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AndδὲI wasἤμηνunknownἀγνοούμενοςby sightτῷ προσώπῳto the assembliesταῖς ἐκκλησίαιςof Judeaτῆς Ἰουδαίαςthat areταῖςinἐνthe Messiah;Χριστῷ
Galatians 1:22
Study it in the app“And I was unknown by sight to the assemblies of Judea that are in the Messiah;”
With the Greek beneath
Galatians 1:22, word by word
- I wasἤμηνēmēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēmēn” appears- unknownἀγνοούμενοςagnooumenos
be unknown
Not to be known by others, to pass unrecognized.
Where else “agnooumenos” appears- by sightπροσώπῳprosōpōi
face
The front of the head, where the eyes and the expression are seen.
Where else “prosōpōi” appears- to the assembliesἐκκλησίαιςekklēsiais
church
Those who believe in Jesus, gathered as his people.
Where else “ekklēsiais” appears- of JudeaἸουδαίαςIoudaias
Judea
See it on the mapWhere else “Ioudaias” appears- the MessiahΧριστῷChristōi
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christōi” appears
Places in this verse
Judea
Today: southern Israel and West Bank, Judean hills
The southern region of Israel, including Jerusalem; in Jesus' time it was a Roman province.
Jesus was born there, and John the Immerser preached there (Matt 2:1; 3:1). Jesus told his disciples to be witnesses in Judea (Acts 1:8).
The context
21Then I went into the regions of Syria and of Cilicia.
22 · This verse (above)
23they were only hearing, “The one who once persecuted us now proclaims as good news the faith that he once ravaged.”