Acts 7:39
Strong's Lexicon
[But] our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

fathers
πατέρες (pateres)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

refused
ἠθέλησαν (ēthelēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2309: To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design.

οὐκ (ouk)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

to
γενέσθαι (genesthai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle
Strong's Greek 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

obey
ὑπήκοοι (hypēkooi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5255: Listening to, obedient, submissive. From hupakouo; attentively listening, i.e. submissive.

[him].
()
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

Instead,
ἀλλὰ (alla)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

they rejected [him]
ἀπώσαντο (apōsanto)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 683: Or apothomai ap-o'-thom-ahee from apo and the middle voice of otheo or otho; to push off, figuratively, to reject.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

their
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

hearts
καρδίαις (kardiais)
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 2588: Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle.

turned back
ἐστράφησαν (estraphēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4762: Strengthened from the base of trope; to twist, i.e. Turn quite around or reverse.

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

Egypt.
Αἴγυπτον (Aigypton)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 125: Egypt. Of uncertain derivation.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

Young's Literal Translation
to whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but did thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him away, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

New American Standard Bible
"Our fathers were unwilling to be obedient to him, but repudiated him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

King James Bible
To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"But our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

New Living Translation
"But our ancestors refused to listen to Moses. They rejected him and wanted to return to Egypt.

English Standard Version
Our fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him aside, and in their hearts they turned to Egypt,

New American Standard Bible
"Our fathers were unwilling to be obedient to him, but repudiated him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

King James Bible
To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him away, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

International Standard Version
but our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and wished to return to Egypt.

NET Bible
Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him aside and turned back to Egypt in their hearts,

American Standard Version
to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt,

English Revised Version
to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt,

Young's Literal Translation
to whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but did thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
















Cross References
Numbers 14:3
And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

1 Corinthians 14:32
And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.

Acts 1:1
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

Acts 7:38
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

Acts 7:37
This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.

Acts 7:36
He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

Acts 7:40
Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

Acts 7:41
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

Acts 7:42
Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
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