King James Version

Acts 15:14

Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “upon” (ἐπὶ) before the here.

ΣυμεὼνsumeōnSimeonΣυμεώνnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Simeon”, the subject formG4826Simeon or Simon.Simeonἐξηγήσατοexēgēsatohath declaredἐξηγέομαι (exēgeomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “hath declared”, a single actionG1834I lead, show the way; met: I unfold, narrate, declare.hath declaredκαθὼςkathōshowκαθώςconjunction — “how”G2531according to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as.howπρῶτονprōtonat the firstπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “at the first”, the object formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.at the firstὁhotheὁarticle, 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”.ἐπεσκέψατοepeskepsatodid visitἐπισκέπτομαι (episkeptomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “did visit”, a single actionG1980I look upon, visit, look out, select.This verse uses “visit”.did visitλαβεῖνlabeinto takeλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to take”, a single actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.This verse uses “take”.to takeἐξexout ofἐκ (ek)preposition — “out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.out ofἐθνῶνethnōnGentile nationἔθνος (ethnos)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “Gentile nation”, the of-formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.λαὸνlaonthem a peopleλαός (laos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “them a people”, the object formG2992(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.This verse uses “a people”.them a peopleτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ὀνόματιonomatinameὄνομα (onoma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “name”, the to- or for-formG3686name, character, fame, reputation.This verse uses “name”.nameαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

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ἐπὶepiforἐπίpreposition — “for”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Simeon did declare how at first God did look after to take out of the nations a people for His name,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

Young’s Literal Translation

Simeon did declare how at first God did look after to take out of the nations a people for His name,

World English Bible

Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations to take out of them a people for his name.

Darby Translation

Simon has related how God first visited to take out of [the] nations a people for his name.

Douay-Rheims

Simon hath related how God first visited to take of the Gentiles a people to his name.

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