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Acts 22:12

And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “devout” (εὐλαβὴς) before according to here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “pious” (εὐσεβὴς) before according to here.

ἉνανίαςhananiasAnaniasἉνανίαςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Ananias”, the subject formG367Ananias, (a) husband of Sapphira, a member of the early church at Jerusalem, (b) a member of the church at Damascus, (c) the high priest at Jerusalem.Ananiasδέdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τιςtisoneτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.ἀνὴρanērmanἀνήρnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “man”, the subject formG435a male human being; a man, husband.manεὐλαβὴςeulabēsdevoutεὐλαβήςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “devout”, the subject formG2126(lit: handling well, hence) cautious, circumspect; hence: God-fearing, pious.κατὰkataaccordingκατάpreposition — “according”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.accordingτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.νόμονnomonto the lawνόμος (nomos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “to the law”, the object formG3551usage, custom, law; in NT: of law in general, plur: of divine laws; of a force or influence impelling to action; of the Mosaic law; meton: of the books which contain the law, the Pentateuch, the Old Testament scriptures in general.to the lawμαρτυρούμενοςmarturoumenoshaving a good reportμαρτυρέω (martureō)verb, present passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “having a good report”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3140I witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report.having a good reportὑπὸhupoofὑπόpreposition — “of”G5259by, under, about.ofπάντωνpantōnallπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “all”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κατοικούντωνkatoikountōnwhich dweltκατοικέω (katoikeō)verb, present active participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “which dwelt”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2730I dwell in, settle in, am established in (permanently), inhabit.which dweltἸουδαίωνioudaiōnJewishἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “Jewish”, the of-formG2453Jewish.

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εὐσεβὴςeusebēsa devoutεὐσεβήςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “a devout”, the subject formG2152pious, God-fearing, devout.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and a certain one, Ananias, a pious man according to the law, being testified to by all the Jews dwelling [there],

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American Standard Version (1901)

And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews that dwelt there,

Young’s Literal Translation

and a certain one, Ananias, a pious man according to the law, being testified to by all the Jews dwelling [there],

World English Bible

“One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,

Darby Translation

And a certain Ananias, a pious man according to the law, borne witness to by all the Jews who dwelt [there],

Douay-Rheims

And one Ananias, a man according to the law, having testimony of all the Jews who dwelt there,

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