Acts 19:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.”

Acts 19:19 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 19:1922 words

GreekMeaning

ἱκανοὶhikanoi

ManyadjectiveG2425

δὲde

nowwordG1161

τῶνtōn

of thosearticleG3588

τὰta

thearticleG3588

περίεργαperierga

magic artsadjectiveG4021

πραξάντωνpraxantōn

having practicedverbG4238

συνενέγκαντεςsynenenkantes

having brought togetherverbG4851

τὰςtas

thearticleG3588

βίβλουςbiblous

booksnounG976

κατέκαιονkatekaion

were burning themverbG2618

ἐνώπιονenōpion

beforeprepositionG1799

πάντωνpantōn

alladjectiveG3956

καὶkai

AndwordG2532

συνεψήφισανsynepsēphisan

they counted upverbG4860

τὰςtas

thearticleG3588

τιμὰςtimas

pricesnounG5092

αὐτῶνautōn

of thempronounG846

καὶkai

andwordG2532

εὗρονheuron

found itverbG2147

ἀργυρίουargyriou

of silverlingsnounG694

μυριάδαςmyriadas

myriadsnounG3461

πέντεpente

fiveadjectiveG4002

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

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