Greek Interlinear
Acts 16:27 Interlinear
“out of his sleep And awaking the keeper of the prison and seeing open doors the prison he drew out his sword and would himself have killed supposing had been fled that the prisoners”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἔξυπνος | G1853 | out of his sleep | awake |
| 2 | δὲ | G1161 | And | but, and, etc |
| 3 | γενόμενος | G1096 | awaking | to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.) |
| 4 | ὁ | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 5 | δεσμοφύλαξ | G1200 | the keeper of the prison | a jailer (as guarding the prisoners) |
| 6 | καὶ | G2532 | and | and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
| 7 | ἰδὼν | G1492 | seeing | used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl |
| 8 | ἀνεῳγμένας | G455 | open | to open up (literally or figuratively, in various applications) |
| 9 | τὰς | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 10 | θύρας | G2374 | doors | a portal or entrance (the opening or the closure, literally or figuratively) |
| 11 | τῆς | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 12 | φυλακῆς | G5438 | the prison | a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or nigh |
| 13 | σπασάμενος | G4685 | he drew out | to draw |
| 14 | μάχαιραν | G3162 | his sword | a knife, i.e., dirk; figuratively, war, judicial punishment |
| 15 | ἔμελλεν | G3195 | and would | to intend, i.e., be about to be, do, or suffer something (of persons or things, especially events; in the sense of purpose, duty, necessity, probabili |
| 16 | ἑαυτὸν | G1438 | himself | (him- her-, it-, them-, my-, thy-, our-, your-)self (selves), etc |
| 17 | ἀναιρεῖν | G337 | have killed | to take up, i.e., adopt; by implication, to take away (violently), i.e., abolish, murder |
| 18 | νομίζων | G3543 | supposing | properly, to do by law (usage), i.e., to accustom (passively, be usual); by extension, to deem or regard |
| 19 | ἐκπεφευγέναι | G1628 | had been fled | to flee out |
| 20 | τοὺς | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 21 | δεσμίους | G1198 | that the prisoners | a captive (as bound) |
Verse Context
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Acts 16:27 (current)out of his sleep And awaking the keeper of the prison and seeing open doors the prison he drew out his sword and would himself have killed supposing had been fled that the prisoners
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