Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleBarnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. Young's Literal Translation they were calling also Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, since he was the leader in speaking. King James Bible And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. Greek BarnabasΒαρνάβαν (Barnaban) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 921: Of Chaldee origin; son of Nabas; Barnabas, an Israelite. they called ἐκάλουν (ekaloun) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 2564: (a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name. Akin to the base of keleuo; to 'call'. Zeus, Δία (Dia) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2203: Zeus, the Greek god of the sky in all its manifestations, corresponding to the Roman Jupiter and to the leading god of the native Lycaonians. and δὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. Paul Παῦλον (Paulon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3972: Paul, Paulus. Of Latin origin; Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle. [they called] Hermes, Ἑρμῆν (Hermēn) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2060: Perhaps from ereo; Hermes, the name of the messenger of the Greek deities; also of a Christian. because ἐπειδὴ (epeidē) Conjunction Strong's 1894: Of time: when, now, after that; of cause: seeing that, forasmuch as. From epei and de; since now, i.e. when, or whereas. he αὐτὸς (autos) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 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. was ἦν (ēn) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. chief ἡγούμενος (hēgoumenos) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2233: (a) To lead, (b) To think, be of opinion, suppose, consider. speaker. λόγου (logou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 3056: From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression. |
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