Acts 7:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

till {G3757} there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἄχρι οὗ ἀνέστη βασιλεὺς ἕτερος, ὃς οὐκ ᾔδει τὸν Ἰωσήφ.

Transliteration

Achri hou anestē basileus heteros, hos ouk ēdei ton Iōsēph.

Grammar Details

*Achri hou*: preposition + genitive relative pronoun - until which/until
*anestē*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - arose
*basileus*: nominative masculine singular - king
*heteros*: nominative masculine singular adjective - another/different
*hos*: nominative masculine singular relative pronoun - who
*ouk*: negative particle - not
*ēdei*: pluperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - knew/had known
*ton Iōsēph*: accusative masculine singular - Joseph

Word Meanings

*Achri hou*: until/up to the time when
*anestē*: arose/rose up/came to power
*basileus heteros*: another king/different king/new king
*ēdei*: knew/had known/was acquainted with

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Exod 1:8 : 8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

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6And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
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8Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
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17But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
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11Now there came a famine over all {G1093} Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
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23And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
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