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Acts 10:12

Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

KJV

ἐν ᾧ ὑπῆρχεν πάντα τὰ τετράποδα καὶ ἑρπετὰ τῆς γῆς καὶ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.

Greek NT

in quo erant omnia quadrupedia, et serpentia terræ, et volatilia cæli.

Vulgate

wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the heaven.

ASV

Wherein were all manner of four-footed beasts and creeping things of the earth and fowls of the air.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
πετεινόν
peteinon
noun · 14×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
τετράπους
tetrapous
adjective · 3×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἑρπετόν
erpeton
noun · 4×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑπάρχω
uparcho
verb · 60×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: καὶ ἑρπετὰ τῆς γῆς καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ ἑρπετὰ τῆς γῆς καὶ | RP: τῆς γῆς καὶ τὰ θηρία καὶ τὰ ἑρπετὰ καὶ τὰ
  • καὶ ἑρπετὰ τῆς γῆς καὶSBLGNT
  • καὶ ἑρπετὰ τῆς γῆς καὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τῆς γῆς καὶ τὰ θηρία καὶ τὰ ἑρπετὰ καὶ τὰRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Theophany

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 7:8 — Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
  • Gen 9:3 — Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.