ACTS 2:8

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?”

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Acts 2:8 Translation & Meaning

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And καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words And
how πῶς An interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much! how
hear ἀκούομεν To hear (in various senses) hear
we ἡμεῖς We (only used when emphatic) we
every man ἕκαστος Each or every every man
in ἐν "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc in
our ἡμῶν Of (or from) us our
own ἰδίᾳ Pertaining to self, i.e., one's own; by implication, private or separate own
tongue, διαλέκτῳ A (mode of) discourse, i.e., "dialect" tongue
wherein The relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that wherein
we were born? ἐγεννήθημεν To procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate born

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  • 6  Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

  • 7  And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

  • 8  And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

  • 9  Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

  • 10  Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,




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