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Acts 13:21

And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

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κἀκεῖθενkakeithenand from thereκἀκεῖθενconjunction — “and from there”G2547Strong’s files this form under G1564 (ἐκεῖθεν).And afterwardᾐτήσαντοētēsantothey desiredαἰτέω (aiteō)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “they desired”, a single actionG154I ask, request, petition, demand.they desiredβασιλέαbasileaa kingβασιλεύς (basileus)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a king”, the object formG935a king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor.This verse uses “a king”.a kingκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἔδωκενedōkengaveδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “gave”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.gaveαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ΣαοὺλsaoulSaulΣαούλnoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Saul”, the object formG4549Saul, (a) the first king of Israel, (b) the Hebrew name of the Apostle to the Gentiles.Saulυἱὸνhuionsonυἱός (huios)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “son”, the object formG5207a son, descendent.the sonΚίςkisof CisΚίςnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Cis”, the of-formG2797Kish, the father of Saul.of Cisἄνδραandraa manἀνήρ (anēr)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a man”, the object formG435a male human being; a man, husband.This verse uses “a man”.a manἐκekofἐκpreposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofφυλῆςphulēstribeφυλή (phulē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “tribe”, the of-formG5443a tribe or race of people.the tribeΒενιαμίνbeniaminof BenjaminΒενιαμίνnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Benjamin”, the of-formG958Benjamin, youngest son of Jacob, founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.of Benjaminἔτηetēyearsἔτος (etos)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “years”, the object formG2094a year.yearsτεσσεράκονταtesserakontafortyτεσσεράκονταadjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “forty”, the object formG5062forty.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and thereafter they asked for a king, and God did give to them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And afterward they asked for a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for the space of forty years.

Young’s Literal Translation

and thereafter they asked for a king, and God did give to them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years;

World English Bible

Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

Darby Translation

And then they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul, son of Kis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, during forty years.

Douay-Rheims

And after that they desired a king: and God gave them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years.

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