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Acts 1:24

And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andπροσευξάμενοιproseuxamenoithey prayedπροσεύχομαι (proseuchomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “they prayed”, a single actionG4336I pray, pray for, offer prayer.they prayedεἶπανeipanto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).and saidΣὺsuThouσύpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “Thou”, the subject formG4771you.ThouκύριεkurieLordκύριος (kurios)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the calling formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.Lordκαρδιογνῶσταkardiognōstawhich knowest the heartsκαρδιογνώστης (kardiognōstēs)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “which knowest the hearts”, the calling formG2589a knower of the inner life (character, hearts).which knowest the heartsπάντωνpantōnof allπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “of all”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.of allἀνάδειξονanadeixonmen, shewἀναδείκνυμι (anadeiknumi)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “men, shew”, a single actionG322I show forth, show clearly; hence: I proclaim (a person's appointment to an office), appoint.men, shewὃνhonwhetherὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “whether”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.whetherἐξελέξωexelexōthou hast chosenἐκλέγομαι (eklegomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 2nd person singular — “thou hast chosen”, a single actionG1586I pick out for myself, choose, elect, select.thou hast chosenἐκekout fromἐκpreposition — “out from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.τούτωνtoutōnthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.δύοduotwoδύοadjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “two”, the of-formG1417two.ἕναhenaoneεἷς (heis)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “one”, the object formG1520one.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having prayed, they said, 'Thou, Lord, who art knowing the heart of all, shew which one thou didst choose of these two

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show of these two the one whom thou hast chosen,

Young’s Literal Translation

and having prayed, they said, 'Thou, Lord, who art knowing the heart of all, shew which one thou didst choose of these two

World English Bible

They prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen

Darby Translation

And they prayed, and said, Thou Lord, knower of the hearts of all, shew which one of these two thou hast chosen,

Douay-Rheims

And praying, they said: Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

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