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Acts 22:2

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← Acts 22:1	Acts 22:2 (KJV)	Acts 22:3 →
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence [which I make] now unto you.	(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)	I am verily a man [which am] a Jew, born in Tarsus, [a city] in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, [and] taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

(And^G1161 when they heard^G191 that^G3754 he spake^G4377 in the Hebrew^G1446 tongue^G1258 to them^G846, they kept^G3930 the more^G3123 silence^G2271: and^G2532 he saith^G5346,)

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Original Greek

ἀκούσαντες δὲ ὅτι τῇ Ἑβραΐδι διαλέκτῳ προσεφώνει αὐτοῖς, μᾶλλον παρέσχον ἡσυχίαν καί φησίν,

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
ἀκούσαντες	akousantes	G191	V-AAP-NPM	when they heard
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ	(And
ὅτι	hoti	G3754	CONJ	that
τῇ	tē	G3588	T-DSF	*
Ἑβραΐδι	Hebraidi	G1446	N-DSF	in the Hebrew
διαλέκτῳ	dialektō	G1258	N-DSF	tongue
προσεφώνει	prosephōnei	G4377	V-IAI-3S	he spake
αὐτοῖς,	autois	G846	P-DPM	to them
μᾶλλον	mallon	G3123	ADV	the more
παρέσχον	pareschon	G3930	V-2AAI-3P	they kept
ἡσυχίαν	hēsuchian	G2271	N-ASF	silence
καί	kai	G2532	CONJ	and
φησίν,	phēsin	G5346	V-PAI-3S	he saith

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.
• G846 — αὐτός (autós, ow-tos'): he, she, it, they, them, same — from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of ἀήρ through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative ἑαυτοῦ) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare αὑτοῦ.
• 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).
• G1258 — διάλεκτος (diálektos, dee-al'-ek-tos): language, speech — from διαλέγομαι; a (mode of) discourse, i.e. "dialect":--language, tongue.
• G1446 — Ἑβραΐς (Hebraḯs, heb-rah-is'): the Hebrew language, Aramaic — from Ἐβέρ; the Hebraistic (Hebrew) or Jewish (Chaldee) language:--Hebrew.
• G2271 — ἡσυχία (hēsychía, hay-soo-khee'-ah): quietness, silence — feminine of ἡσύχιος; (as noun) stillness, i.e. desistance from bustle or language:--quietness, silence.
• 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.
• G3123 — μᾶλλον (mâllon, mal'-lon): more, rather — neuter of the comparative of the same as μάλιστα; (adverbially) more (in a greater degree)) or rather:--+ better, X far, (the) more (and more), (so) much (the more), rather.
• G3754 — ὅτι (hóti, hot'-ee): that, since, because — neuter of ὅστις as conjunction; demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because:--as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
• G3930 — παρέχω (paréchō, par-ekh'-o): I offer, provide — from παρά and ἔχω; to hold near, i.e. present, afford, exhibit, furnish occasion:--bring, do, give, keep, minister, offer, shew, + trouble.
• G4377 — προσφωνέω (prosphōnéō, pros-fo-neh'-o): I call to, summon — from πρός and φωνέω; to sound towards, i.e. address, exclaim, summon:--call unto, speak (un-)to.
• G5346 — φημί (phēmí, fay-mee'): I say — properly, the same as the base of φῶς and φαίνω; to show or make known one's thoughts, i.e. speak or say:--affirm, say. Compare λέγω.

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

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• in — Acts 21:40

Reciprocal references (5): John 19:20, Acts 5:21, Acts 18:14, Acts 26:14, 1 Peter 3:15

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: HEBREW, LANGUAGE
• Nave’s: HEBREW, PAUL

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