King James Version
Acts 7:21 in the King James Version says “And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.”
Acts 7:21 · King James Version
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months: exceeding fair: or, fair to God
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
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“him”
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
“took”
G337to take up, i.e., adopt; by implication, to take away (violently), i.e., abolish, murder
“him”
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
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“him”
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
“for”
G1519to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
“son”
G5207a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
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