Acts 1:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show of these two the one whom thou hast chosen,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ προσευξάμενοι, εἶπον, Σὺ, Κύριε, καρδιογνῶστα πάντων, ἀνάδειξον ἐκ τούτων τῶν δύο ὃν ἕνα ἐξελέξω,

Transliteration

And having proseuxamenoi, they eipon, You, Kyrie, kardiognōsta pantōn, anadeixon from these the dyo which one you exelexō,

Grammar Details

*proseuxamenoi*: aorist, middle, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having prayed
*eipon*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person plural - said
*Kyrie*: vocative, masculine, singular - Lord
*kardiognōsta*: vocative, masculine, singular - knower of hearts
*pantōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of all
*anadeixon*: aorist, active, imperative, 2nd person singular - show/appoint
*dyo*: numeral - two
*exelexō*: aorist, middle, indicative, 2nd person singular - you have chosen

Word Meanings

*proseuxamenoi*: having prayed/having offered prayer
*kardiognōsta*: knower of hearts/heart-knower
*anadeixon*: show/appoint/reveal
*exelexō*: you have chosen/selected/elected

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But Jehovah said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [Jehovah seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh on the heart.
Jer 17:10 : 10 I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
Acts 15:8 : 8 And God, who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us;
Acts 6:6 : 6 whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands upon them.
Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto each one of you according to your works.
Num 27:16 : 16 Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
Acts 13:2-3 : 2 And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. 3 Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
Acts 14:23 : 23 And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
Rom 8:27 : 27 and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to [the will of] God.
Heb 4:13 : 13 And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Jer 20:12 : 12 But, O Jehovah of hosts, that triest the righteous, that seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Luke 6:12-13 : 12 And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God. 13 And when it was day, he called his disciples; and he chose from them twelve, whom also he named apostles:
John 2:24-25 : 24 But {G846} Jesus did not trust himself unto them, for that he knew all men, 25 and because he needed not that any one should bear witness concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.
John 21:17 : 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
1 Kgs 8:39 : 39 then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling - place, and forgive, and do, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto thee.
Ps 7:9 : 9 O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.
Ps 44:21 : 21 Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Prov 3:5-6 : 5 Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.
Prov 15:11 : 11 Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah: How much more then the hearts of the children of men!
Jer 11:20 : 20 But, O Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

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