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Acts 17:26

From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.

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ASV

and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

KJV

And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἐποίησένepoiēsenHe madeG4160 →
τεtethenG5037 →
ἐξexofG1537 →
ἑνὸςhenosoneG1520 →
πᾶνpaneveryG3956 →
ἔθνοςethnosnationG1484 →
ἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōnof menG444 →
κατοικεῖνkatoikeinto dwellG2730 →
ἐπὶepiuponG1909 →
παντὸςpantosallG3956 →
προσώπουprosōpou[the] faceG4383 →
τῆςtēsof theG3588 →
γῆς,gēsearth,G1093 →
ὁρίσαςhorisasdeterminingG3724 →
προστεταγμένουςprostetagmenousorderedG4367 →
καιροὺςkairoustimesG2540 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
τὰςtastheG3588 →
ὁροθεσίαςhorothesiasboundariesG3734 →
τῆςtēsof theG3588 →
κατοικίαςkatoikiashabitationG2733 →
αὐτῶνautōnof themG846 →

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Deuteronomy 32:7–8Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.Genesis 3:20And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.Malachi 2:10Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”Romans 5:12–19Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.Habakkuk 2:3For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.1 Corinthians 15:22For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.1 Corinthians 15:47The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.Job 14:5Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,Job 12:23He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.Psalms 31:15My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.Genesis 11:9That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.Psalms 74:17You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.Genesis 9:19These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.Daniel 11:35Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.Acts 1:7Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.Isaiah 41:4Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”

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