KJV: Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
YLT: And, having asked for a light, he sprang in, and trembling he fell down before Paul and Silas,
Darby: And having asked for lights, he rushed in, and, trembling, fell down before Paul and Silas.
ASV: And he called for lights and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas,
Αἰτήσας | Having called for |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: αἰτέω Sense: to ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require. |
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δὲ | now |
Parse: Conjunction Root: δέ Sense: but, moreover, and, etc. |
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φῶτα | lights |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: φῶς Sense: light. |
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εἰσεπήδησεν | he rushed in |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: εἰσπηδάω Sense: to spring in, to rush in impetuously. |
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ἔντρομος | terrified |
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἔκτρομος Sense: trembling, terrified. |
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γενόμενος | having become |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Middle, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: γίνομαι Sense: to become, i. |
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προσέπεσεν | he fell down before |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: προσπίπτω Sense: to fall forwards, fall down, prostrate one’s self before, in homage or supplication: at one’s feet. |
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τῷ | - |
Parse: Article, Dative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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Παύλῳ | Paul |
Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Singular Root: Παῦλος Sense: Paul was the most famous of the apostles and wrote a good part of the NT, the 4 Pauline epistles. |
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‹τῷ› | - |
Parse: Article, Dative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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Σιλᾷ | Silas |
Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Singular Root: Σίλας Sense: a Roman citizen, the companion of the apostle Paul on several of his missionary journeys. |
Greek Commentary for Acts 16:29
“Becoming terrified.” The adjective εντρομος entromos (in terror) occurs in N.T. only here and Acts 7:32; Hebrews 12:21. [source]
Second aorist active indicative of προσπιπτω prospiptō old verb. An act of worship as Cornelius before Peter (Acts 10:25), when προσεκυνησεν prosekunēsen is used. [source]
Rev., more correctly, lights. Several lamps, in order to search everywhere. [source]
See on ran in, Acts 14:14. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Acts 16:29
N.T.olxx, Wisd. 6:16; Mark href="/desk/?q=mr+9:6&sr=1">Mark 9:6. Comp. lxx, Deuteronomy 9:19. Ἔντρομος , only Acts 7:32; Acts 16:29. Rare in lxx. [source]
N.T.olxx, Wisd. 6:16; Mark href="/desk/?q=mr+9:6&sr=1">Mark 9:6. Comp. lxx, Deuteronomy 9:19. Ἔντρομος , only Acts 7:32; Acts 16:29. Rare in lxx. [source]