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Acts 18:4

And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

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διελέγετοdielegetohe reasonedδιαλέγομαι (dialegomai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “he reasoned”, an ongoing action in the pastG1256I converse, address, preach, lecture; I argue, reason.he reasonedδὲdebutδέconjunction — “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.inτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.συναγωγῇsunagōgēsynagogueσυναγωγήnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “synagogue”, the to- or for-formG4864an assembly, congregation, synagogue, either the place or the people gathered together in the place.This verse uses “synagogue”.the synagogueκατὰkataaccording toκατάpreposition — “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”.πᾶνpaneveryπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “every”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.everyσάββατονsabbatonsabbathσάββατονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “sabbath”, the object formG4521the Sabbath, a week.sabbathἔπειθένepeithenpersuadedπείθω (peithō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “persuaded”, an ongoing action in the pastG3982I persuade, urge.persuadedτεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.ἸουδαίουςioudaiousJewsἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “Jews”, the object formG2453Jewish.the Jewsκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἝλληναςhellēnasGreeksἝλλην (hellēn)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “Greeks”, the object 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.the Greeks

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he was reasoning in the synagogue every sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he was reasoning in the synagogue every sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks.

World English Bible

He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

Darby Translation

And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

Douay-Rheims

And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, bringing in the name of the Lord Jesus; and he persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

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