Acts 7:33

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the Lord said unto him, Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon {G3739} thou standest is holy ground.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Κύριος, Λῦσον τὸ ὑπόδημα τῶν ποδῶν σου: ὁ γὰρ τόπος ἐν ᾧ ἕστηκας γῆ ἁγία ἐστίν.

Transliteration

Eipen de to him the Kyrios, Lyson the hypodēma of the podōn of you: the gar topos en hō hestēkas gē hagia estin.

Grammar Details

*Eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said
*de*: postpositive particle - and/but/now
*Kyrios*: nominative masculine singular - Lord
*Lyson*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - loose/remove
*hypodēma*: accusative neuter singular - sandal/footwear
*podōn*: genitive masculine plural - feet
*gar*: postpositive conjunction - for
*topos*: nominative masculine singular - place
*en*: preposition + dative - in
*hō*: relative pronoun, dative masculine singular - which
*hestēkas*: perfect active indicative, 2nd person singular - you stand/have stood
*gē*: nominative feminine singular - land/ground
*hagia*: nominative feminine singular - holy
*estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is

Word Meanings

*Eipen*: said/spoke/told
*Lyson*: loose/remove/untie
*hypodēma*: sandal/footwear/shoe
*topos*: place/location/spot
*hestēkas*: you stand/have stood/are standing
*gē*: land/ground/earth
*hagia*: holy/sacred/set apart

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 3:5 : 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
Josh 5:15 : 15 And the prince of Jehovah's host said unto Joshua, Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
Eccl 5:1 : 1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.
2 Pet 1:18 : 18 and this voice we [ourselves] heard borne out of heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.

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