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Acts 2:8

And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andπῶςpōshowπῶςadverb — “how”G4459how, in what manner, by what means.This verse uses “how”.howἡμεῖςhēmeisIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).weἀκούομενakouomento hearἀκούω (akouō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “to hear”, an ongoing or repeated actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.This verse uses “hear”.ἕκαστοςhekastoseveryἕκαστοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “every”, the subject formG1538each (of more than two), every one.everyτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἰδίᾳidiaownἴδιος (idios)adjective, dative, singular, feminine — “own”, the to- or for-formG2398one's own, belonging to one, private, personal; one's own people, one's own family, home, property.ownδιαλέκτῳdialektōtongueδιάλεκτος (dialektos)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “tongue”, the to- or for-formG1258language, speech, conversation, manner of speaking.tongueἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ἐνenwhereinἐνpreposition — “wherein”G1722in, on, among.whereinᾗhēwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “which”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ἐγεννήθημενegennēthēmenwe were bornγεννάω (gennaō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 1st person plural — “we were born”, a single actionG1080I beget (of the male), (of the female) I bring forth, give birth to.we were born

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and how do we hear, each in our proper dialect, in which we were born?

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American Standard Version (1901)

And how hear we, every man in our own language wherein we were born?

Young’s Literal Translation

and how do we hear, each in our proper dialect, in which we were born?

World English Bible

How do we hear, everyone in our own native language?

Darby Translation

and how do we hear [them] each in our own dialect in which we have been born,

Douay-Rheims

And how have we heard, every man our own tongue wherein we were born?

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