King James Version

Acts 7:17

But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “he agreed” (ὡμολόγησεν) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “he swore” (ὤμοσεν) before the here.

Καθὼςkathōswhenκαθώςconjunction — “when”G2531according to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as.whenδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἤγγιζενēngizendrew nighἐγγίζω (engizō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “drew nigh”, an ongoing action in the pastG1448trans: I bring near; intrans: I come near, approach.drew nighὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.χρόνοςchronostimeχρόνοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “time”, the subject formG5550time, a particular time, season.This verse uses “time”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐπαγγελίαςepangeliaspromiseἐπαγγελία (epangelia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “promise”, the of-formG1860a promise.ἧςhēswhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “which”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.whichὡμολόγησενhōmologēsenhad swornὁμολογέω (homologeō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “had sworn”, a single actionG3670(a) I promise, agree, (b) I confess, (c) I publicly declare, (d) a Hebraism, I praise, celebrate.had swornὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.Ἀβραάμabraamto AbrahamἈβραάμnoun, dative, singular, masculine — “to Abraham”, the to- or for-formG11Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race.to Abrahamηὔξησενēuxēsengrewαὐξάνω (auxanō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “grew”, a single actionG837(a) I cause to increase, become greater (b) I increase, grow.grewὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.λαὸςlaosa peopleλαόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a people”, the subject formG2992(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.This verse uses “a people”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐπληθύνθηeplēthunthēmultipliedπληθύνω (plēthunō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “multiplied”, a single actionG4129I increase, multiply.multipliedἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inΑἰγύπτῳaiguptōEgyptΑἴγυπτος (aiguptos)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “Egypt”, the to- or for-formG125Egypt.Egypt

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ὤμοσενōmosenhad swornὀμνύω (omnuō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “had sworn”, a single actionG3660I swear, take an oath, promise with an oath.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

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American Standard Version (1901)

But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

Young’s Literal Translation

'And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

World English Bible

“But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

Darby Translation

But as the time of promise drew near which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

Douay-Rheims

And when the time of the promise drew near, which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased, and were multiplied in Egypt,

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