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Acts 15:13

And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:

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μετὰmetaafterμετάpreposition — “after”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “after”.afterδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.σιγῆσαιsigēsaito they had heldσιγάω (sigaō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to they had held”, a single actionG4601intrans: I am silent, keep silence; trans: I keep secret; pass: I am kept secret.they had heldαὐτοὺςautoustheirαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “their”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.theirἀπεκρίθηapekrithēansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredἸάκωβοςiakōbosJamesἸάκωβοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “James”, the subject formG2385James, (a) the Small, son of Alphaeus, and one of the Twelve, (b) half-brother of Jesus, (c) father (?) of Jude, (d) son of Zebedee, and brother of John, one of the Twelve, killed A.D. 44.λέγωνlegōnsayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “saying”, 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.sayingἌνδρεςandresMenἀνήρ (anēr)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “Men”, the calling formG435a male human being; a man, husband.Menἀδελφοίadelphoiand brethrenἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “and brethren”, the calling formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.and brethrenἀκούσατέakousatehearkenἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural — “hearken”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.hearkenμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).unto me

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and after they are silent, James answered, saying, 'Men, brethren, hearken to me;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, hearken unto me:

Young’s Literal Translation

and after they are silent, James answered, saying, 'Men, brethren, hearken to me;

World English Bible

After they were silent, James answered, “Brothers, listen to me.

Darby Translation

And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brethren, listen to me:

Douay-Rheims

And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying: Men, brethren, hear me.

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