Acts 20:34

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Αὐτοὶ δὲ γινώσκετε, ὅτι ταῖς χρείαις μου, καὶ τοῖς οὖσιν μετʼ ἐμοῦ ὑπηρέτησαν αἱ χεῖρες αὗται.

Transliteration

Yourselves de ginōskete, that for-the chreiais of-me, and for-those ousin with me hypēretēsan the cheires these.

Grammar Details

*de*: postpositive particle - and/but/now
*ginōskete*: present indicative, active, 2nd person plural - you know
*chreiais*: dative, feminine, plural - to needs
*ousin*: present participle, active, dative, masculine, plural - being
*hypēretēsan*: aorist indicative, active, 3rd person plural - they served
*cheires*: nominative, feminine, plural - hands

Word Meanings

*ginōskete*: you know/understand
*chreiais*: needs/necessities/requirements
*ousin*: being/those who were
*hypēretēsan*: they served/ministered to/provided for
*cheires*: hands/labor

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Acts 18:3 : 3 and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought, for by their trade they were tentmakers.
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.
1 Cor 4:12 : 12 and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
1 Thess 2:9 : 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: {G1063} working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
2 Thess 3:8-9 : 8 neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you: 9 not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

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