Acts 17:29 — King James Version← Study notes
“Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.”
Acts 17:29 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Acts 17:2922 words
γένοςgenosborn, country(-man), diversity
οὖνounand (so, truly), but
ὑπάρχοντεςhyparchontesafter, behave, live
τοῦtouthe
θεοῦtheouGod
οὐκouknot
ὀφείλομενopheilomenbehove, be bound, (be) debt(-or)
νομίζεινnomizeinsuppose, thing, be wont
χρυσῷchrysōgold
ἢēor
ἀργύρῳargyrōsilver
ἢēor
λίθῳlithō(mill-, stumbling-)stone
χαράγματιcharagmatigraven, mark
τέχνηςtechnēsart, craft, occupation
καὶkaiand / also
ἐνθυμήσεωςenthymēseōsdevice, thought
ἀνθρώπουanthrōpouman / human being
τὸtothe
θεῖονtheiondivine, godhead
εἶναιeinaiam, have been, is I
ὅμοιονhomoionlike, +
manner
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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