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Acts 2:6

Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

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γενομένηςgenomenēswasγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, genitive, singular, feminine — “was”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.wasδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.φωνῆςphōnēsnoised abroadφωνή (phōnē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “noised abroad”, the of-formG5456a sound, noise, voice, language, dialect.noised abroadταύτηςtautēsthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.συνῆλθεsunēlthecame togetherσυνέρχομαι (sunerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “came together”, a single actionG4905I come or go with, accompany; I come together, assemble.came togetherτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πλῆθοςplēthosmultitudeπλῆθοςnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “multitude”, the subject formG4128a multitude, crowd, great number, assemblage.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andσυνεχύθηsunechuthēwere confoundedσυγχέω (suncheō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “were confounded”, a single actionG4797I bewilder, stir up, throw into confusion.were confoundedὅτιhotibecauseὅτιconjunction — “because”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “because”.becauseἤκουονēkouonheardἀκούω (akouō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “heard”, an ongoing action in the pastG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.heardεἷςheisoneεἷςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG1520one.ἕκαστοςhekastoseachἕκαστοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “each”, the subject formG1538each (of more than two), every one.This verse uses “each”.τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἰδίᾳidiain his ownἴδιος (idios)adjective, dative, singular, feminine — “in his own”, the to- or for-formG2398one's own, belonging to one, private, personal; one's own people, one's own family, home, property.in his ownδιαλέκτῳdialektōlanguageδιάλεκτος (dialektos)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “language”, the to- or for-formG1258language, speech, conversation, manner of speaking.This verse uses “language”.languageλαλούντωνlalountōnto speakλαλέω (laleō)verb, present active participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.This verse uses “speak”.αὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the rumour of this having come, the multitude came together, and was confounded, because they were each one hearing them speaking in his proper dialect,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speaking in his own language.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the rumour of this having come, the multitude came together, and was confounded, because they were each one hearing them speaking in his proper dialect,

World English Bible

When this sound was heard, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.

Darby Translation

But the rumour of this having spread, the multitude came together and were confounded, because each one heard them speaking in his own dialect.

Douay-Rheims

And when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded in mind, because that every man heard them speak in his own tongue.

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