Acts 28:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐπαχύνθη γὰρ ἡ καρδία τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου, καὶ τοῖς ὠσὶν βαρέως ἤκουσαν, καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν ἐκάμμυσαν· μήποτε ἴδωσιν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς, καὶ τοῖς ὠσὶν ἀκούσωσιν, καὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ συνῶσιν, καὶ ἐπιστρέψωσιν, καὶ ἰάσωμαι αὐτούς.

Transliteration

For epaxunthē gar hē kardia tou laou toutou, and with their ōsin bareōs ēkousan, and their ophthalmous autōn ekammusan; lest they idōsin tois ophthalmois, and with their ōsin akousōsin, and with the kardia sunōsin, and they epistrepsōsin, and I iasōmai autous.'

Grammar Details

*Epaxunthē*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - has been made thick/dulled
*gar*: postpositive conjunction - for
*hē kardia*: nominative feminine singular - the heart
*tou laou toutou*: genitive masculine singular - of this people
*tois ōsin*: dative neuter plural - with the ears
*bareōs*: adverb - heavily/with difficulty
*ēkousan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they heard
*tous ophthalmous autōn*: accusative masculine plural - their eyes
*ekammusan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they closed
*mēpote*: conjunction - lest
*idōsin*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might see
*tois ophthalmois*: dative masculine plural - with the eyes
*akousōsin*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might hear
*tē kardia*: dative feminine singular - with the heart
*sunōsin*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might understand
*epistrepsōsin*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might turn back
*iasōmai*: aorist middle subjunctive, 1st person singular - I might heal
*autous*: accusative masculine plural - them

Word Meanings

*Epaxunthē*: has been made thick/dulled/hardened/calloused
*kardia*: heart/mind/inner being
*laou*: people/nation
*ōsin*: ears
*bareōs*: heavily/with difficulty/reluctantly
*ēkousan*: they heard/listened
*ophthalmous*: eyes
*ekammusan*: they closed/shut
*idōsin*: they might see/perceive
*akousōsin*: they might hear/listen
*sunōsin*: they might understand/comprehend
*epistrepsōsin*: they might turn back/return/convert
*iasōmai*: I might heal/cure/restore

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

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