Acts 28:6
The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
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ASV
But they expected that he would have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but when they were long in expectation and beheld nothing amiss come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
KJV
Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
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27 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| οἱ | hoi | <the> | G3588 → |
| δὲ | de | But | G1161 → |
| προσεδόκων | prosedokōn | they were expecting | G4328 → |
| αὐτὸν | auton | him | G846 → |
| μέλλειν | mellein | to be about | G3195 → |
| πίμπρασθαι | pimprasthai | to become inflamed | G4092 → |
| ἢ | ē | or | G2228 → |
| καταπίπτειν | katapiptein | to fall down | G2667 → |
| ἄφνω | aphnō | suddenly | G869 → |
| νεκρόν· | nekron | dead; | G3498 → |
| ἐπὶ | epi | A while | G1909 → |
| πολὺ | polu | great | G4183 → |
| δὲ | de | however | G1161 → |
| αὐτῶν | autōn | when they | G846 → |
| προσδοκώντων | prosdokōntōn | are waiting | G4328 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| θεωρούντων | theōrountōn | seeing | G2334 → |
| μηδὲν | mēden | nothing | G3367 → |
| ἄτοπον | atopon | amiss | G824 → |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 → |
| αὐτὸν | auton | him | G846 → |
| γινόμενον | ginomenon | happening | G1096 → |
| μεταβαλόμενοι | metabalomenoi | having changed their opinion | G3328 → |
| ἔλεγον | elegon | they were declaringing | G3004 → |
| αὐτὸν | auton | him | G846 → |
| εἶναι | einai | to be | G1511 → |
| θεόν.¶ | theon | a god. | G2316 → |
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