King James Version

Acts 6:6

Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

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οὓςhousWhomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “Whom”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.Whomἔστησανestēsanthey setἵστημι (histēmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they set”, a single actionG2476trans: (a) I make to stand, place, set up, establish, appoint; mid: I place myself, stand, (b) I set in balance, weigh; intrans: (c) I stand, stand by, stand still; met: I stand ready, stand firm, am steadfast.they setἐνώπιονenōpionbeforeἐνώπιονpreposition — “before”G1799before the face of, in the presence of, in the eyes of.beforeτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀποστόλωνapostolōnapostlesἀπόστολος (apostolos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “apostles”, 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.the apostlesκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπροσευξάμενοιproseuxamenoiwhen they had prayedπροσεύχομαι (proseuchomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “when they had prayed”, a single actionG4336I pray, pray for, offer prayer.when they had prayedἐπέθηκανepethēkanthey laidἐπιτίθημι (epitithēmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they laid”, a single actionG2007I put, place upon, lay on; I add, give in addition.they laidαὐτοῖςautoisthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.χεῖραςcheirashandχείρ (cheir)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “hand”, the object formG5495a hand.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

whom they did set before the apostles, and they, having prayed, laid on them [their] hands.

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American Standard Version (1901)

whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands upon them.

Young’s Literal Translation

whom they did set before the apostles, and they, having prayed, laid on them [their] hands.

World English Bible

whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

Darby Translation

whom they set before the apostles; and, having prayed, they laid their hands on them.

Douay-Rheims

These they set before the apostles; and they praying, imposed hands upon them.

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