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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Acts 16:21 - Being
Acts 16:21 - And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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And | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
teach | G2605 | καταγγέλλω |
[Verb] to proclaim promulgate |
customs | G1485 | ἔθος |
[Noun Neuter] a usage (prescribed by habit or law) |
which | G3739 | ὅς |
the relative (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun who: which what that |
are not lawful | G1832 | ἔξεστι |
[Verb] so also ἐξόν exon; neuter present participle of the same (with or without some form of G1510 expressed); impersonally it is right (through the figurative idea of being out in public) |
for us | G2254 | ἡμῖν |
to (or for with: by) us |
to receive | G3858 | παραδέχομαι |
[Verb] to accept near that is admit or (by implication) delight in |
neither | G3761 | οὐδέ |
[Conjunction] not however that is neither: nor not even |
to observe | G4160 | ποιέω |
[Verb] to make or do (in a very wide application more or less direct) |
being | G5607 | ὤν |
[Verb] being |
Romans | G4514 | Ῥωμαῖος |
[Adjective] Romaean that is Roman (as noun) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.