Acts 17:27
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

Young's Literal Translation
to seek the Lord, if perhaps they did feel after Him and find,—though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us,

King James Bible
That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

Greek
[ God intended that ] they would seek
ζητεῖν (zētein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 2212: To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. Of uncertain affinity; to seek; specially, to worship, or to plot.

[Him]
Θεὸν (Theon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

[and] perhaps
ἄρα (ara)
Conjunction
Strong's 687: A form of ara, denoting an interrogation to which a negative answer is presumed.

reach out for
ψηλαφήσειαν (psēlaphēseian)
Verb - Aorist Optative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 5584: From the base of psallo; to manipulate, i.e. Verify by contact; figuratively, to search for.

Him
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 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.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

find [Him],
εὕροιεν (heuroien)
Verb - Aorist Optative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.

though
καί (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

He is
ὑπάρχοντα (hyparchonta)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5225: To begin, am, exist, be in possession. From hupo and archomai; to begin under, i.e. Come into existence; expletively, to exist (verb).

not
οὐ (ou)
Adverb
Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

far
μακρὰν (makran)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3112: At a distance, far away, remote, alien. Feminine accusative case singular of makros; at a distance.

from
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

each
ἑκάστου (hekastou)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 1538: Each (of more than two), every one. As if a superlative of hekas; each or every.

one
ἑνὸς (henos)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.

of us.
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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