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Acts 2:5

And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

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Ἦσανēsanthere wereεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “there were”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.there wereδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἐνenatἐνpreposition — “at”G1722in, on, among.atἸερουσαλὴμierousalēmJerusalemἸερουσαλήμnoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Jerusalem”, the object formG2419(Aramaic form), Jerusalem, the capital of Palestine: hence Judaism, and allegorically, Christendom, the Christian Church.Jerusalemκατοικοῦντεςkatoikountesto dwellκατοικέω (katoikeō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to dwell”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2730I dwell in, settle in, am established in (permanently), inhabit.ἸουδαῖοιioudaioiJewsἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “Jews”, the subject formG2453Jewish.Jewsἄνδρεςandresmenἀνήρ (anēr)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “men”, the subject formG435a male human being; a man, husband.menεὐλαβεῖςeulabeisdevoutεὐλαβής (eulabēs)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “devout”, the subject formG2126(lit: handling well, hence) cautious, circumspect; hence: God-fearing, pious.ἀπὸapoout ofἀπόpreposition — “out of”G575from, away from.out ofπαντὸςpantoseveryπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, singular, neuter — “every”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.everyἔθνουςethnousnationἔθνος (ethnos)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “nation”, the of-formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.nationτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ὑπὸhupounderὑπόpreposition — “under”G5259by, under, about.This verse uses “under”.underτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανόνouranonheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the object formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.heaven

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation of those under the heaven,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.

Young’s Literal Translation

And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation of those under the heaven,

World English Bible

Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.

Darby Translation

Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, pious men, from every nation of those under heaven.

Douay-Rheims

Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem, Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

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