King James Version

Acts 7:59

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐλιθοβόλουνelithobolounthey stonedλιθοβολέω (lithoboleō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they stoned”, an ongoing action in the pastG3036I stone, cast stones (at), kill by stoning.they stonedτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ΣτέφανονstephanonStephenΣτέφανος (stephanos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Stephen”, the object formG4736Stephen, one of the seven original deacons at Jerusalem, and the first martyr.Stephenἐπικαλούμενονepikaloumenoncalling uponἐπικαλέω (epikaleō)verb, present middle participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “calling upon”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1941(a) I call (name) by a supplementary (additional, alternative) name, (b) mid: I call upon, appeal to, address.calling uponκαὶkaiGod, andκαίconjunction — “God, and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.God, andλέγονταlegontasayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “saying”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.sayingΚύριεkurieLordκύριος (kurios)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the calling formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.LordἸησοῦiēsouJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the calling formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.Jesusδέξαιdexaireceiveδέχομαι (dechomai)verb, aorist middle imperative, 2nd person singular — “receive”, a single actionG1209I take, receive, accept, welcome.This verse uses “receive”.receiveτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πνεῦμάpneumaspiritπνεῦμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “spirit”, the object formG4151wind, breath, spirit.This verse uses “spirit”.spiritμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon the Lord , and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;'

World English Bible

They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

Darby Translation

And they stoned Stephen, praying, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Douay-Rheims

And falling on his knees, he cried with a loud voice, saying: Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep in the Lord. And Saul was consenting to his death.

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