King James Version

Acts 16:5

And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

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αἱhaitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μὲνmenAnd soμένconjunction — “And so”G3303an untranslatable particle, generally answered by "de", each of the two introducing a clause intended to be contrasted with the other.And soοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.ἐκκλησίαιekklēsiaichurchesἐκκλησία (ekklēsia)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “churches”, the subject formG1577an assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.the churchesἐστερεοῦντοestereountoestablishedστερεόω (stereoō)verb, imperfect passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “established”, an ongoing action in the pastG4732I strengthen, confirm, establish, settle.establishedτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.πίστειpisteiin the faithπίστις (pistis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “in the faith”, the to- or for-formG4102faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.This verse uses “faith”.in the faithκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐπερίσσευονeperisseuonincreasedπερισσεύω (perisseuō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “increased”, an ongoing action in the pastG4052(a) intrans: I exceed the ordinary (the necessary), abound, overflow; am left over, (b) trans: I cause to abound.increasedτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀριθμῷarithmōin numberἀριθμός (arithmos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “in number”, the to- or for-formG706a number, total.in numberκαθ’kathaccording toκατά (kata)preposition — “according to”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.This verse uses “according to”.ἡμέρανhēmerandailyἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “daily”, the object formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.daily

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

then, indeed, were the assemblies established in the faith, and were abounding in number every day;

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American Standard Version (1901)

So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

Young’s Literal Translation

then, indeed, were the assemblies established in the faith, and were abounding in number every day;

World English Bible

So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

Darby Translation

The assemblies therefore were confirmed in the faith, and increased in number every day.

Douay-Rheims

And the churches were confirmed in faith, and increased in number daily.

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