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Acts 8:30

And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

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προσδραμὼνprosdramōnranπροστρέχω (prostrechō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “ran”, a single actionG4370I run to.ranδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΦίλιπποςphilipposPhilipΦίλιπποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Philip”, the subject formG5376Philip, (a) one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, (b) tetrarch of the Ituraean and Trachonitic region, half-brother of Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee, (c) one of the seven original deacons at Jerusalem and a missionary.ἤκουσενēkousenthither to him, and heardἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “thither to him, and heard”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.thither to him, and heardαὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἀναγινώσκοντοςanaginōskontosreadἀναγινώσκω (anaginōskō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “read”, an ongoing or repeated actionG314I read, know again, know certainly, recognize, discern.readἨσαΐανēsaianEsaiasἨσαΐας (ēsaias)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Esaias”, the object formG2268Isaiah, the prophet.Esaiasτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.προφήτηνprophētēnprophetπροφήτης (prophētēs)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “prophet”, the object formG4396a prophet, poet; a person gifted at expositing divine truth.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andεἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single 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.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).saidἎράaraUnderstandest thouἆραconjunction — “Understandest thou”G687a particle asking a question, to which a negative answer is expected.Understandest thouγεgeindeedγέparticle — “indeed”G1065an enclitic, emphasizing particle: at least, indeed, really, but generally too subtle to be represented in English.This verse uses “indeed”.γινώσκειςginōskeisto knowγινώσκω (ginōskō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to know”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1097I am taking in knowledge, come to know, learn; aor: I ascertained, realized.ἃhawhatὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “what”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “what”.whatἀναγινώσκειςanaginōskeisthou readestἀναγινώσκω (anaginōskō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “thou readest”, an ongoing or repeated actionG314I read, know again, know certainly, recognize, discern.thou readest

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, 'Dost thou then know what thou dost read?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

Young’s Literal Translation

and Philip having run near, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, 'Dost thou then know what thou dost read?'

World English Bible

Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

Darby Translation

And Philip, running up, heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou then know what thou art reading of?

Douay-Rheims

And Philip running thither, heard him reading the prophet Isaias. And he said: Thinkest thou that thou understandest what thou readest?

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