Acts 2:3
There appeared to them tongues like fire that were distributed, and they sat upon each one of them.This verse in the real world
In what words
- διαμερίζωdiamerízōto partition thoroughly (literally in distribution, figuratively in dissension)
- ὡσείhōseías if
- γλῶσσαglōssathe tongue; by implication, a language (specially, one naturally unacquired)
- καθίζωkathízōto seat down, i.e. set (figuratively, appoint); intransitively, to sit (down); figurativel
- πῦρpŷr"fire" (literally or figuratively, specially, lightning)
- ὀπτάνομαιoptánomaito gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from G99
- ἕκαστοςhékastoseach or every
- τέtéboth or also (properly, as correlation of G2532 (καί))
+4 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Mat 3:11, Jhn 1:32–33, Jer 23:29, Act 2:4, Isa 11:2–3, Luk 24:32, Gen 11:6, Act 2:11