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Acts 16:14

And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

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καίkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andτιςtisa certainτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “a certain”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.a certainγυνὴgunēwomanγυνήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “woman”, the subject formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.womanὀνόματιonomatinamedὄνομα (onoma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “named”, the to- or for-formG3686name, character, fame, reputation.namedΛυδίαludiaLydiaΛυδίαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “Lydia”, the subject formG3070Lydia, a lady resident of Philippi, native of Thyatira in Lydia (Asia Minor), and engaged in the clothing trade.Lydiaπορφυρόπωλιςporphuropōlisa seller of purpleπορφυρόπωλιςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “a seller of purple”, the subject formG4211a female seller of purple cloth.a seller of purpleπόλεωςpoleōsof the cityπόλις (polis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the city”, the of-formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.of the cityΘυατείρωνthuateirōnof ThyatiraΘυάτειρα (thuateira)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “of Thyatira”, the of-formG2363Thyatira, a city of the old district Lydia, in the Roman province Asia.of Thyatiraσεβομένηsebomenēwhich worshippedσέβομαι (sebomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, feminine — “which worshipped”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4576I reverence, worship, adore.which worshippedτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θεόνtheonGodθεός (theos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “God”, the object formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godἤκουενēkouenheardἀκούω (akouō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “heard”, an ongoing action in the pastG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.heardἧςhēsus: whoseὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “us: whose”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.us: whoseὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κύριοςkuriosLordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.the Lordδιήνοιξενdiēnoixenopenedδιανοίγω (dianoigō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “opened”, a single actionG1272I open fully.openedτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.καρδίανkardianheartκαρδία (kardia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “heart”, the object formG2588lit: the heart; mind, character, inner self, will, intention, center.προσέχεινprosecheinto that she attendedπροσέχω (prosechō)verb, present active infinitive — “to that she attended”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4337(a) I attend to, pay attention to, (b) I beware, am cautious, (c) I join, devote myself to.that she attendedτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.λαλουμένοιςlaloumenoisunto the things which were spokenλαλέω (laleō)verb, present passive participle, dative, plural, neuter — “unto the things which were spoken”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.unto the things which were spokenὑπὸhupoofὑπόpreposition — “of”G5259by, under, about.ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαύλουpaulouPaulΠαῦλος (paulos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the of-formG3972Paul, Paulus.Paul

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, was hearing, whose heart the Lord did open to attend to the things spoken by Paul;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened to give heed unto the things which were spoken by Paul.

Young’s Literal Translation

and a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, was hearing, whose heart the Lord did open to attend to the things spoken by Paul;

World English Bible

A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us. The Lord opened her heart to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.

Darby Translation

And a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard; whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the things spoken by Paul.

Douay-Rheims

And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, did hear: whose heart the Lord opened to attend to those things which were said by Paul.

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