Acts 17:21
Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.
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ASV
(Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.)
KJV
(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ἀθηναῖοι | Athēnaioi | [The] Athenians | G117 → |
| δὲ | de | now | G1161 → |
| πάντες | pantes | all | G3956 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| οἱ | hoi | the | G3588 → |
| ἐπιδημοῦντες | epidēmountes | visiting | G1927 → |
| ξένοι | xenoi | strangers | G3581 → |
| εἰς | eis | in | G1519 → |
| οὐδὲν | ouden | no [thing] | G3762 → |
| ἕτερον | heteron | else | G2087 → |
| ηὐκαίρουν | ēukairoun | were spending their time | G2119 → |
| ἢ | ē | than | G2228 → |
| λέγειν | legein | to tell | G3004 → |
| τι | ti | something | G5100 → |
| ἢ | ē | and | G2228 → |
| ἀκούειν | akouein | to hear | G191 → |
| τι | ti | something | G5100 → |
| καινότερον.¶ | kainoteron | new. | G2537 → |
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