King James Version

Acts 14:11

And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “And” (τε) before crowds here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “now” (δὲ) before crowds here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (ὁ) before Paul here.

οἵhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.τεteAndτέconjunction — “And”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.Andὄχλοιochloiwhen the peopleὄχλος (ochlos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “when the people”, the subject formG3793a crowd, mob, the common people.when the peopleἰδόντεςidontesseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).sawὃhowhatὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “what”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “what”.whatἐποίησενepoiēsenhad doneποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “had done”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.had doneΠαῦλοςpaulosPaulΠαῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the subject formG3972Paul, Paulus.ἐπῆρανepēranthey lifted upἐπαίρω (epairō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they lifted up”, a single actionG1869I raise, lift up.they lifted upτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.φωνὴνphōnēnvoicesφωνή (phōnē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “voices”, the object formG5456a sound, noise, voice, language, dialect.voicesαὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.Λυκαονιστὶlukaonistiin the speech of LycaoniaΛυκαονιστίadverb — “in the speech of Lycaonia”G3072in the Lycaonian language.in the speech of Lycaoniaλέγοντεςlegontesto speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “speak”.Οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεοὶtheoigodsθεός (theos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “gods”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.The godsὁμοιωθέντεςhomoiōthentesin the likenessὁμοιόω (homoioō)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “in the likeness”, a single actionG3666I make like, liken; I compare.in the likenessἀνθρώποιςanthrōpoisof menἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “of men”, the to- or for-formG444a man, one of the human race.of menκατέβησανkatebēsanto comeκαταβαίνω (katabainō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to come”, a single actionG2597I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.πρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.ἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).

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δὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the multitudes having seen what Paul did, did lift up their voice, in the speech of Lycaonia, saying, 'The gods, having become like men, did come down unto us;'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the multitudes having seen what Paul did, did lift up their voice, in the speech of Lycaonia, saying, 'The gods, having become like men, did come down unto us;'

World English Bible

When the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the language of Lycaonia, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”

Darby Translation

But the crowds, who saw what Paul had done, lifted up their voices in Lycaonian, saying, The gods, having made themselves like men, are come down to us.

Douay-Rheims

And they called Barnabas, Jupiter: but Paul, Mercury; because he was chief speaker.

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