Acts 7:19
He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
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ASV
The same dealt craftily with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.
KJV
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
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19 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| οὗτος | houtos | He | G3778 → |
| κατασοφισάμενος | katasophisamenos | having dealt treacherously with | G2686 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| γένος | genos | race | G1085 → |
| ἡμῶν | hēmōn | of us | G3165 → |
| ἐκάκωσεν | ekakōsen | he mistreated | G2559 → |
| τοὺς | tous | the | G3588 → |
| πατέρας | pateras | fathers | G3962 → |
| ἡμῶν | hēmōn | of us | G3165 → |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → |
| ποιεῖν | poiein | making [them] | G4160 → |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 → |
| βρέφη | brephē | infants | G1025 → |
| ἔκθετα | ektheta | abandon | G1570 → |
| αὐτῶν | autōn | of them | G846 → |
| εἰς | eis | unto | G1519 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| μὴ | mē | not | G3361 → |
| ζῳογονεῖσθαι. | zōogoneisthai | to be given life. | G2225 → |
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