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Acts 17:4

And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

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καίkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andτινεςtinessomeτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “some”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.someἐξexofἐκ (ek)preposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofαὐτῶνautōnthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themἐπείσθησανepeisthēsanbelievedπείθω (peithō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “believed”, a single actionG3982I persuade, urge.believedκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπροσεκληρώθησανproseklērōthēsanconsortedπροσκληρόομαι (prosklēroomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “consorted”, a single actionG4345I assign by lot, allot, associate with, follow as a disciple.consortedτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.Παύλῳpaulōwith PaulΠαῦλος (paulos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “with Paul”, the to- or for-formG3972Paul, Paulus.with Paulκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ΣιλᾷsilaSilasΣίλας (silas)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “Silas”, the to- or for-formG4609Silas, a pet-form of the name "Silvanus"; a Roman citizen and a helper of Paul.Silasτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.τεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.andσεβομένωνsebomenōnof the devoutσέβομαι (sebomai)verb, present middle participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “of the devout”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4576I reverence, worship, adore.of the devoutἙλλήνωνhellēnōnGreeksἝλλην (hellēn)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “Greeks”, the of-formG1672a Hellene, the native word for a Greek; it is, however, a term wide enough to include all Greek-speaking (i.e. educated) non-Jews.Greeksπλῆθοςplēthosmultitudeπλῆθοςnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “multitude”, the subject formG4128a multitude, crowd, great number, assemblage.multitudeπολὺpolumuchπολύς (polus)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “much”, the subject formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.γυναικῶνgunaikōnwomenγυνή (gunē)noun, genitive, plural, feminine — “women”, the of-formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.womenτεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πρώτωνprōtōnfirstπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, genitive, plural, feminine — “first”, the of-formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.οὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notὀλίγαιoligaia fewὀλίγος (oligos)adjective, nominative, plural, feminine — “a few”, the subject formG3641(a) especially in plur: few, (b) in sing: small; hence, of time: short, of degree: light, slight, little.This verse uses “few”.a few

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And certain of them did believe, and attached themselves to Paul and to Silas, also of the worshipping Greeks a great multitude, of the principal women also not a few.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And some of them were persuaded, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

Young’s Literal Translation

And certain of them did believe, and attached themselves to Paul and to Silas, also of the worshipping Greeks a great multitude, of the principal women also not a few.

World English Bible

Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas: of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.

Darby Translation

And some of them believed, and joined themselves to Paul and Silas, and of the Greeks who worshipped, a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

Douay-Rheims

And some of them believed, and were associated to Paul and Silas; and of those that served God, and of the Gentiles a great multitude, and of noble women not a few.

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