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Acts 16:12

And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “and from there” (κἀκεῖθεν) before to here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “from there then” (ἐκεῖθέν) before to here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τῆς) before Macedonia here.

κἀκεῖθενkakeithenand from thereκἀκεῖθενconjunction — “and from there”G2547Strong’s files this form under G1564 (ἐκεῖθεν).Andεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toΦιλίππουςphilippousPhilippiΦίλιπποι (philippoi)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “Philippi”, the object formG5375Philippi, a great city of the Roman province Macedonia.Philippiἥτιςhētiswhichὅστις (hostis)relative pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “which”, the subject formG3748whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.whichἐστὶνestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.isπρώτηprōtēchiefπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “chief”, the subject formG4413first, before, principal, most important.the chiefτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μερίδοςmeridosof that partμερίς (meris)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of that part”, the of-formG3310(a) a part, division of a country, (b) a share, portion.of that partΜακεδονίαςmakedoniasof MacedoniaΜακεδονία (makedonia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of Macedonia”, the of-formG3109(Hebrew), Macedonia, a Roman province north of Achaia (Greece).of Macedoniaπόλιςpoliscityπόλιςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “city”, the subject formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.cityκολωνίαkolōniacolonyκολωνίαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “colony”, the subject formG2862a colony, a city settlement of Roman (soldier) citizens; a garrison city.ἦμενēmento beεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 1st person plural — “to be”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.ταύτῃtautēthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “this”, the to- or for-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.πόλειpoleicityπόλις (polis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “city”, the to- or for-formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.διατρίβοντεςdiatribontesabidingδιατρίβω (diatribō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “abiding”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1304I tarry, continue, stay in a place.abidingἡμέραςhēmerasdaysἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “days”, the object formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.daysτινάςtinasoneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, plural, feminine — “one”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐκεῖθένekeithenAndἐκεῖθενconjunction; adverb — “And”G1564thence, from that place.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

thence also to Philippi, which is a principal city of the part of Macedonia — a colony. And we were in this city abiding certain days,

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American Standard Version (1901)

and from thence to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first of the district, a Roman colony: and we were in this city tarrying certain days.

Young’s Literal Translation

thence also to Philippi, which is a principal city of the part of Macedonia — a colony. And we were in this city abiding certain days,

World English Bible

and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.

Darby Translation

and thence to Philippi, which is [the] first city of that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we were staying in that city certain days.

Douay-Rheims

And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of part of Macedonia, a colony. And we were in this city some days conferring together.

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