Acts 7:40
They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’
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ASV
saying unto Aaron, Make us gods that shall go before us: for as for this Moses, who led us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
KJV
Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
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24 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| εἰπόντες | eipontes | having said | G2036 → |
| τῷ | tō | <the> | G3588 → |
| Ἀαρών· | Aarōn | to Aaron; | G2 → |
| ποίησον | poiēson | do make | G4160 → |
| ἡμῖν | hēmin | us | G3165 → |
| θεοὺς | theous | gods | G2316 → |
| οἳ | hoi | who | G3739 → |
| προπορεύσονται | proporeusontai | will go before | G4313 → |
| ἡμῶν· | hēmōn | us; | G3165 → |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → |
| γὰρ | gar | As for | G1063 → |
| Μωϋσῆς | Mōusēs | Moses | G3475 → |
| οὗτος | houtos | this | G3778 → |
| ὃς | hos | who | G3739 → |
| ἐξήγαγεν | exēgagen | brought out | G1806 → |
| ἡμᾶς | hēmas | us | G3165 → |
| ἐκ | ek | from | G1537 → |
| γῆς | gēs | [the] land | G1093 → |
| Αἰγύπτου, | Aiguptou | of Egypt, | G125 → |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 → |
| οἴδαμεν | oidamen | we know | |
| τί | ti | what | G5101 → |
| ἐγένετο | egeneto | happened | G1096 → |
| αὐτῷ. | autō | to him.’ | G846 → |
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