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Acts 4:35

And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐτίθουνetithounlaid them downτίθημι (tithēmi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “laid them down”, an ongoing action in the pastG5087I put, place, lay, set, fix, establish.laid them downπαρὰparaatπαράpreposition — “at”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.atτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πόδαςpodasfeetπούς (pous)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “feet”, the object formG4228the foot.feetτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀποστόλωνapostolōnapostleἀπόστολος (apostolos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “apostle”, the of-formG652a messenger, envoy, delegate, one commissioned by another to represent him in some way, especially a man sent out by Jesus Christ Himself to preach the Gospel; an apostle.διεδίδετοdiedidetodistribution was madeδιαδίδωμι (diadidōmi)verb, imperfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “distribution was made”, an ongoing action in the pastG1239I offer here and there, distribute, divide, hand over.distribution was madeδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἑκάστῳhekastōunto every manἕκαστος (hekastos)adjective, dative, singular, masculine — “unto every man”, the to- or for-formG1538each (of more than two), every one.unto every manκαθότιkathotiaccordingκαθότιconjunction — “according”G2530(a) in proportion as, according as, (b) because.accordingἄνanasἄνparticle — “as”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.asτιςtisneedτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “need”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.needχρείανchreianneedχρεία (chreia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “need”, the object formG5532need, necessity, business.This verse uses “need”.εἶχενeichento haveἔχω (echō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to have”, an ongoing action in the pastG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and were laying them at the feet of the apostles, and distribution was being made to each according as any one had need.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and laid them at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto each, according as any one had need.

Young’s Literal Translation

and were laying them at the feet of the apostles, and distribution was being made to each according as any one had need.

World English Bible

and laid them at the apostles’ feet; and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need.

Darby Translation

and laid it at the feet of the apostles; and distribution was made to each according as any one might have need.

Douay-Rheims

And laid it down before the feet of the apostles. And distribution was made to every one, according as he had need.

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