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Acts 13

Acts 13:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
about
hos (Greek #5613)
which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
KJV usage: about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.
Pronounce: hoce
Origin: probably adverb of comparative from 3739
the time
chronos (Greek #5550)
a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from 2540, which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from 165, which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay
KJV usage: + years old, season, space, (X often-)time(-s), (a) while.
Pronounce: khron'-os
Origin: of uncertain derivation
of fortyg years
tessarakontaetes (Greek #5063)
of forty years of age
KJV usage: (+ full, of) forty years (old).
Pronounce: tes-sar-ak-on-tah-et-ace'
Origin: from 5062 and 2094
δsuffered he
tropophoreo (Greek #5159)
to endure one's habits
KJV usage: suffer the manners.
Pronounce: trop-of-or-eh'-o
Origin: from 5158 and 5409
their manners
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
the wilderness
eremos (Greek #2048)
lonesome, i.e. (by implication) waste (usually as a noun, 5561 being implied)
KJV usage: desert, desolate, solitary, wilderness.
Pronounce: er'-ay-mos
Origin: of uncertain affinity
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ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
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Ex. 16:35•  (Ex. 16:35)
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ετροποφορησεν, perhaps for ετροφοφορησεν, bore, or, fed them, as a nurse beareth, or, feedeth her child,
Deut. 1:31•  (Deut. 1:31)
, according to the LXX; and so Chrysostom.

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Cross References

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Acts 7:36,39‑43• 36This [man] led them out, having wrought wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
 39to whom our fathers would not be subject but thrust [him] away and turned in their hearts into Egypt
 40saying to Aaron, Make us gods who shall go before us; for this Moses, who brought us out of [the] land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
 41And they made a calf in those days and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
 42But God turned and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in [the] book of the prophets, Did ye offer me victims and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
 43Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of your god Remphan, the forms which ye made to worship them; and I will transport you beyond Babylon. (Acts 7:36,39‑43)
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Ex. 16:2,35•  (Ex. 16:2,35)
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Num. 14:22,33‑34•  (Num. 14:22,33‑34)
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Deut. 9:7,21‑24•  (Deut. 9:7,21‑24)
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Neh. 9:16‑21•  (Neh. 9:16‑21)
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Psa. 78:17‑42•  (Psa. 78:17‑42)
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Psa. 95:8‑11•  (Psa. 95:8‑11)
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Psa. 106:13‑29•  (Psa. 106:13‑29)
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Ezek. 20:10‑17•  (Ezek. 20:10‑17)
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Amos 5:25‑26•  (Amos 5:25‑26)
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1 Cor. 10:1‑10• 1For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
 2and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea,
 3and all ate the same spiritual meat,
 4and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they were drinking of a spiritual attendant rock (and the rock was Christ);
 5but in the most of them God had no pleasure, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
 6But these things happened as types of us, that we should not be lusters after evil things, even as they also lusted.
 7Neither be ye idolaters, even as some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
 8Neither let us commit fornication, even as some of them committed, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand.
 9Neither let us tempt the Lord, even as some of them tempted, and were perishing by the serpents.
 10Neither murmur ye, according as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer. (1 Cor. 10:1‑10)
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Heb. 3:7‑10,16‑19• 7Wherefore even as the Holy Spirit saith, Today, if ye will hear his voice,
 8harden not your hearts as in the provocation, through the day of temptation in the wilderness
 9when your fathers tempted [me], proved [me], and saw my works forty years.
 10Wherefore I was wroth with this generation and said, They always err in their heart, and they knew not my ways:
 16For who having heard provoked? But did not all that came out of Egypt by Moses?
 17And with whom was he wroth forty years? [Was it] not with those that sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
 18And to whom swore he that they should not enter into his rest but to those that disobeyed?
 19And we see that they could not enter in on account of unbelief. (Heb. 3:7‑10,16‑19)
suffered."Gr. [tropophoreo ,] perhaps for [trophophoreo,] bore, or fed them as a nurse beareth or feedeth her child, De 1:31; according to the LXX., and so Chrysostom."

J. N. Darby Translation

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and for a time of about forty years he nursed them in the desert.

W. Kelly Translation

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and for a time of about forty years bore them nurse-likea in the desert;

WK Translation Notes

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"Bore them nurse-like," this beautiful expression though weakened in the more favourite ancient MSS. is happily preserved in other MSS. and ancient versions, as it seems truest to the Hebrew in {vi 4924}{/vi} which the apostle, beyond just doubt, had in view.