Acts 16:12

Greek	κἀκεῖθεν εἰς Φιλίππους, ἥτις ἐστὶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. πρώτη τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article μερίδος Μακεδονίας πόλις, κολωνία. ἦμενplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ greek δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English. ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. ταύτῃplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὗτος / αὕτη /τοῦτο greek Meaning: * These or this * This one, this person, this thing * They or he or she or it Demonstrative pronoun. οὗτος usually refers to something close to the speaker — “this” as opposed to ἐκεῖνος (John 9:161 John 5:111 Corinthians 15:501 John 4:9John 5:1Matthew 3:17John 7:26Luke 22:19 τῇplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article πόλει διατρίβοντες ἡμέρας τινάς.
ESV	and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days.
NIV	From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.
NLT	From there we reached Philippi, a major city of that district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. And we stayed there several days.
KJV	And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.

^{Acts 16:11 ← Acts 16:12 → Acts 16:13}

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