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Andδὲatἐνthisτῷ τούτῳwordλόγῳMosesΜωϋσῆςfledἔφυγενandκαὶbecameἐγένετοa foreignerπάροικοςinἐνthe landγῇof Midian,Μαδιάμwhereοὗhe fatheredἐγέννησενtwoδύοsons.υἱοὺς
Acts 7:29
Study it in the app“And at this word Moses fled and became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he fathered two sons.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 7:29, word by word
- wordλόγῳlogōi
word
What someone says or teaches.
Where else “logōi” appears- MosesΜωϋσῆςMōysēs
Moses
Moses, who led Israel out of Egypt and received God's law.
Where else “Mōysēs” appears- fledἔφυγενephygen
flee
Flee, escape.
Where else “ephygen” appears- becameἐγένετοegeneto
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “egeneto” appears- a foreignerπάροικοςparoikos
foreigner, alien
Foreigner, alien: one who lives in a land not his own.
Where else “paroikos” appears- the landγῇgēi
land
A country or a region.
Where else “gēi” appears- of MidianΜαδιάμMadiam
Midian
Midian, the land east of the Gulf of Aqaba where Moses lived as a foreigner.
Where else “Madiam” appears- whereοὗhou
where
"Where", "to where".
Where else “hou” appears- he fatheredἐγέννησενegennēsen
father
To have a son, or be his ancestor.
Where else “egennēsen” appears- twoδύοdyo
two
Two.
Where else “dyo” appears- sonsυἱοὺςhuious
son
A son.
Where else “huious” appears
The context
28You do not want to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?’
29 · This verse (above)
30And when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
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?