Acts 17:29
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.”
ὑπάρχω
to begin under (quietly), i.e. come into existence (be present or at hand); expletively, to exist (as copula or subordinate to an adjective, participle, adverb or preposition, or as an auxiliary to a principal (verb)
οὖν
therefore
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οὖν
Therefore, then, accordingly. Therefore since we have been justified through faith we have peace with God. The therefore of Scripture always builds on something God has already done.
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θεός
of God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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γένος
Offspring
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γένος
Race, family, kind, nation. Genos. A chosen race a royal priesthood. Your identity in Christ overrides every other category. You belong to God's own people.
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ὅμοιος
like.
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ὅμοιος
Like, similar, resembling. The fourth person in the fire is like the Son of God. In the furnace of your trial Jesus is there with you.
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ὀφείλω
we ought
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ὀφείλω
to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty
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νομίζω
to consider
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νομίζω
properly, to do by law (usage), i.e. to accustom (passively, be usual); by extension, to deem or regard
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χάραγμα
a graven thing
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χάραγμα
a scratch or etching, i.e. stamp (as a badge of servitude), or scupltured figure (statue)
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τέχνη
of craft
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τέχνη
art (as productive), i.e. (specially), a trade, or (generally) skill
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χρυσός
to gold
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χρυσός
gold; by extension, a golden article, as an ornament or coin
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λίθος
to stone,
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λίθος
a stone (literally or figuratively)
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θεῖος
Divine Being
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θεῖος
godlike (neuter as noun, divinity)
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ἐνθύμησις
imagination
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ἐνθύμησις
deliberation
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εἶναι
to be
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εἶναι
to exist
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