Acts 20:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And there were many lights in the upper chamber where we were gathered together.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἦσαν δὲ λαμπάδες ἱκαναὶ ἐν τῷ ὑπερῴῳ, οὗ ἦσαν συνηγμένοι.

Transliteration

Ēsan de lampades hikanai in the hyperōō, where ēsan synēgmenoi.

Grammar Details

*Ēsan*: imperfect indicative, active, 3rd person plural - were
*de*: postpositive particle - and/but/now
*lampades*: nominative, feminine, plural - lamps/torches
*hikanai*: nominative, feminine, plural - many/sufficient
*hyperōō*: dative, neuter, singular - upper room
*ēsan*: imperfect indicative, active, 3rd person plural - were
*synēgmenoi*: perfect participle, passive, nominative, masculine, plural - having been gathered together

Word Meanings

*lampades*: lamps/torches/lights
*hikanai*: many/sufficient/considerable
*hyperōō*: upper room/upstairs room
*synēgmenoi*: having been gathered together/assembled

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Acts 1:13 : 13 And when they were come in, they went up into the upper chamber, where they were abiding; both Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas [the son] of James.
Luke 22:12 : 12 And he will show you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.

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