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Acts 12:1

Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.

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Κατ’kataboutκατά (kata)preposition — “about”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.aboutἐκεῖνονekeinonthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “that”, the object formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.thatδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.καιρὸνkairontimeκαιρός (kairos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “time”, the object formG2540fitting season, season, opportunity, occasion, time.This verse uses “time”.timeἐπέβαλενepebalenstretched forthἐπιβάλλω (epiballō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “stretched forth”, a single actionG1911(a) I throw upon, cast over, (b) I place upon, (c) I lay, (d) intrans: I strike upon, rush.stretched forthἩρῴδηςhērōdēsHerodἩρῴδηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Herod”, the subject formG2264Herod; four persons are called by this name: Herod the Great, Herod Antipas, Herod Agrippa, and Herod Agrippa the younger.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.βασιλεὺςbasileuskingβασιλεύςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “king”, the subject formG935a king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor.τὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.χεῖραςcheirashis handsχείρ (cheir)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “his hands”, the object formG5495a hand.his handsκακῶσαίkakōsaito vexκακόω (kakoō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to vex”, a single actionG2559I treat badly, afflict, embitter, make angry.to vexτιναςtinascertainτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “certain”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.certainτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀπὸapoofἀπόpreposition — “of”G575from, away from.ofτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐκκλησίαςekklēsiaschurchἐκκλησία (ekklēsia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “church”, the of-formG1577an assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.This verse uses “church”.the church

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And about that time, Herod the king put forth his hands, to do evil to certain of those of the assembly,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict certain of the church.

Young’s Literal Translation

And about that time, Herod the king put forth his hands, to do evil to certain of those of the assembly,

World English Bible

Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.

Darby Translation

At that time Herod the king laid his hands on some of those of the assembly to do them hurt,

Douay-Rheims

And at the same time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands, to afflict some of the church.

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