Acts 22:28

And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ἀπεκρίθη
G611 V-ADI-3S
apokrinomai
to conclude for oneself, i.e., (by implication) to respond; by Hebraism (compare H6030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)
  • to give an answer to a question proposed, to answer
  • "to begin to speak, but always where something has preceded (either said or done) to which the remarks refer
τε
G5037
te
both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532)
  • not only ... but also
  • "both ... and"as ... so
G3588 T-NSM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
χιλίαρχος
G5506 N-NSM
chiliarchos
the commander of a thousand soldiers (___%___chiliarch___%___; i.e., colonel
  • a chiliarch, the commander of a thousand soldiers
  • "the commander of a Roman cohort (a military tribunal)"any military commander
Ἐγὼ
G1473
egō
I, me
  • I, me, my
πολλοῦ
G4183 A-GSN
polys
(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely
  • many, much, large
κεφαλαίου
G2774 N-GSN
kephalaion
a principal thing, i.e., main point; specially, an amount (of money)
  • the chief or main point, the principal thing
  • "the pecuniary sum total of a reckoning, amount
    • the principal, capital, as distinguished from the interest
    • "a sum of money, sum
τὴν
G3588 T-ASF
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
πολιτείαν
G4174 N-ASF
politeia
citizenship; concretely, a community
  • the administration of civil affairs
  • "a state or commonwealth"citizenship, the rights of a citizen
ταύτην
G3778 D-ASF
houtos
the he (she or it), i.e., this or that (often with article repeated)
  • this
ἐκτησάμην
G2932 V-ADI-1S
ktaomai
to get, i.e., acquire (by any means; own)
  • to acquire, get, or procure a thing for one's self, to possess
    • to marry a wife
G3588 T-NSM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
Παῦλος
G3972 N-NSM-P
paulos
small, little
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973, meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
  • Paul was the most famous of the apostles and wrote a good part of the New Testament, the 14 Pauline epistles
  • "Paulus was a deputy or pro-consul of Cyprus and is said to be a prudent man, in the management of affairs, as a governor
ἔφη
G5346 V-IAI-3S
phēmi
to show or make known one's thoughts, i.e., speak or say
  • to make known one's thoughts, to declare
  • "to say
Ἐγὼ
G1473
egō
I, me
  • I, me, my
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
γεγέννημαι
G1080 V-RPI-1S
gennaō
to procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to regenerate
  • of men who fathered children
    • to be born
    • "to be begotten
      • of women giving birth to children
    metaphorically
    • to engender, cause to arise, excite
    • "in a Jewish sense, of one who brings others over to his way of life, to convert someone"of God making Christ his son"of God making men his sons through faith in Christ's work

ἀπεκρίθη τε ὁ χιλίαρχος Ἐγὼ πολλοῦ κεφαλαίου τὴν πολιτείαν ταύτην ἐκτησάμην ὁ δὲ Παῦλος ἔφη Ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ γεγέννημαι
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And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.