Acts 7:57

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Κράξαντες δὲ φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, συνέσχον τὰ ὦτα αὐτῶν, καὶ ὥρμησαν ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐπʼ αὐτόν,

Transliteration

Having-kraxantes de with-phōnē megalē, they-syneschon the ōta of-them, and hōrmēsan homothymadon upon him,

Grammar Details

*kraxantes*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having cried out
*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
*phōnē*: dative, feminine, singular - voice/sound
*megalē*: dative, feminine, singular - loud/great
*syneschon*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - stopped up/covered
*ōta*: accusative, neuter, plural - ears
*hōrmēsan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - rushed
*homothymadon*: adverb - with one accord/unitedly

Word Meanings

*kraxantes*: having cried out/shouted/screamed
*phōnē*: voice/sound/cry
*megalē*: loud/great/strong
*syneschon*: stopped up/covered/held together
*hōrmēsan*: rushed/charged/made a rush
*homothymadon*: with one accord/unitedly/together

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 58:4 : 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [They are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,
Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.
Zech 7:11 : 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
Acts 7:54 : 54 Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
Acts 21:27-31 : 27 And when the seven days were almost completed, the Jews {G3588} from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him, 28 crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man that teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place. 29 For they had before seen with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple. 30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together; and they laid hold on Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and straightway the doors were shut. 31 And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
Acts 23:27 : 27 This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be slain of them, when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

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