Acts 7:6
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.”
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.
πάροικος
a sojourner
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πάροικος
Alien, stranger, temporary resident. Paroikos. You are no longer strangers and aliens but fellow citizens with the saints. Belonging to God is the ultimate citizenship.
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γῆ
a land
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γῆ
Earth, land, soil, ground. Ge. The earth is the LORD's and everything in it. Creation belongs to its Creator. We are stewards not owners of what God has made.
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σπέρμα
seed
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σπέρμα
something sown, i.e. seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting)
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λαλέω
Spoke
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λαλέω
To speak, to talk, to utter. He spoke and it was done. The word of God is not silent. It is always speaking.
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κακόω
they will mistreat it
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κακόω
to injure; figuratively, to exasperate
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δουλόω
they will enslave
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δουλόω
to enslave (literally or figuratively)
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εἰμί
will be
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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τετρακόσιοι
four hundred.
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τετρακόσιοι
four hundred
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