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Acts 3:2

And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

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καίkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andτιςtisa certainτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a certain”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.a certainἀνὴρanērmanἀνήρnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “man”, the subject formG435a male human being; a man, husband.manχωλὸςchōloslameχωλόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “lame”, the subject formG5560lame, deprived of a foot, limping.This verse uses “lame”.ἐκekfromἐκpreposition — “from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.fromκοιλίαςkoiliaswombκοιλία (koilia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “womb”, the of-formG2836belly, abdomen, heart, a general term covering any organ in the abdomen, e.g. stomach, womb; met: the inner man.This verse uses “womb”.wombμητρὸςmētrosmotherμήτηρ (mētēr)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “mother”, the of-formG3384a mother.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ὑπάρχωνhuparchōnto beὑπάρχω (huparchō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5225I begin, am, exist, am in possession.ἐβαστάζετοebastazetowas carriedβαστάζω (bastazō)verb, imperfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “was carried”, an ongoing action in the pastG941(a) I carry, bear, (b) I carry (take) away.was carriedὃνhonwhomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “whom”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.whomἐτίθουνetithounthey laidτίθημι (tithēmi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they laid”, an ongoing action in the pastG5087I put, place, lay, set, fix, establish.they laidκαθ’kathaccording toκατά (kata)preposition — “according to”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.This verse uses “according to”.ἡμέρανhēmerandailyἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “daily”, the object formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.dailyπρὸςprosatπρόςpreposition — “at”G4314to, towards, with.atτὴνtēnwhichὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “which”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.whichθύρανthurandoorθύρα (thura)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “door”, the object formG2374(a) a door, (b) met: an opportunity.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἱεροῦhierousacredἱερός (hierós)adjective, genitive, singular, neuter — “sacred”, the of-formG2413sacred, holy, set apart.This verse uses “sacred”.Strong’s files this form under G2411 (ἱερόν).the templeτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λεγομένηνlegomenēnto speakλέγω (legō)verb, present passive participle, accusative, singular, feminine — “to speak”, 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.This verse uses “speak”.Ὡραίανhōraianbeautifulὡραῖος (hōraios)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “beautiful”, the object formG5611fair, beautiful, blooming.This verse uses “beautiful”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.αἰτεῖνaiteinto askαἰτέω (aiteō)verb, present active infinitive — “to ask”, an ongoing or repeated actionG154I ask, request, petition, demand.This verse uses “ask”.ἐλεημοσύνηνeleēmosunēncharityἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosunē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “charity”, the object formG1654abstr: alms-giving, charity; concr: alms, charity.This verse uses “charity”.παρὰparafrom withπαράpreposition — “from with”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.This verse uses “from”.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.εἰσπορευομένωνeisporeuomenōnto enterεἰσπορεύομαι (eisporeuomai)verb, present middle participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “to enter”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1531I journey in(to), I go in(to), enter, intervene.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἱερόνhieronsacredἱερός (hierós)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “sacred”, the object formG2413sacred, holy, set apart.This verse uses “sacred”.Strong’s files this form under G2411 (ἱερόν).

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and a certain man, being lame from the womb of his mother, was being carried, whom they were laying every day at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask a kindness from those entering into the temple,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And a certain man that was lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

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World English Bible

A certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.

Darby Translation

and a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they placed every day at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who were going into the temple;

Douay-Rheims

And a certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb, was carried: whom they laid every day at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, that he might ask alms of them that went into the temple.

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