King James Version

Acts 10:1

There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,

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Ἀνὴρanērmanἀνήρnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “man”, the subject formG435a male human being; a man, husband.manδέdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τιςtisoneτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inΚαισαρείᾳkaisareiaCaesareaΚαισάρειαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “Caesarea”, the to- or for-formG2542Two cities of Palestine: one in Galilee (Caesarea Philippi), the other on the coast of the Mediterranean.Caesareaὀνόματιonomaticalledὄνομα (onoma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “called”, the to- or for-formG3686name, character, fame, reputation.calledΚορνήλιοςkornēliosCorneliusΚορνήλιοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Cornelius”, the subject formG2883Cornelius, a centurion of the Roman army, stationed at Caesarea.Corneliusἑκατοντάρχηςhekatontarchēsa centurionἑκατοντάρχηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a centurion”, the subject formG1543a centurion of the Roman army.a centurionἐκekofἐκpreposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofσπείρηςspeirēsbandσπεῖρα (speira)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “band”, the of-formG4686a cohort, the tenth part of a legion; a military guard.the bandτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.καλουμένηςkaloumenēscalledκαλέω (kaleō)verb, present passive participle, genitive, singular, feminine — “called”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2564(a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name.calledἸταλικῆςitalikēsItalianἸταλικός (italikos)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “Italian”, the of-formG2483Italian.the Italian

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ἦνēnThere wasεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “There was”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And there was a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now there was a certain man in Cæsarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian band ,

Young’s Literal Translation

And there was a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian,

World English Bible

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,

Darby Translation

But a certain man in Caesarea, — by name Cornelius, a centurion of the band called Italic,

Douay-Rheims

And there was a certain man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, a centurion of that which is called the Italian band;

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