Acts 7:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.”
Acts 7:8 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Acts 7:826 words
καὶkaiand / also
ἔδωκενedōkengive
αὐτῷautōhe / she / it / same
διαθήκηνdiathēkēncovenant, testament
περιτομῆςperitomēscircumcision
καὶkaiand / also
οὕτωςhoutōsthus / so
ἐγέννησενegennēsenbear, beget, be born
τὸνtonthe
ἸσαὰκIsaakIsaac
καὶkaiand / also
περιέτεμενperietemencircumcise
αὐτὸνautonhe / she / it / same
τῇtēthe
ἡμέρᾳhēmeraage, + alway, (mid-)day (by day
τῇtēthe
ὀγδόῃogdoēeighth
καὶkaiand / also
ἸσαὰκIsaakIsaac
τὸνtonthe
ἸακώβIakōbalso an Israelite:--Jacob
καὶkaiand / also
ἸακὼβIakōbalso an Israelite:--Jacob
τοὺςtousthe
δώδεκαdōdekatwelve
πατριάρχαςpatriarchaspatriarch
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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