Acts 16:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a {G5100} {G1135} Jewess that believed; but his father was a Greek.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Κατήντησεν δὲ εἰς Δέρβην καὶ Λύστραν: καὶ, ἰδού, μαθητής τις ἦν ἐκεῖ, ὀνόματι Τιμόθεος, υἱὸς γυναικός, τινος Ἰουδαίας, πιστῆς· πατρὸς δὲ Ἕλληνος:

Transliteration

Katēntēsen de to Derbēn and Lystran: and, idou, mathētēs tis was ekei, by name Timotheos, huios of woman, a certain Ioudaias, pistēs; of father de Hellēnos:

Grammar Details

• *Katēntēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - arrived/came
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but
• *Derbēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - [to] Derbe
• *Lystran*: accusative, feminine, singular - [to] Lystra
• *idou*: imperative used as interjection - behold/look
• *mathētēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - disciple
• *tis*: indefinite pronoun - certain/some
• *ekei*: adverb - there
• *Timotheos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Timothy
• *huios*: nominative, masculine, singular - son
• *Ioudaias*: genitive, feminine, singular - Jewish
• *pistēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - believing/faithful
• *Hellēnos*: genitive, masculine, singular - Greek

Word Meanings

• *Katēntēsen*: arrived/came to/reached
• *Ioudaias*: Jewish/Jewess
• *pistēs*: believing/faithful/trusting
• *Hellēnos*: Greek/Gentile

Referenced Verses

• Acts 14:6 : 6 they became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:
• Acts 17:14 : 14 And then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul to go as far as to the sea: and {G5037} Silas and Timothy abode there still.
• Acts 18:5 : 5 But when {G5037} Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was constrained by the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
• Acts 19:22 : 22 And having sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
• Rom 16:21 : 21 Timothy my fellow-worker saluteth you; and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.
• 1 Cor 4:17 : 17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every church.
• 1 Thess 3:2 : 2 and sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort [you] concerning your faith;
• 1 Tim 1:2 : 2 unto Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 2 Tim 1:2 : 2 to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 2 Tim 1:5 : 5 having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, {G3754} in thee also.
• 2 Thess 1:1 : 1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ;
• Phil 2:19 : 19 But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
• Col 1:1 : 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
• 1 Thess 1:1 : 1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
• Phil 1:1 : 1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus that are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
• 1 Tim 1:18 : 18 This charge I commit unto you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to you, that by them you may war the good warfare;
• Heb 13:23 : 23 Know ye that our brother Timothy hath been set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
• 2 Tim 3:11 : 11 persecutions, sufferings. What things befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me.
• 2 Tim 3:15-16 : 15 And that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 Every scripture inspired of God [is] also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness.
• 1 Thess 3:6 : 6 But when Timothy came even now unto us from you, and brought us glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, even as we also [to see] you;
• 1 Cor 7:14 : 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else {G1893} were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
• 2 Cor 1:1 : 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints that are in the whole of Achaia:
• 2 Cor 1:19 : 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, [even] by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yea and nay, but in him is yea.
• Acts 20:4-5 : 4 And there accompanied him as far as Asia, Sopater of Beroea, [the son] of Pyrrhus; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. 5 But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.
• Acts 14:21 : 21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch,
• Ezra 9:2 : 2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the peoples of the lands: Yes, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.
• Acts 14:1 : 1 And it came to pass in Iconium that they entered {G846} together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.