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Acts 2:39

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.

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ὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youγάρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἐπαγγελίαepangeliapromiseἐπαγγελίαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “promise”, the subject formG1860a promise.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.τέκνοιςteknoischildrenτέκνον (teknon)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “children”, the to- or for-formG5043a child, descendent, inhabitant.childrenὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπᾶσιpasito allπᾶς (pas)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “to all”, the to- or for-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.to allτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.εἰςeisthat are afar offεἰςpreposition — “that are afar off”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.that are afar offμακρὰνmakranlongμακρός (makrós)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “long”, the object formG3117long, distant, far; of long duration.This verse uses “long”.Strong’s files this form under G3112 (μακράν).ὅσουςhosouseven as many asὅσος (hosos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “even as many as”, the object formG3745how much, how great, how many, as great as, as much.even as many asἂνanshall callἄνparticle — “shall call”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.shall callπροσκαλέσηταιproskalesētaito call toπροσκαλέομαι (proskaleomai)verb, aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “to call to”, a single actionG4341I call to myself, summon.κύριοςkurioslordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.ἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.

Young’s Literal Translation

for to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.'

World English Bible

For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

Darby Translation

For to you is the promise and to your children, and to all who [are] afar off, as many as [the] Lord our God may call.

Douay-Rheims

For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are far off, whomsoever the Lord our God shall call.

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