King James Version

Acts 2:3

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “and” (καὶ) before sat here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “then” (τε) before upon here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andὤφθησανōphthēsanto seeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “to see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι, gaze).there appearedαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themδιαμεριζόμεναιdiamerizomenaiclovenδιαμερίζω (diamerizō)verb, present middle participle, nominative, plural, feminine — “cloven”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1266I divide up into parts, break up; I distribute.clovenγλῶσσαιglōssaitonguesγλῶσσα (glōssa)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “tongues”, the subject formG1100the tongue, a language, a nation (usually distinguished by their speech).tonguesὡσεὶhōseilike asὡσείconjunction — “like as”G5616as if, as it were, like; with numbers: about.This verse uses “like”.like asπυρόςpurosof fireπῦρ (pur)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of fire”, the of-formG4442fire; the heat of the sun, lightning; fig: strife, trials; the eternal fire.This verse uses “fire”.of fireκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐκάθισενekathisenit satκαθίζω (kathizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “it sat”, a single actionG2523(a) trans: I make to sit; I set, appoint, (b) intrans: I sit down, am seated, stay.it satἐφ’ephuponἐπί (epi)preposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.uponἕναhenaoneεἷς (heis)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “one”, the object formG1520one.ἕκαστονhekastoneachἕκαστος (hekastos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “each”, the object formG1538each (of more than two), every one.This verse uses “each”.eachαὐτῶνautōnof themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “of them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.of them

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τεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like as of fire; and it sat upon each one of them.

Young’s Literal Translation

and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them,

World English Bible

Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.

Darby Translation

And there appeared to them parted tongues, as of fire, and it sat upon each one of them.

Douay-Rheims

And there appeared to them parted tongues as it were of fire, and it sat upon every one of them:

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