Acts 2:8
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©GreekStrong'sOrigin
"And howπῶς
(pōs)
4459: how?interrog. adverb from the same as posos
is it that we eachἕκαστος
(ekastos)
1538: each, everya prim. word
hearἀκούομεν
(akouomen)
191: to hear, listenfrom a prim. word mean. hearing
[them] in our ownἰδίᾳ
(idia)
2398: one's own, distincta prim. word
languageδιαλέκτῳ
(dialektō)
1258: speech, languagefrom dialegomai
to which
(ē)
3739: usually rel. who, which, that, also demonstrative this, thata prim. pronoun
we were born?ἐγεννήθημεν
(egennēthēmen)
1080: to beget, to bring forthfrom genna (descent, birth)


















KJV Lexicon
και  conjunction
kai  kahee:  and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
πως  adverb - interrogative
pos  poce:  an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much! -- how, after (by) what manner (means), that. (Occasionally unexpressed in English).
ημεις  personal pronoun - first person nominative plural
hemeis  hay-mice':  we (only used when emphatic) -- us, we (ourselves).
ακουομεν  verb - present active indicative - first person
akouo  ak-oo'-o:  to hear (in various senses) -- give (in the) audience (of), come (to the ears), (shall) hear(-er, -ken), be noised, be reported, understand.
εκαστος  adjective - nominative singular masculine
hekastos  hek'-as-tos:  each or every -- any, both, each (one), every (man, one, woman), particularly.
τη  definite article - dative singular feminine
ho  ho:  the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
ιδια  adjective - dative singular feminine
idios  id'-ee-os:  pertaining to self, i.e. one's own; by implication, private or separate
διαλεκτω  noun - dative singular feminine
dialektos  dee-al'-ek-tos:  a (mode of) discourse, i.e. dialect -- language, tongue.
ημων  personal pronoun - first person genitive plural
hemon  hay-mone':  of (or from) us -- our (company), us, we.
εν  preposition
en  en:  in, at, (up-)on, by, etc.
η  relative pronoun - dative singular feminine
hos  hos:  the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that -- one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc.
εγεννηθημεν  verb - aorist passive indicative - first person
gennao  ghen-nah'-o:  to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?

King James Bible
And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
How is it that each of us can hear in our own native language?

International Standard Version
So how is it that each one of us hears them speaking in his own native language:

NET Bible
And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“How are we hearing, everyone, his own dialect in which we were born?”

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Why do we hear them speaking in our native dialects?

King James 2000 Bible
And how hear we every man in our own tongue, in which we were born?
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