Acts 4:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες, ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἦραν φωνὴν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, καὶ εἶπον, Δέσποτα, σὺ ὁ Θεὸς, ὁ ποιήσας τὸν οὐρανὸν, καὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς:

Transliteration

They de akousantes, homothymadon ēran phōnēn pros the Theon, and eipon, Despota, you the Theos, the poiēsas the ouranon, and the gēn, and the thalassan, and all the [things] in them:

Grammar Details

*de*: postpositive particle - but/and/now
*akousantes*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having heard
*homothymadon*: adverb - with one accord/with one mind
*ēran*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - lifted up/raised
*phōnēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - voice
*pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
*Theon*: accusative, masculine, singular - God
*eipon*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - said/told
*Despota*: vocative, masculine, singular - Master/Lord
*Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
*poiēsas*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having made
*ouranon*: accusative, masculine, singular - heaven
*gēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - earth/land
*thalassan*: accusative, feminine, singular - sea

Word Meanings

*akousantes*: having heard/listened
*homothymadon*: with one accord/unanimously/with one mind
*ēran*: lifted up/raised
*phōnēn*: voice/sound/utterance
*Despota*: Master/Sovereign Lord/Ruler
*poiēsas*: having made/created
*ouranon*: heaven/sky
*gēn*: earth/land/ground
*thalassan*: sea/ocean

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Referenced Verses

Neh 9:6 : 6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Ps 55:16-18 : 16 As for me, I will call{H8799)} upon God; and the LORD shall save{H8686)} me. 17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray{H8799)}, and cry aloud{H8799)}: and he shall hear{H8799)} my voice. 18 He hath delivered{H8804)} my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
Ps 62:5-8 : 5 My soul, wait{H8798)} thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. 6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved{H8735)}. 7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. 8 Trust{H8798)} in him at all times; ye people, pour out{H8798)} your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Ps 69:29-30 : 29 But I am poor and sorrowful{H8802)}: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high{H8762)}. 30 I will praise{H8762)} the name of God with a song, and will magnify{H8762)} him with thanksgiving.
Ps 109:29-31 : 29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. 30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
Ps 146:5-6 : 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: 6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
Isa 51:12 : 12 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
Jer 10:10-12 : 10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. 11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
Jer 20:13 : 13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
Jer 32:17 : 17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
Luke 6:11-12 : 11 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus. 12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Acts 16:25 : 25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: 10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; 11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.
1 Thess 5:16-18 : 16 Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
2 Tim 4:17-18 : 17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. 18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Exod 20:11 : 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
2 Kgs 19:15 : 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
2 Kgs 19:19 : 19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.

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