King James Version
Acts 13:19 in the King James Version says “And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.”
Acts 13:19 · KJV
The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.
And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. suffered: or bore, or fed them as a nurse beareth, or feedeth, her child
And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“when he had destroyed”
G2507to lower (or with violence) demolish (literally or figuratively)
“nations”
G1484a race (as of the same habit), i.e., a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan)
“land”
G1093soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)
“by lot”
G2624to be a giver of lots to each, i.e., (by implication) to apportion an estate
“their”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“land”
G1093soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)
“their”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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