Acts 4:7
They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
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ASV
And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye done this?
KJV
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → |
| στήσαντες | stēsantes | having placed | G2476 → |
| αὐτοὺς | autous | them | G846 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| τῷ | tō | the | G3588 → |
| μέσῳ | mesō | midst | G3319 → |
| ἐπυνθάνοντο· | epunthanonto | they were inquiring; | G4441 → |
| ἐν | en | In | G1722 → |
| ποίᾳ | poia | what | G4169 → |
| δυνάμει | dunamei | power | G1411 → |
| ἢ | ē | or | G2228 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| ποίῳ | poiō | what | G4169 → |
| ὀνόματι | onomati | name | G3686 → |
| ἐποιήσατε | epoiēsate | did | G4160 → |
| τοῦτο | touto | this | G3778 → |
| ὑμεῖς;¶ | humeis | you yourselves? | G4771 → |
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