Acts 13:21 — King James Version← Study notes
“And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.”
Acts 13:21 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Acts 13:2118 words
κἀκεῖθενkakeithenand afterward
(from) (thence), thence also
ᾐτήσαντοētēsantoask, beg, call
for
βασιλέαbasileaking
καὶkaiand / also
ἔδωκενedōkengive
αὐτοῖςautoishe / she / it / same
ὁhothe
θεὸςtheosGod
τὸνtonthe
ΣαοὺλSaoulSaul
υἱὸνhyionson
ΚίςKisCis
ἄνδραandrafellow, husband, man
ἐκekfrom / out of
φυλῆςphylēskindred, tribe
ΒενιαμίνBeniaminBenjamin
ἔτηetēyear
τεσσεράκονταtesserakonta
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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