King James Version

Acts 26:7

Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “Agrippa” (Ἀγρίππα) before by here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τῶν) before Jews here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

εἰςeisUntoεἰςpreposition — “Unto”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.Untoἣνhēnwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.whichτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δωδεκάφυλονdōdekaphulontwelve tribesδωδεκάφυλονnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “twelve tribes”, the subject formG1429the Twelve Tribes (of Israel).twelve tribesἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ἐνeninstantlyἐνpreposition — “instantly”G1722in, on, among.instantlyἐκτενείᾳekteneiaearnestnessἐκτένειαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “earnestness”, the to- or for-formG1616earnestness, strenuousness, intentness, zeal.This verse uses “earnestness”.νύκταnuktanightνύξ (nux)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “night”, the object formG3571the night, night-time.nightκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἡμέρανhēmerandayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “day”, the object formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.λατρεῦονlatreuonto ministerλατρεύω (latreuō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, neuter — “to minister”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3000I serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship.ἐλπίζειelpizeihopeἐλπίζω (elpizō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “hope”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1679I hope, hope for, expect, trust.This verse uses “hope”.hopeκαταντῆσαιkatantēsaito comeκαταντάω (katantaō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to come”, a single actionG2658(a) I come down, either from high land to lower (or actually to the sea-coast), or from the high seas to the coast; hence met: I arrive at, reach (my destination), (b) of property: I come down (descend) by inheritance to an heir.to comeπερὶperiForπερίpreposition — “For”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.Forἧςhēswhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “which”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.whichἐλπίδοςelpidoshope's sakeἐλπίς (elpis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “hope's sake”, the of-formG1680hope, expectation, trust, confidence.This verse uses “hope”.hope's sakeἐγκαλοῦμαιenkaloumaiI am accusedἐγκαλέω (enkaleō)verb, present passive indicative, 1st person singular — “I am accused”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1458I bring a charge against, accuse.I am accusedὑπὸhupoofὑπόpreposition — “of”G5259by, under, about.ofἸουδαίωνioudaiōnJewsἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “Jews”, the of-formG2453Jewish.the Jewsβασιλεῦbasileukingβασιλεύς (basileus)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “king”, the calling formG935a king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἈγρίππαagrippaAgrippaἈγρίππας (agrippas)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Agrippa”, the calling formG67Agrippa, i.e. Herod Agrippa II.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;

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American Standard Version (1901)

unto which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king!

Young’s Literal Translation

to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;

World English Bible

which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!

Darby Translation

to which our whole twelve tribes serving incessantly day and night hope to arrive; about which hope, O king, I am accused of [the] Jews.

Douay-Rheims

Unto which, our twelve tribes, serving night and day, hope to come. For which hope, O king, I am accused by the Jews.

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