Acts 8:27
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

Young's Literal Translation
And having arisen, he went on, and lo, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a man of rank, of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship to Jerusalem;

King James Bible
And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

Greek
[So]
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

he started out,
ἀναστὰς (anastas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 450: To raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear. From ana and histemi; to stand up.

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

on his way
ἐπορεύθη (eporeuthē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4198: To travel, journey, go, die.

[he met]
ἰδοὺ (idou)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 2400: See! Lo! Behold! Look! Second person singular imperative middle voice of eido; used as imperative lo!

an Ethiopian
Αἰθίοψ (Aithiops)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 128: An Ethiopian, Abyssinian. From aitho and ops; an ?Thiopian.

eunuch,
εὐνοῦχος (eunouchos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2135: From eune and echo; a castrated person; by extension an impotent or unmarried man; by implication, a chamberlain.

a court official
δυνάστης (dynastēs)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1413: (lit: a man who rules by force), a ruler, potentate; also: courtier, member of the court. From dunamai; a ruler or officer.

in charge of
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

the entire
πάσης (pasēs)
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

treasury
γάζης (gazēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1047: Treasure, treasury. Of foreign origin; a treasure.

of Candace,
Κανδάκης (Kandakēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 2582: Candace, a proper name; the Candace, a dynastic name for queens of the Ethiopians in Abyssinia. Of foreign origin.

queen
βασιλίσσης (basilissēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 938: A queen. Feminine from basileuo; a queen.

of [the] Ethiopians.
Αἰθιόπων (Aithiopōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 128: An Ethiopian, Abyssinian. From aitho and ops; an ?Thiopian.

[He]
ὃς (hos)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

had gone
ἐληλύθει (elēlythei)
Verb - Pluperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2064: To come, go.

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

Jerusalem
Ἰερουσαλήμ (Ierousalēm)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2419: Of Hebrew origin; Hierusalem, the capitol of Palestine.

to worship,
προσκυνήσων (proskynēsōn)
Verb - Future Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4352: From pros and a probable derivative of kuon; to fawn or crouch to, i.e. prostrate oneself in homage.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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