Acts 7:44

Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
Acts 7:44
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Original language (Greek)

Ἡ σκηνὴ τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἦν τοῖς πατράσιν ἡμῶν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καθὼς διετάξατο ὁ λαλῶν τῷ Μωϋσῇ ποιῆσαι αὐτὴν κατὰ τὸν τύπον ὃν ἑωράκει·

  1. ἩHē“The”
    Article, nominative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  2. σκηνὴskēnē“tabernacle”
    Noun, nominative, singular, feminine · from σκηνή · “tent” · Strong's G4633
  3. τοῦtou“of the”
    Article, genitive, singular, neuter · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  4. μαρτυρίουmarturiou“testimony”
    Noun, genitive, singular, neuter · from μαρτύριον · “testimony” · Strong's G3142
  5. ἦνēn“was”
    Verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
  6. τοῖςtois“the”
    Article, dative, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  7. πατράσινpatrasin“fathers”
    Noun, dative, plural, masculine · from πατήρ · “father” · Strong's G3962
  8. ἡμῶνhēmōn“of us”
    Personal pronoun, 1st person, genitive, plural · from ἐγώ · “I/we” · Strong's G3165
  9. ἐνen“in”
    Preposition · “in/on/among” · Strong's G1722
  10. τῇtēa“the”
    Article, dative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  11. ἐρήμῳ,erēmō“wilderness,”
    Adjective, dative, singular, feminine · from ἔρημος · “deserted” · Strong's G2048
  12. καθὼςkathōs“even as”
    Conjunction · from καθώς · “as/just as” · Strong's G2531
  13. διετάξατοdietaxato“had commanded”
    Verb, aorist, middle, indicative, 3rd person singular · from διατάσσω · “to direct” · Strong's G1299
  14. ὁho“the [One]”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  15. λαλῶνlalōn“speaking”
    Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from λαλέω · “to speak” · Strong's G2980
  16. τῷtō“<the>”
    Article, dative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  17. ΜωϋσῇMōusēa“to Moses”
    Noun, dative, singular, masculine · from Μωϋσῆς, Μωσῆς · “Moses” · Strong's G3475
  18. ποιῆσαιpoiēsai“to make”
    Verb, aorist, active, infinitive · from ποιέω · “to do/make” · Strong's G4160G
  19. αὐτὴνautēn“it”
    Personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  20. κατὰkata“according to”
    Preposition · from κατά · “according to” · Strong's G2596
  21. τὸνton“the”
    Article, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  22. τύπονtupon“pattern”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from τύπος · “mark/example” · Strong's G5179
  23. ὃνhon“that”
    Relative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὅς, ἥ · “which” · Strong's G3739
  24. ἑωράκει·he'ōrakei“he had seen;”
    Verb, pluperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ὁράω · “to see” · Strong's G3708
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)