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Acts 26:11

And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andκατὰkatainκατάpreposition — “in”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.inπάσαςpasaseveryπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “every”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.everyτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.συναγωγὰςsunagōgassynagogueσυναγωγή (sunagōgē)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “synagogue”, the object formG4864an assembly, congregation, synagogue, either the place or the people gathered together in the place.This verse uses “synagogue”.synagogueπολλάκιςpollakisoftenπολλάκιςadverb — “often”G4178many times, often, frequently.This verse uses “often”.τιμωρῶνtimōrōnto punishτιμωρέω (timōreō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to punish”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5097I punish, avenge myself on.αὐτοὺςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themἠνάγκαζονēnankazonto compelἀναγκάζω (anankazō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 1st person singular — “to compel”, an ongoing action in the pastG315I force, compel, constrain, urge.This verse uses “compel”.βλασφημεῖνblasphēmeinto blasphemeβλασφημέω (blasphēmeō)verb, present active infinitive — “to blaspheme”, an ongoing or repeated actionG987I speak evil against, blaspheme, use abusive or scurrilous language about (God or men).This verse uses “blaspheme”.περισσῶςperissōsabundantlyπερισσῶςadverb — “abundantly”G4057greatly, exceedingly, abundantly, vehemently.τεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.ἐμμαινόμενοςemmainomenosbe enragedἐμμαίνομαι (emmainomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “be enraged”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1693I am madly enraged with.αὐτοῖςautoisheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἐδίωκονediōkonI persecutedδιώκω (diōkō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 1st person singular — “I persecuted”, an ongoing action in the pastG1377I pursue, hence: I persecute.I persecutedἕωςheōsuntilἕωςpreposition — “until”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.This verse uses “until”.καὶkaithem evenκαίadverb — “them even”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “even”.them evenεἰςeisuntoεἰςpreposition — “unto”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.untoτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἔξωexōstrangeἔξωadverb — “strange”G1854without, outside.strangeπόλειςpoleiscitiesπόλις (polis)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “cities”, the object formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.cities

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining [them] to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting [them] even unto strange cities.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.

Young’s Literal Translation

and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining [them] to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting [them] even unto strange cities.

World English Bible

Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

Darby Translation

And often punishing them in all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme. And, being exceedingly furious against them, I persecuted them even to cities out [of our own land].

Douay-Rheims

And oftentimes punishing them, in every synagogue, I compelled them to blaspheme: and being yet more mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.

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