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Acts 7:54

7:53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

KJV

Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.

When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

What does Acts 7:54 mean?

Acts 7:54 is a verse in the book of Acts, in the New Testament. In the original Greek, key words include δέ (de), ἀκούω (akouo), οὗτος (tauta).

Greek interlinear

Whenδέde/deh/G1161a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).

they

heardἀκούωakouo/ak-oo'-o/G191a primary verb; to hear (in various senses):--give (in the) audience (of), come (to the ears), (shall) hear(-er, -ken), be noised, be reported, understand.

these

things,οὗτοςtauta/tow'-tah/G5023nominative or accusative case neuter plural of 3778; these things:--+ afterward, follow, + hereafter, X him, the same, so, such, that, then, these, they, this, those, thus.

they

were

cutδιαπρίωdiaprio/dee-ap-ree'-o/G1282from 1223 and the base of 4249; to saw asunder, i.e. (figuratively) to exasperate:--cut (to the heart).

to

the

heart,καρδίαkardia/kar-dee'-ah/G2588prolonged from a primary kar (Latin cor, "heart"); the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle:--(+ broken-)heart(-ed).

andκαίkai/kahee/G2532apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.

they

gnashedβρύχωbrucho/broo'-kho/G1031a primary verb; to grate the teeth (in pain or rage):--gnash.

onἐπίepi/ep-ee'/G1909a primary preposition; properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.:--about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally or figuratively).

himαὐτόςautos/ow-tos'/G846from the particle au (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.

with

their

teeth.ὀδούςodous/od-ooce/G3599perhaps from the base of 2068; a "tooth":--tooth.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Acts 7:54 say?

Acts 7:54 (King James Version) reads: "When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth."

Is Acts 7:54 in the Old or New Testament?

Acts 7:54 is in the New Testament of the Bible, in the book of Acts.

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