King James Version

Acts 16:25

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

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Κατὰkataatκατάpreposition — “at”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.atδὲdeandδέconjunction — “and”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.andτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μεσονύκτιονmesonuktionmidnightμεσονύκτιονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “midnight”, the object formG3317midnight, the middle of the period between sunset and sunrise.ΠαῦλοςpaulosPaulΠαῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the subject formG3972Paul, Paulus.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ΣιλᾶςsilasSilasΣιλᾶςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Silas”, the subject formG4609Silas, a pet-form of the name "Silvanus"; a Roman citizen and a helper of Paul.προσευχόμενοιproseuchomenoito prayπροσεύχομαι (proseuchomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to pray”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4336I pray, pray for, offer prayer.This verse uses “pray”.ὕμνουνhumnounto praiseὑμνέω (humneō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to praise”, an ongoing action in the pastG5214I sing, sing hymns to, praise.τὸνtontheὁ (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”.ἐπηκροῶντοepēkroōntoheardἐπακροάομαι (epakroaomai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “heard”, an ongoing action in the pastG1874I listen to, hear, hearken to.heardδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.αὐτῶνautōnthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δέσμιοιdesmioiprisonerδέσμιος (desmios)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “prisoner”, the subject formG1198one bound, a prisoner.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,

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American Standard Version (1901)

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

Young’s Literal Translation

And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,

World English Bible

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

Darby Translation

And at midnight Paul and Silas, in praying, were praising God with singing, and the prisoners listened to them.

Douay-Rheims

And at midnight, Paul and Silas praying, praised God. And they that were in prison, heard them.

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