Acts 8:9

The greek text ^BETA

Nestle-Aland and Textus Receptus

Manuscript comments

The greek text has 21 words. There is no difference between NA and TR in this verse.

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Ἀνὴρ
A man δέ
now τις
certain, ὀνόματι
named Σίμων
Simon, προϋπῆρχεν
was formerly ἐν
in τῇ
the πόλει
city μαγεύων
practicing sorcery καὶ
and ἐξιστάνων
amazing τὸ
the ἔθνος
people τῆς
Σαμαρείας
of Samaria, λέγων
declaring εἶναί
to be τινα
someone ἑαυτὸν
himself μέγαν·
great,

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Below is an interlinear version in table form that follows the word order of the original text. Clicking on the Strongs number will show the words in their basic form (note that sometimes the grammar causes not only the endings to change, but also the initial letters of the word).

Strongs nr	Greek	English	Grammar	Code
G0435	Ἀνὴρ (Aner)	A man	Noun Noun nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine	N-NSM
G1161	δέ (de)	now	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G5100	τις (tis)	certain,	Indef. pron. Indefinite pronoun nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine	X-NSM
G3686	ὀνόματι (onomati)	named	Noun Noun dative sing. neut. dative singular Neutral	N-DSN
G4613	Σίμων (Simon)	Simon,	Noun Noun nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine Person (Person)	N-NSM-P
G4391	προϋπῆρχεν (proyperchen)	was formerly	VERB Verb imp. active ind. imperfect active indicative sing. third person singular	V-IAI-3S
G1722	ἐν (en)	in	Preposition Preposition	PREP
G3588	τῇ (te)	the	Definite article Definite article dative sing. ♀ dative singular feminine	T-DSF
G4172	πόλει (polei)	city	Noun Noun dative sing. ♀ dative singular feminine	N-DSF
G3096	μαγεύων (mageyon)	practicing sorcery	VERB Verb pres. active part. present active Participle nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine	V-PAP-NSM
G2532	καὶ (kai)	and	Conj. Conjunktion	CONJ
G1839	ἐξιστάνων (existanon)	amazing	VERB Verb pres. active part. present active Participle nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine	V-PAP-NSM
G3588	τὸ (to)	the	Definite article Definite article acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral	T-ASN
G1484	ἔθνος (ethnos)	people	Noun Noun acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral	N-ASN
G3588	τῆς (tes)		Definite article Definite article gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine	T-GSF
G4540	Σαμαρείας (Samareias)	of Samaria,	Noun Noun gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine Location (location)	N-GSF-L
G3004	λέγων (legon)	declaring	VERB Verb pres. active part. present active Participle nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine	V-PAP-NSM
G1510	εἶναί (einai)	to be	VERB Verb pres. active inf. present active infinitive	V-PAN
G5100	τινα (tina)	someone	Indef. pron. Indefinite pronoun acc. sing. ♂ accusative singular masculine	X-ASM
G1438	ἑαυτὸν (eayton)	himself	Reflexive pron. Reflexive pronoun acc. sing. ♂ third person accusative singular masculine	F-3ASM
G3173	μέγαν· (megan.)	great,	Adjective Adjective acc. sing. ♂ accusative singular masculine	A-ASM

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