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Acts 22:6

And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.

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Ἐγένετοegenetoit came to passγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “it came to pass”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.it came to passδέdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.μοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).myπορευομένῳporeuomenōjourneyπορεύομαι (poreuomai)verb, present middle participle, dative, singular, masculine — “journey”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4198I travel, journey, go, die.This verse uses “journey”.journeyκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐγγίζοντιengizontiwas come nighἐγγίζω (engizō)verb, present active participle, dative, singular, masculine — “was come nigh”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1448trans: I bring near; intrans: I come near, approach.was come nighτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.Δαμασκῷdamaskōunto DamascusΔαμασκός (damaskos)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “unto Damascus”, the to- or for-formG1154Damascus.unto Damascusπερὶperiaboutπερίpreposition — “about”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.This verse uses “about”.aboutμεσημβρίανmesēmbriannoonμεσημβρία (mesēmbria)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “noon”, the object formG3314(lit: midday, hence, the position of the sun at midday), the South.noonἐξαίφνηςexaiphnēssuddenlyἐξαίφνηςadverb — “suddenly”G1810suddenly, unexpectedly.This verse uses “suddenly”.suddenlyἐκekfromἐκpreposition — “from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.fromτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανοῦouranouheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the of-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.heavenπεριαστράψαιperiastrapsaito roundπεριαστράπτω (periastraptō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to round”, a single actionG4015I flash (gleam) around like lightning.roundφῶςphōslightφῶςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “light”, the object formG5457light, a source of light, radiance.This verse uses “light”.ἱκανὸνhikanonsufficientἱκανός (hikanos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “sufficient”, the object formG2425(a) considerable, sufficient, of number, quantity, time, (b) of persons: sufficiently strong (good, etc.), worthy, suitable, with various constructions, (c) many, much.This verse uses “sufficient”.περὶperiaboutπερίpreposition — “about”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.This verse uses “about”.aboutἐμέememeἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “me”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.me

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and it came to pass, in my going on and coming nigh to Damascus, about noon, suddenly out of the heaven there shone a great light round about me,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and drew nigh unto Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.

Young’s Literal Translation

and it came to pass, in my going on and coming nigh to Damascus, about noon, suddenly out of the heaven there shone a great light round about me,

World English Bible

“As I made my journey and came close to Damascus, about noon suddenly a great light shone around me from the sky.

Darby Translation

And it came to pass, as I was journeying and drawing near to Damascus, that, about mid-day, there suddenly shone out of heaven a great light round about me.

Douay-Rheims

And it came to pass, as I was going, and drawing nigh to Damascus at midday, that suddenly from heaven there shone round about me a great light:

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