Acts 12:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.”

Acts 12:23 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 12:2318 words

GreekMeaning

παραχρῆμαparachrēma

ImmediatelyadverbG3916

δὲde

thenwordG1161

ἐπάταξενepataxen

struckverbG3960

αὐτὸνauton

himpronounG846

ἄγγελοςangelos

an angelnounG32

κυρίουkyriou

of the LordnounG2962

ἀνθ’anth’

in returnprepositionG473

ὧνhōn

for thatrelative pronounG3739

οὐκouk

notadverbG3756

ἔδωκενedōken

he gaveverbG1325

τὴνtēn

thearticleG3588

δόξανdoxan

glorynounG1391

τῷtō

thearticleG3588

θεῷtheō

to GodnounG2316

καὶkai

andwordG2532

γενόμενοςgenomenos

having beenverbG1096

σκωληκόβρωτοςskōlēkobrōtos

eaten by wormsadjectiveG4662

ἐξέψυξενexepsyxen

he breathed his lastverbG1634

ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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