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Now it happened of us going to the place of prayer, a certain girl, having a spirit of Python, met us, who was bringing her masters much gain by fortune-telling.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
it happened To come into being, to be born, become, come about, happen. V-AIM-3S H1096 Ἐγένετο egeneto
Analysis:

 
going To travel, journey, go, die. V-PPM/P-GMP H4198 πορευομένων poreuomenōn
[place of] prayer, (a) prayer (to God), (b) a place for prayer (used by Jews, perhaps where there was no synagogue). N-AFS H4335 προσευχὴν proseuchēn
girl, A female slave, maidservant, maid, young girl. N-AFS H3814 παιδίσκην paidiskēn
having To have, hold, possess. V-PPA-AFS H2192 ἔχουσαν echousan
a spirit Wind, breath, spirit. N-ANS H4151 πνεῦμα pneuma
of Python, A divining spirit, Python, called after the Pythian serpent said to have guarded the oracle at Delphi and been slain by Apollo. N-AMS H4436 πύθωνα puthōna
met To meet, go to meet. V-ANA H5221 ὑπαντῆσαι upantēsai
who Whosoever, whatsoever. RelPro-NFS H3748 ἥτις ētis
was bringing To offer, provide, confer, afford, give, bring, show, cause. V-IIA-3S H3930 παρεῖχεν pareichen
masters Lord, master, sir; the Lord. N-DMP H2962 κυρίοις kuriois
much Much, many; often. Adj-AFS H4183 πολλὴν pollēn
gain Working, activity, work, service, trade, business, gains of business, performance, practice. N-AFS H2039 ἐργασίαν ergasian
by fortune-telling. To divine, practice soothsaying, suggesting the fraud involved in the practice. V-PPM/P-NFS H3132 μαντευομένη manteuomenē

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Berean Bible Now it happened of us going to the place of prayer, a certain girl, having a spirit of Python, met us, who was bringing her masters much gain by fortune-telling.
King James Bible Now And it happened of us going came to the place of pass, as we went to prayer, a certain girl, having damsel possessed with a spirit of Python, divination met us, who was bringing which brought her masters much gain by fortune-telling.soothsaying:
Hebrew Greek English Now it It happened of us that as we were going to the place of prayer, a certain girl, slave-girl having a spirit of Python, divination met us, who was bringing her masters much gain profit by fortune-telling.
New American Standard Bible 1995 Now it It happened of us that as we were going to the place of prayer, a certain girl, slave-girl having a spirit of Python, divination met us, who was bringing her masters much gain profit by fortune-telling.