Acts 11:28
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©GreekStrong'sOrigin
Oneεἷς
(eis)
1520: onea primary number
of them namedὀνόματι
(onomati)
3686: a name, authority, causea prim. word
AgabusἍγαβος
(agabos)
13: Agabus, a Christian prophetof uncertain origin
stoodἀναστὰς
(anastas)
450: to raise up, to risefrom ana and histémi
up and [began] to indicateἐσήμαινεν
(esēmainen)
4591: to give a signfrom séma (a sign, mark)
by the Spiritπνεύματος
(pneumatos)
4151: wind, spiritfrom pneó
that there would certainlyμέλλειν
(mellein)
3195: to be about toa prim. verb
be a greatμεγάλην
(megalēn)
3173: greata prim. word
famineλιμὸν
(limon)
3042: hunger, faminea prim. word
allὅλην
(olēn)
3650: whole, completea prim. word
overἐφ’
(eph)
1909: on, upona prim. preposition
the world.οἰκουμένην
(oikoumenēn)
3625: the inhabited earththe fem. pres. pass. part. of oikeó
And thisἥτις
(ētis)
3748: whoever, anyone whofrom hos, and tis
took placeἐγένετο
(egeneto)
1096: to come into being, to happen, to becomefrom a prim. root gen-
in the [reign] of Claudius.Κλαυδίου
(klaudiou)
2804: Claudius, the name of an Emperor, also an army officerof Latin origin


















KJV Lexicon
αναστας  verb - second aorist active participle - nominative singular masculine
anistemi  an-is'-tay-mee:  to stand up (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive) -- arise, lift up, raise up (again), rise (again), stand up(-right).
δε  conjunction
de  deh:  but, and, etc. -- also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
εις  adjective - nominative singular masculine
heis  hice:  one -- a(-n, -ny, certain), + abundantly, man, one (another), only, other, some.
εξ  preposition
ek  ek:  a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct or remote)
αυτων  personal pronoun - genitive plural masculine
autos  ow-tos':  the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
ονοματι  noun - dative singular neuter
onoma  on'-om-ah:  a name (authority, character) -- called, (+ sur-)name(-d).
αγαβος  noun - nominative singular masculine
Agabos  ag'-ab-os:  Agabus, an Israelite -- Agabus.
εσημανεν  verb - aorist active indicative - third person singular
semaino  say-mah'-ee-no:  to indicate -- signify.
δια  preposition
dia  dee-ah':  through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
του  definite article - genitive singular neuter
ho  ho:  the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
πνευματος  noun - genitive singular neuter
pneuma  pnyoo'-mah:  ghost, life, spirit(-ual, -ually), mind.
λιμον  noun - accusative singular masculine
limos  lee-mos':  a scarcity of food -- dearth, famine, hunger.
μεγαν  adjective - accusative singular masculine
megas  meg'-as:  big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application) -- (+ fear) exceedingly, great(-est), high, large, loud, mighty, + (be) sore (afraid), strong, to years.
μελλειν  verb - present active infinitive
mello  mel'-lo:  to intend, i.e. be about to be, do, or suffer something
εσεσθαι  verb - future infinitive
esomai  es'-om-ahee:  will be -- shall (should) be (have), (shall) come (to pass), may have, fall, what would follow, live long, sojourn.
εφ  preposition
epi  ep-ee':  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.
ολην  adjective - accusative singular feminine
holos  hol'-os:  whole or all, i.e. complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb -- all, altogether, every whit, + throughout, whole.
την  definite article - accusative 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.
οικουμενην  noun - accusative singular feminine
oikoumene  oy-kou-men'-ay:  land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire -- earth, world.
οστις  relative pronoun - nominative singular masculine
hostis  hos'-tis:  which some, i.e. any that; also (definite) which same
και  conjunction
kai  kahee:  and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
εγενετο  verb - second aorist middle deponent indicative - third person singular
ginomai  ghin'-om-ahee:  to cause to be (gen-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
επι  preposition
epi  ep-ee':  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.
κλαυδιου  noun - genitive singular masculine
Klaudios  klow'-dee-os:  Claudius, the name of two Romans -- Claudius.
καισαρος  noun - genitive singular masculine
Kaisar  kah'-ee-sar:  Caesar, a title of the Roman emperor -- Caesar.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
One of them named Agabus stood up and began to indicate by the Spirit that there would certainly be a great famine all over the world. And this took place in the reign of Claudius.

King James Bible
And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took place during the time of Claudius.

International Standard Version
One of them named Agabus got up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine all over the world. This happened during the reign of Claudius.

NET Bible
One of them, named Agabus, got up and predicted by the Spirit that a severe famine was about to come over the whole inhabited world. (This took place during the reign of Claudius.)

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And one of them stood up whose name was Agabus and instructed them by The Spirit that a great famine would occur in the whole land and that this famine would be in the days of Claudius Caesar.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
One of them was named Agabus. Through the Spirit Agabus predicted that a severe famine would affect the entire world. This happened while Claudius was emperor.

King James 2000 Bible
And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great famine throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
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