King James Version

Acts 19:6

And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τὰς) before hands here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐπιθέντοςepithentoshad laidἐπιτίθημι (epitithēmi)verb, aorist active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “had laid”, a single actionG2007I put, place upon, lay on; I add, give in addition.had laidαὐτοῖςautoisthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαύλουpaulouPaulΠαῦλος (paulos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the of-formG3972Paul, Paulus.χεῖραςcheirashandχείρ (cheir)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “hand”, the object formG5495a hand.ἦλθεēlthecameἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “came”, a single actionG2064I come, go.cameτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πνεῦμαpneumaspiritπνεῦμαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “spirit”, the subject formG4151wind, breath, spirit.This verse uses “spirit”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἅγιονhagionholyἅγιος (hagios)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “holy”, the subject formG40set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.This verse uses “holy”.ἐπ’eponἐπί (epi)preposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onαὐτούςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themἐλάλουνelalounthey spakeλαλέω (laleō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they spake”, an ongoing action in the pastG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.they spakeτεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.γλώσσαιςglōssaiswith tonguesγλῶσσα (glōssa)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “with tongues”, the to- or for-formG1100the tongue, a language, a nation (usually distinguished by their speech).with tonguesκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐπροφήτευονeprophēteuonprophesiedπροφητεύω (prophēteuō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “prophesied”, an ongoing action in the pastG4395I foretell, prophesy; I set forth matter of divine teaching by special faculty.prophesied

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τὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and Paul having laid on them [his] hands, the Holy Spirit came upon them, they were speaking also with tongues, and prophesying,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

Young’s Literal Translation

and Paul having laid on them [his] hands, the Holy Spirit came upon them, they were speaking also with tongues, and prophesying,

World English Bible

When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.

Darby Translation

And Paul having laid [his] hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

Douay-Rheims

And when Paul had imposed his hands on them, the Holy Ghost came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

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