Acts 7:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.”

Acts 7:6 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 7:621 words

GreekMeaning

ἐλάλησενelalēsen

SpokeverbG2980

δὲde

howeverwordG1161

οὕτωςhoutōs

thus / soadverbG3779

ὁho

thearticleG3588

θεὸςtheos

GodnounG2316

ὅτιhoti

thatwordG3754

ἔσταιestai

will beverbG1510

τὸto

thearticleG3588

σπέρμαsperma

seednounG4690

αὐτοῦautou

of himpronounG846

πάροικονparoikon

a sojourneradjectiveG3941

ἐνen

inprepositionG1722

γῇgē

a landnounG1093

ἀλλοτρίᾳallotria

strangeadjectiveG245

καὶkai

andwordG2532

δουλώσουσινdoulōsousin

they will enslaveverbG1402

αὐτὸauto

itpronounG846

καὶkai

andwordG2532

κακώσουσινkakōsousin

they will mistreat itverbG2559

ἔτηetē

yearsnounG2094

τετρακόσιαtetrakosia

four hundredadjectiveG5071

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

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Wisdom for daily life - Acts 7

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