Acts 7:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, [God] removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τότε ἐξελθὼν ἐκ γῆς Χαλδαίων, κατῴκησεν ἐν Χαρράν: κἀκεῖθεν, μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ, μετῴκισεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν γῆν ταύτην, εἰς ἣν ὑμεῖς νῦν κατοικεῖτε.

Transliteration

Tote exelthōn ek gēs Chaldaiōn, katōkēsen en Charran: kakeithen, meta to apothanein ton patera autou, metōkisen auton eis tēn gēn tautēn, eis hēn hymeis nyn katoikeite.

Grammar Details

*Tote*: adverb - then/at that time
*exelthōn*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having gone out
*ek*: preposition - from/out of
*gēs Chaldaiōn*: genitive feminine singular + genitive plural - land of Chaldeans
*katōkēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he settled/dwelt
*en Charran*: preposition + dative - in Haran
*kakeithen*: crasis of *kai* + *ekeithen* - and from there
*meta*: preposition - after
*to apothanein*: articular infinitive - the dying
*ton patera autou*: accusative masculine singular + genitive - his father
*metōkisen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - removed/resettled
*auton*: accusative masculine singular pronoun - him
*eis*: preposition - into/unto
*tēn gēn tautēn*: accusative feminine singular + demonstrative - this land
*eis hēn*: into which
*hymeis*: nominative plural personal pronoun - you
*nyn*: adverb - now
*katoikeite*: present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you are dwelling

Word Meanings

*exelthōn*: having gone out/departed/left
*katōkēsen*: settled/dwelt/lived
*kakeithen*: and from there/and then
*meta to apothanein*: after the dying/after the death
*metōkisen*: removed/resettled/transferred/relocated
*katoikeite*: dwell/inhabit/live

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 12:4-5 : 4 So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
Gen 11:31-32 : 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
Isa 41:2 : 2 Who hath raised up one from the east, whom he calleth in righteousness to his foot? he giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; he giveth them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow.
Isa 41:9 : 9 thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away;

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