King James Version
Acts 7:49 in the King James Version says “Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool : what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool : what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?”
Acts 7:49 · KJV
But Solomon built him an house.
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool : what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
Hath not my hand made all these things?
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
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“Heaven”
G3772the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of god); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the gospel (christianity)
“throne”
G2362a stately seat ("throne"); by implication, power or (concretely) a potentate
“earth”
G1093soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)
“what”
G4169individualizing interrogative (of character) what sort of, or (of number) which one
“house”
G3624a dwelling (more or less extensive, literal or figurative); by implication, a family (more or less related, literally or figuratively)
“will ye build”
G3618to be a house-builder, i.e., construct or (figuratively) confirm
“saith”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“the Lord”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
“what”
G5101an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
“is the place”
G5117a spot (general in space, but limited by occupancy; whereas g5561 is a large but participle locality), i.e., location (as a position, home, tract, etc
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