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Acts 2:8

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And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?	And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?	Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And^G2532 how^G4459 hear^G191 we^G2249 every^G1538 man in our^G2257 own^G2398 tongue^G1258, wherein^{G1722 G3739} we were born^G1080?

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Original Greek

καὶ πῶς ἡμεῖς ἀκούομεν ἕκαστος τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ ἡμῶν ἐν ᾗ ἐγεννήθημεν;

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	And
πῶς	pōs	G4459	ADV-I	how
ἡμεῖς	hēmeis	G2249	P-1NP	we
ἀκούομεν	akouomen	G191	V-PAI-1P	hear
ἕκαστος	hekastos	G1538	A-NSM	every
τῇ	tē	G3588	T-DSF	*
ἰδίᾳ	idia	G2398	A-DSF	own
διαλέκτῳ	dialektō	G1258	N-DSF	tongue
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	G2257	P-1GP	man in our
ἐν	en	G1722	PREP	wherein
ᾗ	hē	G3739	R-DSF
ἐγεννήθημεν;	egennēthēmen	G1080	V-API-1P	we were born

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G191 — ἀκούω (akoúō, ak-oo'-o): I hear, listen — a primary verb; to hear (in various senses):--give (in the) audience (of), come (to the ears), (shall) hear(-er, -ken), be noised, be reported, understand.
• G1080 — γεννάω (gennáō, ghen-nah'-o): I beget, bring forth, give birth to — from a variation of γένος; to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate:--bear, beget, be born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make, spring.
• G1258 — διάλεκτος (diálektos, dee-al'-ek-tos): language, speech — from διαλέγομαι; a (mode of) discourse, i.e. "dialect":--language, tongue.
• G1538 — ἕκαστος (hékastos, hek'-as-tos): each, every one — as if a superlative of (afar); each or every:--any, both, each (one), every (man, one, woman), particularly.
• G1722 — ἐν (en, en): in, on, among — a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between εἰς and ἐκ); "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.:--about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (… sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
• G2249 — ἡμεῖς (hēmeîs, hay-mice'): nominative plural of ἐγώ; we (only used when emphatic):--us, we (ourselves).
• G2257 — ἡμῶν (hēmōn, hay-mone'): genitive case plural of ἐγώ; of (or from) us:--our (company), us, we.
• G2398 — ἴδιος (ídios, id'-ee-os): one's own, private, personal — of uncertain affinity; pertaining to self, i.e. one's own; by implication, private or separate:--X his acquaintance, when they were alone, apart, aside, due, his (own, proper, several), home, (her, our, thine, your) own (business), private(-ly), proper, severally, their (own).
• 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.
• G3739 — ὅς (hós, hos): who, which, what, that — probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article ὁ); the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that:--one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also οὗ.
• G4459 — πῶς (pōs, poce): how, in what manner — adverb from the base of ποῦ; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!:--how, after (by) what manner (means), that. (Occasionally unexpressed in English).

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.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (3): 1 Samuel 10:11, Psalms 145:12, 1 Corinthians 12:28

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: AWAKENINGS AND RELIGIOUS REFORMS, HOLY SPIRIT
• Torrey’s: EMBLEMS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE
• Nave’s: FEASTS, LANGUAGE, ORATOR, PROPHECY, READINGS, SELECT, REVIVALS, TESTIMONY, TONGUE

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