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Acts 8:3

As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

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Σαῦλοςsaulosfor SaulΣαῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “for Saul”, the subject formG4569Saul, the apostle.This verse uses “Saul”.for Saulδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἐλυμαίνετοelumainetohe made havockλυμαίνομαι (lumainomai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “he made havock”, an ongoing action in the pastG3075I outrage, maltreat, corrupt, defile.he made havockτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐκκλησίανekklēsianof the churchἐκκλησία (ekklēsia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “of the church”, the object formG1577an assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.This verse uses “church”.of the churchκατὰkataeveryκατάpreposition — “every”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.everyτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.οἴκουςoikoushouseοἶκος (oikos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “house”, the object formG3624(a) a house, the material building, (b) a household, family, lineage, nation.houseεἰσπορευόμενοςeisporeuomenosto enterεἰσπορεύομαι (eisporeuomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to enter”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1531I journey in(to), I go in(to), enter, intervene.σύρωνsurōnand halingσύρω (surō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “and haling”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4951I draw, drag, force away.and halingτεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.ἄνδραςandrasmenἀνήρ (anēr)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “men”, the object formG435a male human being; a man, husband.menκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andγυναῖκαςgunaikaswomenγυνή (gunē)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “women”, the object formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.womenπαρεδίδουparedidoucommittedπαραδίδωμι (paradidōmi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “committed”, an ongoing action in the pastG3860I hand over, pledge, hand down, deliver, commit, commend, betray, abandon.committedεἰςeisthem toεἰςpreposition — “them to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.them toφυλακήνphulakēnprisonφυλακή (phulakē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “prison”, the object formG5438a watching, keeping guard; a guard, prison; imprisonment.This verse uses “prison”.prison

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and Saul was making havoc of the assembly, into every house entering, and haling men and women, was giving them up to prison;

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American Standard Version (1901)

But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and dragging men and women committed them to prison.

Young’s Literal Translation

and Saul was making havoc of the assembly, into every house entering, and haling men and women, was giving them up to prison;

World English Bible

But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison.

Darby Translation

But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into the houses one after another, and dragging off both men and women delivered them up to prison.

Douay-Rheims

But Saul made havock of the church, entering in from house to house, and dragging away men and women, committed them to prison.

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