Acts 18:13

“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.
Acts 18:13
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Original language (Greek)

λέγοντες ὅτι παρὰ τὸν νόμον ἀναπείθει οὗτος τοὺς ἀνθρώπους σέβεσθαι τὸν θεόν.

  1. λέγοντεςlegontes“saying”
    Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from λέγω · “to speak” · Strong's G3004G
  2. ὅτιhoti“that”
    Conjunction · “that/since” · Strong's G3754G
  3. παρὰpara“Contrary to”
    Preposition · from παρά · “from with” · Strong's G3844
  4. τὸνton“the”
    Article, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  5. νόμονnomon“law”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from νόμος · “law” · Strong's G3551
  6. ἀναπείθειanapeithei“persuades”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ἀναπείθω · “to persuade” · Strong's G0374
  7. οὗτοςhoutos“this [man]”
    Demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · “this/he/she/it” · Strong's G3778
  8. τοὺςtous“<the>”
    Article, accusative, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  9. ἀνθρώπουςanthrōpous“men”
    Noun, accusative, plural, masculine · from ἄνθρωπος · “a human” · Strong's G0444
  10. σέβεσθαιsebesthai“to worship”
    Verb, present, middle or passive (deponent), infinitive · from σέβομαι · “be devout” · Strong's G4576
  11. τὸνton“<the>”
    Article, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  12. θεόν.theon“God.”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from θεός · “God” · Strong's G2316
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)