Acts 5:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μᾶλλον δὲ προσετίθεντο πιστεύοντες τῷ Κυρίῳ, πλήθη ἀνδρῶν τε καὶ γυναικῶν.)

Transliteration

Mallon de prosetitheṇto pisteuontes to the Kyriō, plēthē of andrōn te and of gynaikōn.)

Grammar Details

*Mallon*: adverb, comparative - more/rather
*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
*prosetitheṇto*: imperfect, passive, indicative, 3rd plural - were being added
*pisteuontes*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - believing
*Kyriō*: dative, masculine, singular - to the Lord
*plēthē*: nominative, neuter, plural - multitudes
*andrōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of men
*te*: conjunction - and/both
*gynaikōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - of women

Word Meanings

*Mallon*: more/increasingly/to a greater extent
*prosetitheṇto*: were added/were joining/were bringing in
*pisteuontes*: believers/those who believe
*plēthē*: multitudes/crowds/large numbers

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Referenced Verses

Acts 2:47 : 47 praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to them day by day those that were saved.
Acts 4:4 : 4 But many of them that heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
Acts 6:7 : 7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
Acts 8:3 : 3 But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and dragging men and women committed them to prison.
Acts 8:12 : 12 But when they believed Philip preaching good tidings concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Acts 9:2 : 2 and asked of him letters to Damascus unto the synagogues, that if he found any that were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Acts 9:31 : 31 So the church throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified; and, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied.
Acts 9:35 : 35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
Acts 9:42 : 42 And it became known throughout all Joppa: and many believed on the Lord.
Acts 22:4 : 4 and I persecuted this Way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
1 Cor 11:11-12 : 11 Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord. 12 For as the woman is of the man, so is the man also by the woman; but all things are of God.
Gal 3:28 : 28 There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one [man] in Christ Jesus.
Exod 35:22 : 22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, [and] brought brooches, and ear-rings, and signet-rings, and armlets, all jewels of gold; even every man that offered an offering of gold unto Jehovah.
Deut 29:11-12 : 11 your little ones, your wives, and thy sojourner that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water; 12 that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;
Deut 31:11-12 : 11 when all Israel is come to appear before Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. 12 Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy sojourner that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Jehovah your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;
2 Sam 6:19 : 19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to every one a cake of bread, and a portion [of flesh], and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed every one to his house.
Ezra 10:1 : 1 Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together unto him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very sore.
Neh 8:2 : 2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
Isa 44:3-5 : 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: 4 and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the {H4325} watercourses. 5 One shall say, I am Jehovah's; and another shall call [himself] by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto Jehovah, and surname [himself] by the name of Israel.
Isa 45:24 : 24 Only in Jehovah, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength; even to him shall men come; and all they that were incensed against him shall be put to shame.
Isa 55:11-13 : 11 so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Acts 2:41 : 41 They then that {G780} received his word were baptized: and there were added [unto them] in that day about three thousand souls.

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