Acts 7:42 — King James Version← Study notes
“Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?”
Acts 7:42 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Acts 7:4231 words
ἔστρεψενestrepsenconvert, turn (again, back
again
δὲdeand / but
ὁhothe
θεὸςtheosGod
καὶkaiand / also
παρέδωκενparedōkenbetray, bring forth, cast
αὐτοὺςautoushe / she / it / same
λατρεύεινlatreueinserve, do the service, worship(-per)
τῇtēthe
στρατιᾷstratiahost
τοῦtouthe
οὐρανοῦouranouair, heaven(-ly), sky
καθὼςkathōsaccording to, (according, even) as
γέγραπταιgegraptaidescribe, write(-ing, -ten)
ἐνenabout, after, against
βίβλῳbiblōbook
τῶνtōnthe
προφητῶνprophētōnprophet
ΜὴMēnot
σφάγιαsphagiaslain beast
καὶkaiand / also
θυσίαςthysiassacrifice
προσηνέγκατέprosēnenkatebring (to, unto), deal
with
μοιmoiI
ἔτηetēyear
τεσσεράκονταtesserakonta
ἐνenabout, after, against
τῇtēthe
ἐρήμῳerēmōdesert, desolate, solitary
οἶκοςoikoshouse / home
ἸσραήλIsraēlIsrael
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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