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Acts 7:16 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
s were carried over
metatithemi (Greek #3346)
to transfer, i.e. (literally) transport, (by implication) exchange, (reflexively) change sides, or (figuratively) pervert
KJV usage: carry over, change, remove, translate, turn.
Pronounce: met-at-ith'-ay-mee
Origin: from 3326 and 5087
into
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
Sychem
Suchem (Greek #4966)
Sychem (i.e. Shekem), the name of a Canaanite and of a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Sychem.
Pronounce: soo-khem'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (07927)
, 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
laid
tithemi (Greek #5087)
θέω (theh'-o) (which is used only as alternate in certain tenses) to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from 2476, which properly denotes an upright and active position, while 2749 is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate)
KJV usage: + advise, appoint, bow, commit, conceive, give, X kneel down, lay (aside, down, up), make, ordain, purpose, put, set (forth), settle, sink down.
Pronounce: tith'-ay-mee
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 sepulchre
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
mnema (Greek #3418)
a memorial, i.e. sepulchral monument (burial-place)
KJV usage: grave, sepulchre, tomb.
Pronounce: mnay'-mah
Origin: from 3415
that
hos (Greek #3739)
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
KJV usage: one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also 3757.
Pronounce: hos
Origin: ἥ (hay), and neuter ὅ (ho) probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588)
Abraham
Abraam (Greek #11)
Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch
KJV usage: Abraham. (In Acts 7:16 the text should probably read Jacob.)
Pronounce: ab-rah-am'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (085)
bought
oneomai (Greek #5608)
to purchase (synonymous with the earlier 4092)
KJV usage: buy.
Pronounce: o-neh'-om-ahee
Origin: middle voice from an apparently primary ὦνος (a sum or price)
for a sum
time (Greek #5092)
a value, i.e. money paid, or (concretely and collectively) valuables; by analogy, esteem (especially of the highest degree), or the dignity itself
KJV usage: honour, precious, price, some.
Pronounce: tee-may'
Origin: from 5099
of money
argurion (Greek #694)
silvery, i.e. (by implication) cash; specially, a silverling (i.e. drachma or shekel)
KJV usage: money, (piece of) silver (piece).
Pronounce: ar-goo'-ree-on
Origin: neuter of a presumed derivative of 696
of the sons
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
huios (Greek #5207)
a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
KJV usage: child, foal, son.
Pronounce: hwee-os'
Origin: apparently a primary word
of
para (Greek #3844)
properly, near; i.e. (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local (especially beyond or opposed to) or causal (on account of)
KJV usage: above, against, among, at, before, by, contrary to, X friend, from, + give (such things as they), + that (she) had, X his, in, more than, nigh unto, (out) of, past, save, side...by, in the sight of, than, (there-)fore, with. In compounds it retains the same variety of application.
Pronounce: par-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition
Emmor
Emmor (Greek #1697)
Emmor (i.e. Chamor), a Canaanite
KJV usage: Emmor.
Pronounce: em-mor'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (02544)
Emmor (Greek #1697)
Emmor (i.e. Chamor), a Canaanite
KJV usage: Emmor.
Pronounce: em-mor'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (02544)
the father of
para (Greek #3844)
properly, near; i.e. (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local (especially beyond or opposed to) or causal (on account of)
KJV usage: above, against, among, at, before, by, contrary to, X friend, from, + give (such things as they), + that (she) had, X his, in, more than, nigh unto, (out) of, past, save, side...by, in the sight of, than, (there-)fore, with. In compounds it retains the same variety of application.
Pronounce: par-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition
Sychem
Suchem (Greek #4966)
Sychem (i.e. Shekem), the name of a Canaanite and of a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Sychem.
Pronounce: soo-khem'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (07927)
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Josh. 24:32• 32And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem in the portion of the field which Jacob had bought of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred kesitahs; and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. (Josh. 24:32)

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Abraham,
Emmor,
Father,
Money,
Sepulchre,
Sychem

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were.Of the two burying-places of the patriarchs, one was at Hebron, the cave and field which Abraham purchased of Ephron the Hittite, (Ge 23:16, etc.); the other in Sychem, which Jacob (not Abraham) bought of the sons of Emmor, (Ge 33:19.) To remove this glaring discrepancy, Markland interprets [para ,] from, as it frequently signifies with a genitive, and renders, "And were carried over to Sychem; and afterwards from among the descendants of Emmor, the father, or son, of Sychem, they were laid in the sepulchre which Abraham bought for a sum of money."
This agrees with the account which Josephus gives of the patriarchs; that they were carried out of Egypt, first to Sychem, and then to Hebron, where they were buried.
Ex. 13:19• 19And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for he had made the children of Israel swear an oath, saying, God will be sure to visit you; then ye shall carry my bones with you hence. (Ex. 13:19)
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Josh. 24:32• 32And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem in the portion of the field which Jacob had bought of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred kesitahs; and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. (Josh. 24:32)
the sepulchre.
Gen. 33:9‑20• 9And Esau said, I have much, my brother; let that which [is] thine be to thee.
 10And Jacob said, No, I pray thee: if now I have found favour in thine eyes, then receive my present at my hand; for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen God's face, and thou wast pleased with me.
 11Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought thee, because graciously hath God dealt with me, and because I have all. And he urged him, and he took [it].
 12And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go; and I will go before thee.
 13And he said to him, My lord knoweth the children [are] tender, and the flocks and the herds with young [are] with me; and if they should overdrive them one day, then all the flock will die.
 14Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant, and I will lead on softly according to the pace of the cattle that are before me, and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord unto Seir.
 15And Esau said, Let me leave, I pray thee, of the people that [are] with me. And he said, Why this? Let me find favour in my lord's eyes.
 16And Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
 17And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and for his cattle he made booths. Therefore the name of the place was called Succoth .
 18And Jacob came [in] peace [to the] city Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-Aram, and encamped before the city.
 19And he bought an allotment of the field where he had spread his tent, at the hands of Hamor's sons, father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitahs .
 20And he set up there an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel. (Gen. 33:9‑20)
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Gen. 35:19• 19And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. (Gen. 35:19)
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Gen. 49:29‑32• 29And he charged them and said to them, I am gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
 30in the cave that [is] in the field of Machpelah which [is] opposite to Mamre in the land of Canaan; which Abraham bought of Ephron the Hittite with the field for a possession of a burying-place.
 31There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebecca his wife; and there I buried Leah.
 32The purchase of the field, and of the cave that [is] in it, [was] from the children of Heth. (Gen. 49:29‑32)
Emmor.
Gen. 34:2‑31• 2And Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the land, saw her, and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
 3And his soul clave unto Dinah daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke to the heart of the damsel.
 4And Shechem spoke unto Hamor his father, saying, Take me this girl to wife.
 5And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field; and Jacob held his peace until they came.
 6And Hamor father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to talk to him.
 7And Jacob's sons came from the field when they heard [it], and the men were grieved, and they were greatly inflamed, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; for so it ought not to be done.
 8And Hamor spoke to them, saying, My son Shechem's soul longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her him to wife.
 9And make marriages with us, [and] give your daughters to us, and take our daughters unto you.
 10And ye shall dwell with us; and the land shall be before you: dwell and trade in it, and get you possessions therein.
 11And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
 12Ask of me very much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me; but give me the damsel to wife.
 13And Jacob's sons answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
 14and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a reproach unto us.
 15But only in this will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we, that every male of you be circumcised;
 16then will we give our daughters unto you, and take your daughters unto us; and we will dwell with you, and be one people.
 17But if ye hearken not unto us, to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go away.
 18And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor and in the eyes of Shechem Hamor's son.
 19And the youth deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter; and he [was] honourable above all his father's house.
 20And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto their city's gate, and spoke unto the men of their city, saying,
 21These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein. And the land, behold, [it is] wide on both sides before them. Let us take to us their daughters for wives, and our daughters let us give to them.
 22Only in this will the men consent unto us, to dwell with us, to be one people, in circumcising among us every male as they [are] circumcised.
 23Their cattle, and their substance, and every beast of theirs, [shall] they not [be] ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.
 24And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city, and every male was circumcised, all that went out at the gate of the city.
 25And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took each his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
 26And Hamor and Shechem his son they slew with the edge of the sword; and they took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
 27Jacob's sons came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
 28Their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which [was] in the city, and that which [was] in the field they took;
 29and all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives, they took captive and spoiled, even all that [was] in the house.
 30And Jacob said to Simeon and to Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I [am] few in number, and they will gather themselves together against me, and smite me, and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
 31And they said, As with a harlot should he deal with our sister? (Gen. 34:2‑31)
Hamor, Shechem.

J. N. Darby Translation

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and were carried over to Sychem and placed in the sepulchre which Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.

W. Kelly Translation

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and they were carried over unto Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in [son, ofa] Shechem.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, [father, of].