Acts 19:16
Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.
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ASV
And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and mastered both of them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
KJV
And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
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27 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → |
| ἐφαλόμενος | ephalomenos | having leapt | G2177 → |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → |
| ἄνθρωπος | anthrōpos | man | G444 → |
| ἐπ᾽ | ep᾽ | upon | G1909 → |
| αὐτούς, | autous | them | G846 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| ᾧ | hō | whom | G3739 → |
| ἦν | ēn | was | G1510 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| πνεῦμα | pneuma | spirit | G4151 → |
| τὸ | to | <the> | G3588 → |
| πονηρόν, | ponēron | evil, | G4190 → |
| κατακυριεύσας | katakurieusas | having overpowered | G2634 → |
| ἀμφοτέρων | amphoterōn | them all | G297 → |
| ἴσχυσεν | ischusen | he prevailed | G2480 → |
| κατ᾽ | kat᾽ | against | G2596 → |
| αὐτῶν, | autōn | them | G846 → |
| ὥστε | hōste | so that | G5620 → |
| γυμνοὺς | gumnous | naked | G1131 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| τετραυματισμένους | tetraumatismenous | wounded | G5135 → |
| ἐκφυγεῖν | ekphugein | fleeing | G1628 → |
| ἐκ | ek | out of | G1537 → |
| τοῦ | tou | the | G3588 → |
| οἴκου | oikou | house | G3624 → |
| ἐκείνου. | ekeinou | that. | G1565 → |
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