSM	a great
ὥστε	hōste	G5620	CONJ	so that
σαλευθῆναι	saleuthēnai	G4531	V-APN	were shaken
τὰ	ta	G3588	T-APN	the
θεμέλια	themelia	G2310	N-APN	foundations
τοῦ	tou	G3588	T-GSN	of the
δεσμωτηρίου·	desmōtēriou	G1201	N-GSN	prison
ἀνεῴχθησάν	aneōchthēsan	G455	V-API-3P	were opened
τε	te	G5037	PRT	and
παραχρῆμα	parachrēma	G3916	ADV	immediately
αἱ	hai	G3588	T-NPF	the
θύραι	thurai	G2374	N-NPF	doors
πᾶσαι,	pasai	G3956	A-NPF	all
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	and
πάντων	pantōn	G3956	A-GPM	every one's
τὰ	ta	G3588	T-NPN	*
δεσμὰ	desma	G1199	N-NPN	bands
ἀνέθη.	anethē	G447	V-API-3S	were loosed

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G447 — ἀνίημι (aníēmi, an-ee'-ay-mee): I let go, loosen, release, give up, neglect — from ἀνά and (to send); to let up, i.e. (literally) slacken or (figuratively) desert, desist from:--forbear, leave, loose.
• G455 — ἀνοίγω (anoígō, an-oy'-go): I open — from ἀνά and (to open); to open up (literally or figuratively, in various applications):--open.
• G869 — ἄφνω (áphnō, af'-no): suddenly — adverb from ἀφανής (contraction); unawares, i.e. unexpectedly:--suddenly.
• G1096 — γίνομαι (gínomai, ghin'-om-ahee): I come into being, am born — a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.):--arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
• G1161 — δέ (dé, deh): but, on the other hand, and — a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
• G1199 — δεσμόν (desmón, des-mon'): a bond, chain — neuter and masculine respectively from δέω; a band, i.e. ligament (of the body) or shackle (of a prisoner); figuratively, an impediment or disability:--band, bond, chain, string.
• G1201 — δεσμωτήριον (desmōtḗrion, des-mo-tay'-ree-on): a prison — from a derivative of δεσμόν (equivalent to δεσμέω); a place of bondage, i.e. a dungeon:--prison.
• G2310 — θεμέλιος (themélios, them-el'-ee-os): belonging to the foundation — from a derivative of τίθημι; something put down, i.e. a substruction (of a building, etc.), (literally or figuratively):--foundation.
• G2374 — θύρα (thýra, thoo'-rah): a door, opportunity — apparently a primary word (compare "door"); a portal or entrance (the opening or the closure, literally or figuratively):--door, gate.
• G2532 — καί (kaí, kahee): and, even, also, namely — apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
• G3173 — μέγας (mégas, meg'-as): large, great — (including the prolonged forms, feminine , plural , etc.; compare also μέγιστος, μείζων); big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application):--(+ fear) exceedingly, great(-est), high, large, loud, mighty, + (be) sore (afraid), strong, X to years.
• G3916 — παραχρῆμα (parachrēma, par-akh-ray'-mah): instantly, immediately — from παρά and χρῆμα (in its original sense); at the thing itself, i.e. instantly:--forthwith, immediately, presently, straightway, soon.
• G3956 — πᾶς (pâs, pas): all, the whole, every kind of — including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole:--all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
• G4531 — σαλεύω (saleúō, sal-yoo'-o): I shake, excite — from σάλος; to waver, i.e. agitate, rock, topple or (by implication) destroy; figuratively, to disturb, incite:--move, shake (together), which can(-not) be shaken, stir up.
• G4578 — σεισμός (seismós, sice-mos'): an earthquake, storm — from σείω; a commotion, i.e. (of the air) a gale, (of the ground) an earthquake:--earthquake, tempest.
• G5037 — τέ (té, teh): and, both — a primary particle (enclitic) of connection or addition; both or also (properly, as correlation of καί):--also, and, both, even, then, whether. Often used in composition, usually as the latter participle.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
• G5620 — ὥστε (hṓste, hoce'-teh): so that, therefore — from ὡς and τέ; so too, i.e. thus therefore (in various relations of consecution, as follow):--(insomuch) as, so that (then), (insomuch) that, therefore, to, wherefore.

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