Acts 7:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 12:4-5 : 4 So Abram departed, as the LORD 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 raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
Isa 41:9 : 9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

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