And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “brought forward” (συνεβίβασαν) before Alexander here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “pushed forward” (προεβίβασαν) before Alexander here.
ἐκekout ofἐκpreposition — “out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.out ofδὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.Andτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ὄχλουochloucrowdὄχλος (ochlos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “crowd”, the of-formG3793a crowd, mob, the common people.συνεβίβασανsunebibasanto join withσυμβιβάζω (sumbibazō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to join with”, a single actionG4822(a) I unite or knit together, (b) I put together in reasoning, and so: I conclude, prove, (c) I teach, instruct.ἈλέξανδρονalexandronAlexanderἈλέξανδρος (alexandros)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Alexander”, the object formG223Alexander, a name of Greek origin, (a) son of Simon of Cyrene, (b) the High Priest's kinsman, (c) an Ephesian Jew, (d) the coppersmith.Alexanderπροβαλόντωνprobalontōnto put forthπροβάλλω (proballō)verb, aorist active participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “to put forth”, a single actionG4261I thrust forward, put forth (as of branches), produce.αὐτὸνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἸουδαίωνioudaiōnJewishἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “Jewish”, the of-formG2453Jewish.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἈλέξανδροςalexandrosAlexanderἈλέξανδροςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Alexander”, the subject formG223Alexander, a name of Greek origin, (a) son of Simon of Cyrene, (b) the High Priest's kinsman, (c) an Ephesian Jew, (d) the coppersmith.κατασείσαςkataseisasbeckonedκατασείω (kataseiō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “beckoned”, a single actionG2678I shake (the hand) up and down, wave; intrans: I beckon for silence.beckonedτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.χεῖραcheirawith the handχείρ (cheir)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “with the hand”, the object formG5495a hand.with the handἤθελενēthelenand wouldθέλω (thelō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “and would”, an ongoing action in the pastG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.and wouldἀπολογεῖσθαιapologeisthaito have made his defenceἀπολογέομαι (apologeomai)verb, present middle infinitive — “to have made his defence”, an ongoing or repeated actionG626I give a defense, defend myself (especially in a law court): it can take an object of what is said in defense.have made his defenceτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.δήμῳdēmōunto the peopleδῆμος (dēmos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto the people”, the to- or for-formG1218properly: the people, especially citizens of a Greek city in popular assembly, but in NT, multitude, rabble.This verse uses “the people”.unto the people
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
προεβίβασανproebibasanthey drewπροβιβάζω (probibazō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they drew”, a single actionG4264I lead forward, lead on; met: I induce, incite, urge.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
and out of the multitude they put forward Alexander — the Jews thrusting him forward — and Alexander having beckoned with the hand, wished to make defence to the populace,
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American Standard Version (1901)
And they brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made a defence unto the people.
Young’s Literal Translation
and out of the multitude they put forward Alexander — the Jews thrusting him forward — and Alexander having beckoned with the hand, wished to make defence to the populace,
World English Bible
They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defense to the people.
Darby Translation
But from among the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.
Douay-Rheims
And they drew forth Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews thrusting him forward. And Alexander beckoning with his hand for silence, would have given the people satisfaction.
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