Greek Interlinear
Acts 17:20 Interlinear
Word-by-word Greek interlinear analysis of Acts 17:20, showing the original Greek text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“strange things For certain thou bringest to ears our we would therefore know what mean these things ”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ξενίζοντα | G3579 | strange things | to be a host (passively, a guest); by implication, be (make, appear) strange |
| 2 | γάρ | G1063 | For | properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles) |
| 3 | τινα | G5100 | certain | some or any person or object |
| 4 | εἰσφέρεις | G1533 | thou bringest | to carry inward (literally or figuratively) |
| 5 | εἰς | G1519 | to | to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases |
| 6 | τὰς | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 7 | ἀκοὰς | G189 | ears | hearing (the act, the sense or the thing heard) |
| 8 | ἡμῶν· | G2257 | our | of (or from) us |
| 9 | βουλόμεθα | G1014 | we would | to "will," i.e., (reflexively) be willing |
| 10 | οὖν | G3767 | therefore | (adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly |
| 11 | γνῶναι | G1097 | know | to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed) |
| 12 | τί | G5101 | what | an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions) |
| 13 | ἂν | G302 | mean | whatsoever |
| 14 | θέλοι | G2309 | to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas g1014 properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations), | |
| 15 | ταῦτα | G5023 | these things | these things |
| 16 | εἶναι | G1511 | to exist |
Verse Context
Acts 17:19they took And him unto Areopagus...
Acts 17:20 (current)strange things For certain thou bringest to ears our we would therefore know what mean these things
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