Acts 1:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And it became known to all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch that in their {G2398} language that field was called Akeldama, that is, The field of blood.)

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ γνωστὸν ἐγένετο πᾶσιν τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν Ἰερουσαλήμ· ὥστε κληθῆναι τὸ χωρίον ἐκεῖνο τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ αὐτῶν, Ἁκελδαμά, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν, Χωρίον αἵματος.

Transliteration

And gnōston egeneto to all those katoikousin Ierousalēm; so as to klēthēnai the chōrion that in the idia dialektō of them, Hakeldama, this estin, Chōrion haimatos.

Grammar Details

*gnōston*: nominative, neuter, singular - known
*egeneto*: aorist, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular - became
*katoikousin*: present, active, participle, dative, masculine, plural - dwelling
*Ierousalēm*: accusative, feminine, singular - Jerusalem (indeclinable)
*klēthēnai*: aorist, passive, infinitive - to be called
*chōrion*: accusative, neuter, singular - field
*idia*: dative, feminine, singular - own
*dialektō*: dative, feminine, singular - language/dialect
*Hakeldama*: nominative, neuter, singular - Akeldama (transliteration from Aramaic)
*estin*: present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular - is
*Chōrion*: nominative, neuter, singular - Field
*haimatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - of blood

Word Meanings

*gnōston*: known/familiar
*egeneto*: became/came to be/happened
*katoikousin*: dwelling/inhabiting/residing
*klēthēnai*: to be called/named
*idia dialektō*: own language/native tongue
*Hakeldama*: Akeldama (Aramaic: field of blood)
*haimatos*: of blood/bloodshed

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 2:16 : 16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and [thrust] his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
Matt 28:15 : 15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying was spread abroad among the Jews, [and continueth] until this day.
Acts 2:22 : 22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God unto you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, even as ye yourselves know;
Acts 21:40 : 40 And when he had given him leave, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with the hand unto the people; and when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, saying,

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