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AtἐνthisᾧtimeκαιρῷMosesΜωϋσῆςwas born,ἐγεννήθηandκαὶhe wasἦνbeautifulἀστεῖοςto God.τῷ θεῷHeὃςwas brought upἀνετράφηthreeτρεῖςmonthsμῆναςinἐνhis father’sτοῦ πατρόςhouse.τῷ οἴκῳ
Acts 7:20
Study it in the app“At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful to God. He was brought up three months in his father’s house.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 7:20, word by word
- timeκαιρῷkairōi
right time
The right moment for something.
Where else “kairōi” appears- MosesΜωϋσῆςMōysēs
Moses
Moses, who led Israel out of Egypt and received God's law.
Where else “Mōysēs” appears- was bornἐγεννήθηegennēthē
be born
To give birth, or come into the world.
Where else “egennēthē” appears- he wasἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- beautifulἀστεῖοςasteios
beautiful, fine
Beautiful, fine, well-favored.
Where else “asteios” appears- to Godθεῷtheōi
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theōi” appears- was brought upἀνετράφηanetraphē
bring up, raise
Bring up, raise a child; nurture, educate.
Where else “anetraphē” appears- threeτρεῖςtreis
three
Three.
Where else “treis” appears- monthsμῆναςmēnas
month
A period of about thirty days, one of the twelve parts of the year.
Where else “mēnas” appears- his father’sπατρόςpatros
parents
A family's father; sometimes father and mother.
Where else “patros” appears- houseοἴκῳoikōi
house
The place where one lives; also the temple, God's dwelling.
Where else “oikōi” appears
The context
19He dealt craftily with our people and mistreated our fathers, making them abandon their infants so that they would not survive.
20 · This verse (above)
21And when he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and brought him up as her own son.
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?