King James Version

Acts 8:2

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “they made” (ἐποίησαν) before lamentation here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “they themselves made” (ἐποιήσαντο) before lamentation here.

συνεκόμισανsunekomisancarriedσυγκομίζω (sunkomizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “carried”, a single actionG4792I bear away together with, as in carrying away a corpse.carriedδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τὸνtontheὁ (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.Stephenἄνδρεςandresmanἀνήρ (anēr)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “man”, the subject formG435a male human being; a man, husband.εὐλαβεῖςeulabeisdevoutεὐλαβής (eulabēs)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “devout”, the subject formG2126(lit: handling well, hence) cautious, circumspect; hence: God-fearing, pious.καὶkaito his burial, andκαίconjunction — “to his burial, and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.to his burial, andἐποίησανepoiēsanmadeποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “made”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.madeκοπετὸνkopetonlamentationκοπετός (kopetos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “lamentation”, the object formG2870beating of the breast or head in lamentation, lamentation.lamentationμέγανmegangreatμέγας (megas)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “great”, the object formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.ἐπ’epoverἐπί (epi)preposition — “over”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.overαὐτῷautōhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.him

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ἐποιήσαντοepoiēsantomadeποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “made”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and devout men carried away Stephen, and made great lamentation over him;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.

Young’s Literal Translation

and devout men carried away Stephen, and made great lamentation over him;

World English Bible

Devout men buried Stephen and lamented greatly over him.

Darby Translation

And pious men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him.

Douay-Rheims

And devout men took order for Stephen’s funeral, and made great mourning over him.

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