Acts 21:37

As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
Acts 21:37
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

μέλλων τε εἰσάγεσθαι εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν ὁ Παῦλος λέγει τῷ χιλιάρχῳ· εἰ ἔξεστίν μοι εἰπεῖν τι πρὸς σέ; ὁ δὲ ἔφη· ἑλληνιστὶ γινώσκεις;

  1. μέλλωνmellōn“Being about”
    Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from μέλλω · “to ensue” · Strong's G3195
  2. τεte“then”
    Conjunction · “and/both” · Strong's G5037
  3. εἰσάγεσθαιeisagesthai“to be brought”
    Verb, present, passive, infinitive · from εἰσάγω · “to bring in” · Strong's G1521
  4. εἰςeis“into”
    Preposition · “toward” · Strong's G1519
  5. τὴνtēn“the”
    Article, accusative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  6. παρεμβολὴνparembolēn“barracks”
    Noun, accusative, singular, feminine · from παρεμβολή · “barracks” · Strong's G3925
  7. ὁho“<the>”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  8. ΠαῦλοςPaulos“Paul”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · “Paul” · Strong's G3972G
  9. λέγειlegei“says”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from λέγω · “to speak” · Strong's G3004G
  10. τῷtō“to the”
    Article, dative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  11. χιλιάρχῳ·chiliarchō“commander;”
    Noun, dative, singular, masculine · from χιλίαρχος · “military officer” · Strong's G5506
  12. εἰei“If”
    Conditional · “if” · Strong's G1487I
  13. ἔξεστίνexestin“is it permitted”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ἔξεστι, ἐξόν · “it is permitted” · Strong's G1832
  14. μοιmoi“to me”
    Personal pronoun, 1st person, dative, singular · from ἐγώ · “I/we” · Strong's G3165
  15. εἰπεῖνeipein“to say”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, active, infinitive · from ἔπω, ἐρῶ, εἶπον · “to say” · Strong's G2036
  16. τιti“something”
    Indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter · from τις · “one” · Strong's G5100
  17. πρὸςpros“to”
    Preposition · from πρός · “to/with” · Strong's G4314
  18. σέ;se“you?”
    Personal pronoun, 2nd person, accusative, singular · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
  19. ὁho“<the>”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  20. δὲde“Then”
    Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
  21. ἔφη·ephē“he was saying;”
    Verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from φημί · “to say” · Strong's G5346
  22. ἑλληνιστὶhellēnisti“Greek”
    Adverb · from Ἑλληνιστί · “in Greek” · Strong's G1676
  23. γινώσκεις;ginōskeis“do you know?”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 2nd person singular · from γινώσκω · “to know” · Strong's G1097
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)