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Acts 6:5

And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “full” (πλήρης) before faith here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “full” (πλήρη) before faith here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἤρεσενēresenpleasedἀρέσκω (areskō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “pleased”, a single actionG700I please, with the idea of willing service rendered to others; hence almost: I serve.pleasedὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.λόγοςlogoswordλόγοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “word”, the subject formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.ἐνώπιονenōpionbeforeἐνώπιονpreposition — “before”G1799before the face of, in the presence of, in the eyes of.παντὸςpantoswholeπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, singular, neuter — “whole”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.the wholeτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πλήθουςplēthousmultitudeπλῆθος (plēthos)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “multitude”, the of-formG4128a multitude, crowd, great number, assemblage.multitudeκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐξελέξαντοexelexantothey choseἐκλέγομαι (eklegomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “they chose”, a single actionG1586I pick out for myself, choose, elect, select.they choseΣτέφανονstephanonStephenΣτέφανος (stephanos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Stephen”, the object formG4736Stephen, one of the seven original deacons at Jerusalem, and the first martyr.Stephenἄνδραandraa manἀνήρ (anēr)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a man”, the object formG435a male human being; a man, husband.This verse uses “a man”.a manπλήρηςplērēsfullπλήρηςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “full”, the subject formG4134full, abounding in, complete, completely occupied with.fullπίστεωςpisteōsof faithπίστις (pistis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of faith”, the of-formG4102faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.This verse uses “faith”.of faithκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπνεύματοςpneumatosGhostπνεῦμα (pneuma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “Ghost”, the of-formG4151wind, breath, spirit.Ghostἁγίουhagiouholyἅγιος (hagios)adjective, genitive, singular, neuter — “holy”, the of-formG40set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.This verse uses “holy”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andΦίλιππονphilipponPhilipΦίλιππος (philippos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Philip”, the object formG5376Philip, (a) one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, (b) tetrarch of the Ituraean and Trachonitic region, half-brother of Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee, (c) one of the seven original deacons at Jerusalem and a missionary.Philipκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andΠρόχορονprochoronProchorusΠρόχορος (prochoros)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Prochorus”, the object formG4402Prochorus, one of the seven original deacons at Jerusalem.Prochorusκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andΝικάνοραnikanoraNicanorΝικάνωρ (nikanōr)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Nicanor”, the object formG3527Nicanor, a proper name.Nicanorκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andΤίμωναtimōnaTimonΤίμων (timōn)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Timon”, the object formG5096Timon, one of the seven original deacons at Jerusalem.Timonκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andΠαρμενᾶνparmenanParmenasΠαρμενᾶς (parmenas)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Parmenas”, the object formG3937Parmenas, one of the original seven deacons at Jerusalem.Parmenasκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andΝικόλαονnikolaonNicolasΝικόλαος (nikolaos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Nicolas”, the object formG3532Nicolaus, a proper name.Nicolasπροσήλυτονprosēlutona proselyteπροσήλυτος (prosēlutos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a proselyte”, the object formG4339(lit: that has come to), a proselyte, that is a non-Jew, who has been circumcised and has adopted the Jews' religion.a proselyteἈντιοχέαantiocheaof AntiochἈντιοχεύς (antiocheus)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “of Antioch”, the object formG491an Antiochian, an inhabitant of Antioch.of Antioch

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

πλήρηplērēfullπλήρης (plērēs)adjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “full”, the subject formG4134full, abounding in, complete, completely occupied with.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And the thing was pleasing before all the multitude, and they did choose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaüs a proselyte of Antioch;

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World English Bible

These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch,

Darby Translation

And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and [the] Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch,

Douay-Rheims

And the saying was liked by all the multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith, and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch.

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