Study it in the app“And he did not give him an inheritance in it, not even a foothold; and he promised to give it to him as a possession and to his offspring after him, when he had no child.”
Andκαὶhe did notοὐκgiveἔδωκενhimαὐτῷan inheritanceκληρονομίανinἐνit,αὐτῇnot evenοὐδὲa foothold;βῆμα ποδόςandκαὶhe promisedἐπηγγείλατοto giveδοῦναιitαὐτὴνto himαὐτῷasεἰςa possessionκατάσχεσινandκαὶto hisτῷ αὐτοῦoffspringσπέρματιafterμετ’him,αὐτόνwhen heαὐτῷhadὄντοςnoοὐκchild.τέκνου
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “edōken” appearsinheritance
Inheritance.
Where else “klēronomian” appearsfoothold
What a foot covers when it steps: the smallest piece of ground.
Where else “bēma” appearsfoot
Foot.
Where else “podos” appearspromise
To pledge something, as God did to Abraham.
Where else “epēngeilato” appearspossession
Possession: land held as one's own.
Where else “kataschesin” appearsoffspring
Someone's children and descendants.
Where else “spermati” appearsthere is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “ontos” appearschild
Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.
Where else “teknou” appears4Then going out from the land of the Chaldeans, he lived in Haran. And from there, after his father died, God moved him to this land in which you now live.
5 · This verse (above)
6And God spoke thus: that his offspring would be foreigners in a land belonging to others, and they would enslave them and mistreat them four hundred years.
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?
