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Acts 1:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.”

Acts 1:20 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 1:2023 words
γέγραπταιgegraptaidescribe, write(-ing, -ten)
γὰρgarfor
ἐνenabout, after, against
βίβλῳbiblōbook
ψαλμῶνpsalmōnpsalm
ΓενηθήτωGenēthētōarise, be assembled, be(-come
ἡhēthe
ἔπαυλιςepaulishabitation
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
ἔρημοςerēmosdesert, desolate, solitary
καὶkaiand / also
μὴmēnot
ἔστωestōam, have been, is I
ὁhothe
κατοικῶνkatoikōndwell(-er), inhabitant(-ter)
ἐνenabout, after, against
αὐτῇautēhe / she / it / same
καίkaiand / also
ΤὴνTēnthe
ἐπισκοπὴνepiskopēnthe office of a "bishop", bishoprick, visi…
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
λαβέτωlabetōaccept, + be amazed, assay
ἕτεροςheterosaltered, else, next (day)
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Word-by-word meanings

γέγραπταιgegraptaidescribe, write(-ing, -ten)
γὰρgarfor
ἐνenabout, after, against
βίβλῳbiblōbook
ψαλμῶνpsalmōnpsalm
ΓενηθήτωGenēthētōarise, be assembled, be(-come
ἡhēthe
ἔπαυλιςepaulishabitation
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
ἔρημοςerēmosdesert, desolate, solitary
καὶkaiand / also
μὴmēnot
ἔστωestōam, have been, is I
ὁhothe
κατοικῶνkatoikōndwell(-er), inhabitant(-ter)
ἐνenabout, after, against
αὐτῇautēhe / she / it / same
καίkaiand / also
ΤὴνTēnthe
ἐπισκοπὴνepiskopēnthe office of a "bishop", bishoprick, visi…
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
λαβέτωlabetōaccept, + be amazed, assay
ἕτεροςheterosaltered, else, next (day)

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