Acts 16:12 — King James Version← Study notes
“And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.”
Acts 16:12 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Acts 16:1220 words
κἀκεῖθενkakeithenand afterward
(from) (thence), thence also
εἰςeisinto / to
ΦιλίππουςPhilippousPhilippi
ἥτιςhētis(they), (such) as, (they) that
ἐστὶνestinam, have been, is I
πρώτηprōtēbefore, beginning, best
τῆςtēsthe
μερίδοςmeridospart (X -akers)
ΜακεδονίαςMakedoniasMacedonia
πόλιςpoliscity
κολωνίαkolōniacolony
ἦμενēmenam, have been, is I
δὲdeand / but
ἐνenabout, after, against
ταύτῃtautēhe (it was that), hereof, it
τῇtēthe
πόλειpoleicity
διατρίβοντεςdiatribontesabide, be, continue
ἡμέραςhēmerasage, + alway, (mid-)day (by day
τινάςtinasa (kind
of), any (man, thing
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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