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Acts 6:7

And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

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ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.λόγοςlogoswordλόγοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “word”, the subject formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.the wordτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of Godηὔξανενēuxanenincreasedαὐξάνω (auxanō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “increased”, an ongoing action in the pastG837(a) I cause to increase, become greater (b) I increase, grow.increasedκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐπληθύνετοeplēthunetomultipliedπληθύνω (plēthunō)verb, imperfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “multiplied”, an ongoing action in the pastG4129I increase, multiply.multipliedὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἀριθμὸςarithmosnumberἀριθμόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “number”, the subject formG706a number, total.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μαθητῶνmathētōndiscipleμαθητής (mathētēs)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “disciple”, the of-formG3101a learner, disciple, pupil.This verse uses “disciple”.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inἸερουσαλὴμierousalēmJerusalemἸερουσαλήμnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “Jerusalem”, the to- or for-formG2419(Aramaic form), Jerusalem, the capital of Palestine: hence Judaism, and allegorically, Christendom, the Christian Church.Jerusalemσφόδραsphodragreatlyσφόδραadverb — “greatly”G4970exceedingly, greatly, very much.This verse uses “greatly”.greatlyπολύςpolusa greatπολύςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “a great”, the subject formG4183much, many; often.a greatτεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.ὄχλοςochloscompanyὄχλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “company”, the subject formG3793a crowd, mob, the common people.companyτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἱερέωνhiereōnof the priestsἱερεύς (hiereus)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “of the priests”, the of-formG2409a priest, one who offers sacrifice to a god (in Jewish and pagan religions; of Christians only met.).of the priestsὑπήκουονhupēkouonwere obedientὑπακούω (hupakouō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “were obedient”, an ongoing action in the pastG5219I listen, hearken to, obey, answer.were obedientτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.πίστειpisteito the faithπίστις (pistis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “to the faith”, the to- or for-formG4102faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.This verse uses “faith”.to the faith

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And the word of God did increase, and the number of the disciples did multiply in Jerusalem exceedingly; a great multitude also of the priests were obedient to the faith.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the word of God did increase, and the number of the disciples did multiply in Jerusalem exceedingly; a great multitude also of the priests were obedient to the faith.

World English Bible

The word of God increased and the number of the disciples greatly multiplied in Jerusalem. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Darby Translation

And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was very greatly multiplied, and a great crowd of the priests obeyed the faith.

Douay-Rheims

And the word of the Lord increased; and the number of the disciples was multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly: a great multitude also of the priests obeyed the faith.

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