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Acts 23:14

And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.

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οἵτινεςhoitinesAnd theyὅστις (hostis)relative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “And they”, the subject formG3748whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.And theyπροσελθόντεςproselthontescame toπροσέρχομαι (proserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “came to”, a single actionG4334I come up to, come to, come near (to), approach, consent (to).came toτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀρχιερεῦσινarchiereusinchief priestsἀρχιερεύς (archiereus)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “chief priests”, the to- or for-formG749high priest, chief priest.This verse uses “chief priest”.the chief priestsκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.πρεσβυτέροιςpresbuteroiseldersπρεσβύτερος (presbuteros)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “elders”, the to- or for-formG4245elder, usually used as subst.; an elder, a member of the Sanhedrin, an elder of a Christian assembly.eldersεἶπανeipanto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).and saidἈναθέματιanathematiunder a great curseἀνάθεμα (anathema)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “under a great curse”, the to- or for-formG331a votive offering, a thing devoted to God; a curse, the thing cursed.under a great curseἀνεθεματίσαμενanethematisamento take an oathἀναθεματίζω (anathematizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person plural — “to take an oath”, a single actionG332I curse, invoke curses, devote to destruction.ἑαυτοὺςheautousmyἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “my”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.μηδενὸςmēdenosnothingμηδείς (mēdeis)adjective, genitive, singular, neuter — “nothing”, the of-formG3367no one, none, nothing.This verse uses “nothing”.nothingγεύσασθαιgeusasthaito tasteγεύομαι (geuomai)verb, aorist middle infinitive — “to taste”, a single actionG1089(a) I taste, (b) I experience.This verse uses “taste”.ἕωςheōsuntilἕωςpreposition — “until”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.This verse uses “until”.untilοὗhouwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “which”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ἀποκτείνωμενapokteinōmenwe have slainἀποκτείνω (apokteinō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural — “we have slain”, a single actionG615I put to death, kill; fig: I abolish.we have slainτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαῦλονpaulonPaulΠαῦλος (paulos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the object formG3972Paul, Paulus.Paul

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, 'With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves — to taste nothing till we have killed Paul;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

Young’s Literal Translation

who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, 'With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves — to taste nothing till we have killed Paul;

World English Bible

They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great curse to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

Darby Translation

and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.

Douay-Rheims

Who came to the chief priests and the ancients, and said: We have bound ourselves under a great curse that we will eat nothing till we have slain Paul.

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