Acts 13:21
Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.
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ASV
And afterward they asked for a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for the space of forty years.
KJV
And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| κἀκεῖθεν | kakeithen | Then | G2532 →G1564 → |
| ᾐτήσαντο | ētēsanto | they asked for | G154 → |
| βασιλέα, | basilea | a king, | G935 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἔδωκεν | edōken | gave | G1325 → |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | to them | G846 → |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → |
| θεὸς | theos | God | G2316 → |
| τὸν | ton | <the> | G3588 → |
| Σαοὺλ | Saoul | Saul | G4549 → |
| υἱὸν | huion | son | G5207 → |
| Κίς, | Kis | of Kish, | G2797 → |
| ἄνδρα | andra | a man | G435 → |
| ἐκ | ek | of [the] | G1537 → |
| φυλῆς | phulēs | tribe | G5443 → |
| Βενιαμίν, | Beniamin | of Benjamin, | G958 → |
| ἔτη | etē | years | G2094 → |
| τεσσεράκοντα· | tesserakonta | forty; | G5062 → |
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