And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “both” (τε) before Phoenicia here.
οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μὲνmenAndμένparticle — “And”G3303an untranslatable particle, generally answered by "de", each of the two introducing a clause intended to be contrasted with the other.Andοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.προπεμφθέντεςpropemphthentesbeing brought on their wayπροπέμπω (propempō)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “being brought on their way”, a single actionG4311I send forward, accompany, equip for a journey.being brought on their wayὑπὸhupobyὑπόpreposition — “by”G5259by, under, about.byτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐκκλησίαςekklēsiaschurchἐκκλησία (ekklēsia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “church”, the of-formG1577an assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.This verse uses “church”.the churchδιήρχοντοdiērchontothey passed throughδιέρχομαι (dierchomai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “they passed through”, an ongoing action in the pastG1330I pass through, spread (as a report).they passed throughτήνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.τεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.ΦοινίκηνphoinikēnPheniceΦοινίκη (phoinikē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Phenice”, the object formG5403Phoenicia, a northern coast strip of the Roman province Syria.Pheniceκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andΣαμάρειανsamareianSamariaΣαμάρεια (samareia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Samaria”, the object formG4540Samaria, a small district of Palestine, bounded by Galilee on the north, and by Judaea on the south, and taking its name from the city of Samaria, the ancient capital of the kingdom of (northern) Israel.Samariaἐκδιηγούμενοιekdiēgoumenoideclaringἐκδιηγέομαι (ekdiēgeomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “declaring”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1555I narrate at length, declare.declaringτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐπιστροφὴνepistrophēnconversionἐπιστροφή (epistrophē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “conversion”, the object formG1995a turning (to God), conversion.the conversionτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐθνῶνethnōnof the Gentilesἔθνος (ethnos)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “of the Gentiles”, the of-formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.This verse uses “the Gentiles”.of the Gentilesκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐποίουνepoiounthey causedποιέω (poieō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they caused”, an ongoing action in the pastG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.they causedχαρὰνcharanjoyχαρά (chara)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “joy”, the object formG5479joy, gladness, a source of joy.This verse uses “joy”.joyμεγάληνmegalēngreatμέγας (megas)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “great”, the object formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.πᾶσιpasiunto allπᾶς (pas)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “unto all”, the to- or for-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.unto allτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀδελφοῖςadelphoisbrethrenἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “brethren”, the to- or for-formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.the brethren
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
they indeed, then, having been sent forward by the assembly, were passing through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the nations, and they were causing great joy to all the brethren.
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American Standard Version (1901)
They therefore, being brought on their way by the church, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
Young’s Literal Translation
they indeed, then, having been sent forward by the assembly, were passing through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the nations, and they were causing great joy to all the brethren.
World English Bible
They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They caused great joy to all the brothers.
Darby Translation
They therefore, having been set on their way by the assembly, passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of [those of] the nations. And they caused great joy to all the brethren.
Douay-Rheims
They therefore being brought on their way by the church, passed through Phenice, and Samaria, relating the conversion of the Gentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brethren.
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