Acts 7:8
'And He gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and so he begat Isaac, and did circumcise him on the eighth day, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob — the twelve patriarchs;This verse in the real world
In what words
- ὄγδοοςógdoosthe eighth
- περιτέμνωperitémnōto cut around, i.e. (specially) to circumcise
- ἸσαάκIsaákIsaac (i.e. Jitschak), the son of Abraham
- ἸακώβIakṓbJacob (i.e. Ja`akob), the progenitor of the Israelites
- διαθήκηdiathḗkēproperly, a disposition, i.e. (specially) a contract (especially a devisory will)
- περιτομήperitomḗcircumcision (the rite, the condition or the people, literally or figuratively)
- δώδεκαdṓdekatwo and ten, i.e. a dozen
- γεννάωgennáōto procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to r
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Gen 35:23–26, Gen 17:9–14, Gen 35:16, Gen 21:1–4, Act 2:29, 1Ch 2:1–2, Gen 35:18, Rom 9:9–13