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Acts 6:1

[The Christian congregation in Jerusalem still consisted solely of Jews who had come to believe in Jesus as the Messiah. The largest group was Hebrew-speaking Jews, born in Jerusalem and Judea. The second group was Greek-speaking Jews who had moved there. There were also proselytes, non-Jews who had converted to Judaism as adults. One such example was Nicolas, see verse 5. As is often the case with rapid growth, practical problems arose.]
At that time, as the number of disciples (followers) grew, the Greek-speaking Jews [who had moved there from abroad] began to complain quietly about the Hebrew-speaking [native Jews]. The Greek-speaking widows were forgotten in the daily distribution of food (literally diakonia, daily assistance).
[It was common for Greek-speaking Jews around the Mediterranean to move to Jerusalem to live out their final years in the holy city. They had their own synagogues, see verse 9, and were linguistically and culturally distinct from the Hebrew-speaking Jews. Then, as now, men often died before women. The Greek-speaking widows were particularly vulnerable because they had often left their families and relatives when they moved. It is not unlikely that many of these Greek-speaking women had been saved and joined the new movement. Dorcas was one of them, see Acts 9:39.
The distribution of funds seems to have been carried out initially by the apostles, see Acts 4:35. As the text indicates, the task had been handed over to the Hebrew-speaking group, which was in the majority. It is not unlikely that Jewish customs were followed in order to help the poor with two types of assistance. Poor Jewish residents received weekly assistance called guppah. It was given every Friday and was enough for fourteen meals. There was also daily assistance called tamhuy, which was intended for other immigrants. Food and drink were delivered to those in need. It is not difficult to see how, due to language differences, some Greek-speaking widows were overlooked in the daily food distribution, probably unconsciously.]
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Ἐν   δὲ   ταῖς   ἡμέραις   ταύταις   πληθυνόντων   τῶν   μαθητῶν   ἐγένετο   γογγυσμὸς   τῶν   Ἑλληνιστῶν   πρὸς   τοὺς   Ἑβραίους,   ὅτι   παρεθεωροῦντο   ἐν   τῇ   διακονίᾳ   τῇ   καθημερινῇ   αἱ   χῆραι   αὐτῶν.  

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Strongs nr Greek English Grammar Code
G1722
 Ἐν (En)
 In
Preposition Preposition
 PREP
G1161
 δὲ (de)
 now
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G3588
 ταῖς (tais)
Definite article Definite article
dative pl. ♀ dative plural feminine
T-DPF
G2250
 ἡμέραις (emerais)
 days
Noun Noun
dative pl. ♀ dative plural feminine
N-DPF
G3778
 ταύταις (taytais)
 these,
Demonstrative pron. Demonstrative pronoun
dative pl. ♀ dative plural feminine
D-DPF
G4129
 πληθυνόντων (plethynonton)
 when are multiplying
VERB Verb
pres. active part. present active Participle
genitive pl. ♂ genitive plural masculine
V-PAP-GPM
G3588
 τῶν (ton)
 the
Definite article Definite article
gen. pl. ♂ genitive plural masculine
T-GPM
G3101
 μαθητῶν (matheton)
 disciples,
Noun Noun
gen. pl. ♂ genitive plural masculine
N-GPM
G1096
 ἐγένετο (egeneto)
 there arose
VERB Verb
2nd aorist deponent ind. second aorist middle-deponent indicative
sing. third person singular
V-2ADI-3S
G1112
 γογγυσμὸς (ongysmos)
 a grumbling
Noun Noun
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
N-NSM
G3588
 τῶν (ton)
 of the
Definite article Definite article
gen. pl. ♂ genitive plural masculine
T-GPM
G1675
 Ἑλληνιστῶν (Elleniston)
 Hellenists
Noun Noun
gen. pl. ♂ genitive plural masculine
Location (location)
 N-GPM-LG
G4314
 πρὸς (pros)
 against
Preposition Preposition
 PREP
G3588
 τοὺς (toys)
 the
Definite article Definite article
acc. pl. ♂ accusative plural masculine
T-APM
G1445
 Ἑβραίους, (Ebraioys,)
 Hebrews,
Noun Noun
acc. pl. ♂ accusative plural masculine
Person (Person)
 N-APM-PG
G3754
 ὅτι (oti)
 because
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G3865
 παρεθεωροῦντο (paretheoroynto)
 were being overlooked
VERB Verb
imp. pass. ind. imperfect passive indicative
pl. third person plural
V-IPI-3P
G1722
 ἐν (en)
 in
Preposition Preposition
 PREP
G3588
 τῇ (te)
 the
Definite article Definite article
dative sing. ♀ dative singular feminine
T-DSF
G1248
 διακονίᾳ (diakonia)
 distribution
Noun Noun
dative sing. ♀ dative singular feminine
N-DSF
G3588
 τῇ (te)
Definite article Definite article
dative sing. ♀ dative singular feminine
T-DSF
G2522
 καθημερινῇ (kathemerine)
 daily
Adjective Adjective
dative sing. ♀ dative singular feminine
A-DSF
G3588
 αἱ (ai)
 the
Definite article Definite article
nom. pl. ♀ Nominative plural feminine
T-NPF
G5503
 χῆραι (cherai)
 widows
Adjective Adjective
nom. pl. ♀ Nominative plural feminine
A-NPF
G0846
 αὐτῶν. (ayton.)
 of them.
Personal Pron. Personal Pronoun
gen. pl. ♂ genitive plural masculine
P-GPM

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