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Acts 13:18

And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.

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καίkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andὡςhōsaboutὡςadverb — “about”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.aboutτεσσερακονταετῆtesserakontaetēof forty yearsτεσσερακονταετής (tesserakontaetēs)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “of forty years”, the object formG5063forty years of age.of forty yearsχρόνονchronontimeχρόνος (chronos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “time”, the object formG5550time, a particular time, season.This verse uses “time”.ἐτροποφόρησενetropophorēsensuffered heτροποφορέω (tropophoreō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “suffered he”, a single actionG5159I endure the ways of, put up with.suffered heαὐτοὺςautoustheirαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “their”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.theirἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐρήμῳerēmōwildernessἔρημος (erēmos)adjective, dative, singular, feminine — “wilderness”, the to- or for-formG2048as an adj: deserted, desolate, waste; hence: the desert, to the east and south of Palestine; of a person: deserted, abandoned, desolate.the wilderness

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and about a period of forty years He did suffer their manners in the wilderness,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And for about the time of forty years as a nursing-father bare he them in the wilderness.

Young’s Literal Translation

and about a period of forty years He did suffer their manners in the wilderness,

World English Bible

For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.

Darby Translation

and for a time of about forty years he nursed them in the desert.

Douay-Rheims

And for the space of forty years endured their manners in the desert.

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