What Does Acts 7:11 Mean?

“there came”

to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“Now”

but, and, etc

“a dearth”

a scarcity of food

“over”

properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re

“all”

"whole" or "all", i.e., complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the land”

soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)

“of Egypt”

aegyptus, the land of the nile

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“Chanaan”

chanaan (i.e., kenaan), the early name of palestine

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“affliction”

pressure (literally or figuratively)

“great”

big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application)

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“no”

the absolute negative (compare g3361) adverb; no or not

“found”

to find (literally or figuratively)

“sustenance”

forage, i.e., food

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“fathers”

a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)

“our”

of (or from) us