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Thenδὲa famineλιμὸςcameἦλθενoverἐφ’allὅληνEgyptτὴν ΑἴγυπτονandκαὶCanaan,Χανάανandκαὶgreatμεγάληaffliction,θλῖψιςandκαὶourοἱ ἡμῶνfathersπατέρεςwere notοὐχfindingηὕρισκονfood.χορτάσματα
Acts 7:11
Study it in the app“Then a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers were not finding food.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 7:11, word by word
- a famineλιμὸςlimos
famine
A time without food in a region.
Where else “limos” appears- cameἦλθενēlthen
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “ēlthen” appears- allὅληνholēn
whole, all
Whole, entire, all.
Where else “holēn” appears- EgyptΑἴγυπτονAigypton
Egypt
See it on the mapWhere else “Aigypton” appears- CanaanΧανάανChanaan
Canaan
Canaan, the land God promised to Abraham.
Where else “Chanaan” appears- greatμεγάληmegalē
intense
Of great force or intensity, like an enormous joy or fear.
Where else “megalē” appears- afflictionθλῖψιςthlipsis
trouble, affliction
Affliction, distress, pressure.
Where else “thlipsis” appears- fathersπατέρεςpateres
forefather
An ancestor: Abraham as the founder of the family.
Where else “pateres” appears- findingηὕρισκονhēuriskon
find
To come upon something or someone, after searching or by surprise.
Where else “hēuriskon” appears- foodχορτάσματαchortasmata
food
Food, provisions for people and animals.
Where else “chortasmata” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
10and rescued him from all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him governor over Egypt and all his household.
11 · This verse (above)
12But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
To study Acts 7 in a group
1. What it says
At the end of his speech, what does Stephen see, and what does he pray while they stone him? (vv. 55-60)
2. What it means
Stephen recounts Israel's story from Abraham. What point does he seem to be making with that survey? (vv. 2-53)
3. How I live it
Stephen asked that this sin not be held against those who harmed him (v. 60). How do you respond when someone wrongs you?