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Acts 2:12

And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “they were perplexed” (διηπόρουν) before other here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “intends” (θέλει) before this here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “theythemselves were perplexed” (διηποροῦντο) before other here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “maybe would intend” (ἄν θέλοι) before this here.

ἐξίσταντοexistantothey wereἐξίστημι (existēmi)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “they were”, an ongoing action in the pastG1839(lit: I remove from a standing position), (a) in trans. tenses: I astonish, amaze, (b) in intrans. tenses: I am astonished, amazed; I am out of my mind, am mad.they wereδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.πάντεςpantesallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andδιηπόρουνdiēporounwere in doubtδιαπορέω (diaporeō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “were in doubt”, an ongoing action in the pastG1280I am in trouble, doubt, difficulty; I am at a loss.This verse uses “doubt”.were in doubtἄλλοςallosoneἄλλοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG243other, another (of more than two), different.oneπρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.toἄλλονallonanotherἄλλος (allos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “another”, the object formG243other, another (of more than two), different.This verse uses “another”.anotherλέγοντεςlegontesto speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “speak”.ΤίtiWhatτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “What”, the subject formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “what”.Whatθέλειtheleimeanethθέλω (thelō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “meaneth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.meanethτοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisεἶναιeinaito existεἰμί (eimí)verb, present active infinitive — “to exist”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.Strong’s files this form under G1511 (εἶναι, exist).

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διηποροῦντοdiēporountowere in doubtδιαπορέω (diaporeō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “were in doubt”, an ongoing action in the pastG1280I am in trouble, doubt, difficulty; I am at a loss.This verse uses “doubt”.ἄνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.θέλοιtheloimeanethθέλω (thelō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “meaneth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one unto another, 'What would this wish to be?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

Young’s Literal Translation

And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one unto another, 'What would this wish to be?'

World English Bible

They were all amazed and were perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

Darby Translation

And they were all amazed and in perplexity, saying one to another, What would this mean?

Douay-Rheims

And they were all astonished, and wondered, saying one to another: What meaneth this?

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