Greek Interlinear

Acts 7:12 Interlinear

“heard But when Jacob that there was corn in Egypt he sent out fathers our first”

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Acts 7 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	ἀκούσας	G191	heard	to hear (in various senses)
2	δὲ	G1161	But	but, and, etc
3	Ἰακὼβ	G2384	when Jacob	jacob (i.e., ja`akob), the progenitor of the israelites
4	ὄντα	G5607	that there was	being
5	σῖτά	G4621	corn	grain, especially wheat
6	ἐν	G1722	in	"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc
7	Αἰγύπτῳ	G125	Egypt	aegyptus, the land of the nile
8	ἐξαπέστειλεν	G1821	he sent out	to send away forth, i.e., (on a mission) to despatch, or (peremptorily) to dismiss
9	τοὺς	G3588		the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
10	πατέρας	G3962	fathers	a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
11	ἡμῶν	G2257	our	of (or from) us
12	πρῶτον·	G4412	first	firstly (in time, place, order, or importance)

Acts 7:12 (current)heard But when Jacob that there was corn in Egypt he sent out fathers our first