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Acts 26:13

At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.

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ἡμέραςhēmerasAt middayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “At midday”, the of-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.At middayμέσηςmesēsmidstμέσος (mesos)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “midst”, the of-formG3319middle, in the middle, between, in the midst of.κατὰkatainκατάpreposition — “in”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.inτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὁδὸνhodonwayὁδός (hodos)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “way”, the object formG3598a way, road, journey, path.the wayεἶδονeidonseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).βασιλεῦbasileukingβασιλεύς (basileus)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “king”, the calling formG935a king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor.οὐρανόθενouranothenfrom heavenοὐρανόθενadverb — “from heaven”G3771from heaven, from the sky.from heavenὑπὲρhuperaboveὑπέρpreposition — “above”G5228gen: in behalf of; acc: above.This verse uses “above”.aboveτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λαμπρότηταlamprotētabrightnessλαμπρότης (lamprotēs)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “brightness”, the object formG2987splendor, brightness, brilliancy.This verse uses “brightness”.the brightnessτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡλίουhēliouof the sunἥλιος (hēlios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the sun”, the of-formG2246the sun, sunlight.This verse uses “the sun”.of the sunπεριλάμψανperilampsanshining round aboutπεριλάμπω (perilampō)verb, aorist active participle, accusative, singular, neuter — “shining round about”, a single actionG4034I shine around.shining round aboutμεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meφῶςphōslightφῶςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “light”, the object formG5457light, a source of light, radiance.This verse uses “light”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.σὺνsunwithσύνpreposition — “with”G4862with.withἐμοὶemoimeἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “me”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.meπορευομένουςporeuomenousto travelπορεύομαι (poreuomai)verb, present middle participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “to travel”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4198I travel, journey, go, die.This verse uses “travel”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

at mid-day, I saw in the way, O king, out of heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me a light — and those going on with me;

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American Standard Version (1901)

at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that journeyed with me.

Young’s Literal Translation

at mid-day, I saw in the way, O king, out of heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me a light — and those going on with me;

World English Bible

at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.

Darby Translation

at mid-day, on the way, I saw, O king, a light above the brightness of the sun, shining from heaven round about me and those who were journeying with me.

Douay-Rheims

At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me, and them that were in company with me.

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