Acts 8:9 — King James Version← Study notes
“But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:”
Acts 8:9 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Acts 8:921 words
ἈνὴρAnērfellow, husband, man
δέdeand / but
τιςtisa (kind
of), any (man, thing
ὀνόματιonomaticalled, (+
sur-)name(-d)
ΣίμωνSimōnSimon
προϋπῆρχενproupērchen+ be before(-time)
ἐνenabout, after, against
τῇtēthe
πόλειpoleicity
μαγεύωνmageuōnuse sorcery
καὶkaiand / also
ἐξιστάνωνexistanōnamaze, be (make) astonished, be beside sel…
τὸtothe
ἔθνοςethnosGentile, heathen, nation
τῆςtēsthe
ΣαμαρείαςSamareiasSamaria
λέγωνlegōnsay
εἶναίeinaiam, have been, is I
τιναtinaa (kind
of), any (man, thing
ἑαυτὸνheautonalone, her (own, -self)
μέγανmegan(+ fear) exceedingly, great(-est), high
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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