King James Version

Acts 27:33

And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.

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Ἄχριachriwhileἄχριpreposition — “while”G891as far as, up to, until, during.whileδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.οὗhouwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “which”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ἡμέραhēmeradayἡμέραnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “day”, the subject formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.the dayἤμελλενēmellenonμέλλω (mellō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “on”, an ongoing action in the pastG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.onγίνεσθαιginesthaito beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, present middle infinitive — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.παρεκάλειparekaleibesoughtπαρακαλέω (parakaleō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “besought”, an ongoing action in the pastG3870(a) I send for, summon, invite, (b) I beseech, entreat, beg, (c) I exhort, admonish, (d) I comfort, encourage, console.besoughtὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαῦλοςpaulosPaulΠαῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the subject formG3972Paul, Paulus.ἅπανταςhapantasthem allἅπας (hapas)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “them all”, the object formG537all, the whole, altogether.This verse uses “all”.them allμεταλαβεῖνmetalabeinto takeμεταλαμβάνω (metalambanō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to take”, a single actionG3335(a) with gen: I take a share (part) of, share in, partake of, (b) with acc: I take after (later) or take instead.to takeτροφῆςtrophēsmeatτροφή (trophē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “meat”, the of-formG5160food, nourishment, maintenance.meatλέγωνlegōnsayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “saying”, an ongoing or repeated 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.sayingΤεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτηνtessareskaidekatēnis the fourteenthτεσσαρεσκαιδέκατος (tessareskaidekatos)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “is the fourteenth”, the object formG5065fourteenth.is the fourteenthσήμερονsēmerontodayσήμερονadverb — “today”G4594today, now.This verse uses “today”.ἡμέρανhēmerandayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “day”, the object formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.dayπροσδοκῶντεςprosdokōntesthat ye have tarriedπροσδοκάω (prosdokaō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “that ye have tarried”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4328I expect, wait for, await, think, anticipate.that ye have tarriedἄσιτοιasitoifastingἄσιτος (asitos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “fasting”, the subject formG777fasting, without eating.fastingδιατελεῖτεdiateleiteto continueδιατελέω (diateleō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to continue”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1300I continue, persevere, finish.μηθὲνmēthennothingμηδείς (mēdeis)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “nothing”, the object formG3367no one, none, nothing.This verse uses “nothing”.nothingπροσλαβόμενοιproslabomenoito takeπροσλαμβάνομαι (proslambanomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to take”, a single actionG4355(a) I take to myself, (b) I take aside, (c) I welcome.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And till the day was about to be, Paul was calling upon all to partake of nourishment, saying, 'Fourteen days to-day, waiting, ye continue fasting, having taken nothing,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take some food, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.

Young’s Literal Translation

And till the day was about to be, Paul was calling upon all to partake of nourishment, saying, 'Fourteen days to-day, waiting, ye continue fasting, having taken nothing,

World English Bible

While the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.

Darby Translation

And while it was drawing on to daylight, Paul exhorted them all to partake of food, saying, Ye have passed the fourteenth day watching in expectation without taking food.

Douay-Rheims

And when it began to be light, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying: This day is the fourteenth day that you have waited, and continued fasting, taking nothing.

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