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Acts 12:23

And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

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παραχρῆμαparachrēmaimmediatelyπαραχρῆμαadverb — “immediately”G3916instantly, immediately, on the spot.This verse uses “immediately”.immediatelyδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἐπάταξενepataxensmoteπατάσσω (patassō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “smote”, a single actionG3960I smite, strike (as with a sword), smite to death, afflict.smoteαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἄγγελοςangelosangelἄγγελοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “angel”, the subject formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.κυρίουkurioulordκύριος (kurios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “lord”, the of-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.ἀνθ’anthbecauseἀντί (anti)preposition — “because”G473(a) instead of, in return for, over against, opposite, in exchange for, as a substitute for, (b) on my behalf, (c) wherefore, because.becauseὧνhōnwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, plural, neuter — “which”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.οὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἔδωκενedōkento giveδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to give”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.This verse uses “give”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.δόξανdoxangloryδόξα (doxa)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “glory”, the object formG1391honor, renown; glory, an especially divine quality, the unspoken manifestation of God, splendor.the gloryτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.θεῷtheōGodθεός (theos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “God”, the to- or for-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andγενόμενοςgenomenoshe wasγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he was”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.he wasσκωληκόβρωτοςskōlēkobrōtoseaten of wormsσκωληκόβρωτοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “eaten of worms”, the subject formG4662eaten by worms.eaten of wormsἐξέψυξενexepsuxenand gave up the ghostἐκψύχω (ekpsuchō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and gave up the ghost”, a single actionG1634I breathe my last, die, expire.and gave up the ghost

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and presently there smote him a messenger of the Lord, because he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

Young’s Literal Translation

and presently there smote him a messenger of the Lord, because he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.

World English Bible

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God the glory. Then he was eaten by worms and died.

Darby Translation

And immediately an angel of [the] Lord smote him, because he did not give the glory to God, and he expired, eaten of worms.

Douay-Rheims

And forthwith an angel of the Lord struck him, because he had not given the honour to God: and being eaten up by worms, he gave up the ghost.

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