Acts 11:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἦν χεὶρ Κυρίου μετʼ αὐτῶν: πολύς τε ἀριθμὸς πιστεύσας, ἐπέστρεψεν ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον.

Transliteration

And was cheir Kyriou met' them: polys te arithmos pisteusas, epestrepsen epi ton Kyrion.

Grammar Details

*ēn*: imperfect active indicative 3rd person singular - was
*cheir*: nominative feminine singular - hand
*Kyriou*: genitive masculine singular - of the Lord
*meta*: preposition with genitive - with
*autōn*: genitive 3rd person plural pronoun - them
*polys*: adjective, nominative masculine singular - great/large
*te*: conjunction (enclitic) - and/also
*arithmos*: nominative masculine singular - number
*pisteusas*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having believed
*epestrepsen*: aorist active indicative 3rd person singular - turned
*epi*: preposition with accusative - to
*ton Kyrion*: accusative masculine singular with article - the Lord

Word Meanings

*cheir Kyriou*: hand of the Lord/power of the Lord
*met'*: with/among
*polys arithmos*: large number/great multitude
*pisteusas*: having believed/who believed
*epestrepsen*: turned/converted/returned

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Referenced Verses

Luke 1:66 : 66 And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
Acts 2:47 : 47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
Acts 9:35 : 35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.
Acts 11:24 : 24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
Acts 15:19 : 19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
Acts 26:18-20 : 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: 20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
1 Cor 3:6-7 : 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
1 Thess 1:5 : 5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
1 Thess 1:9-9 : 9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
Acts 4:4 : 4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
Acts 5:14 : 14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
Acts 6:7 : 7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
2 Chr 30:12 : 12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
Ezra 7:9 : 9 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
Ezra 8:18 : 18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
Neh 2:8 : 8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
Neh 2:18 : 18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
Isa 53:1 : 1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
Isa 59:1 : 1 Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

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