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Acts 8:2

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And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.	And devout men carried Stephen [to his burial], and made great lamentation over him.	As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed [them] to prison.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And^G1161 devout^G2126 men^G435 carried^G4792 Stephen^G4736 to his burial, and^G2532 made^G4160 great^G3173 lamentation^G2870 over^G1909 him^G846.

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Original Greek

συνεκόμισαν δὲ τὸν Στέφανον ἄνδρες εὐλαβεῖς, καὶ ἐποιήσαντο κοπετὸν μέγαν ἐπ’ αὐτῷ.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
συνεκόμισαν	sunekomisan	G4792	V-AAI-3P	carried
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ	And
τὸν	ton	G3588	T-ASM	*
Στέφανον	Stephanon	G4736	N-ASM	Stephen
ἄνδρες	andres	G435	N-NPM	men
εὐλαβεῖς,	eulabeis	G2126	A-NPM	devout
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	and
ἐποιήσαντο	epoiēsanto	G4160	V-AMI-3P	made
κοπετὸν	kopeton	G2870	N-ASM	lamentation
μέγαν	megan	G3173	A-ASM	great
ἐπ’	ep’	G1909	PREP	over
αὐτῷ.	autō	G846	P-DSM	him

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G435 — ἀνήρ (anḗr, an'-ayr): a male human being, a man — a primary word (compare ἄνθρωπος); a man (properly as an individual male):--fellow, husband, man, sir.
• 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).
• G1909 — ἐπί (epí, ep-ee'): on, to, against, on the basis of, at — a primary preposition; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.:--about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally or figuratively).
• G2126 — εὐλαβής (eulabḗs, yoo-lab-ace'): cautious, pious — from εὖ and λαμβάνω; taking well (carefully), i.e. circumspect (religiously, pious):--devout.
• 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.
• G2870 — κοπετός (kopetós, kop-et-os'): lamentation — from κόπτω; mourning (properly, by beating the breast):--lamentation.
• 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.
• G4160 — ποιέω (poiéō, poy-eh'-o): I do, make — apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct):--abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. Compare πράσσω.
• G4736 — Στέφανος (Stéphanos, stef'-an-os): Stephen — the same as στέφανος; Stephanus, a Christian:--Stephen.
• G4792 — συγκομίζω (synkomízō, soong-kom-id'-zo): I bear away together with — from σύν and κομίζω; to convey together, i.e. collect or bear away in company with others:--carry.

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.

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