Acts 7:12

ἀκούσας δὲ Ἰακὼβ ὄντα σῖτά ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἐξαπέστειλεν τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν πρῶτον·
But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ἀκούσας
G191 V-AAP-NSM
akouō
to hear (in various senses)
  • to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf
    • "to hear
    • to attend to, consider what is or has been said
      • "to understand, perceive the sense of what is said
    to hear something
    • to perceive by the ear what is announced in one's presence
      • "to get by hearing learn"a thing comes to one's ears, to find out, learn"to give ear to a teaching or a teacher"to comprehend, to understand
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
Ἰακὼβ
G2384 N-NSM-P
iakōb
heel-catcher, supplanter
Jacob (i.e., Ja`akob), the progenitor of the Israelites
  • was the second son of Isaac
    • "the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary
ὄντα
G5607
ōn
being
  • being, etc.
σῖτά
G4621
sitos
grain, especially wheat
  • wheat, grain
ἐν
G1722
en
___%___in,___%___ at, (up-)on, by, etc
  • in, by, with
Αἰγύπτῳ
G125
aigyptos
double straits
Aegyptus, the land of the Nile
  • a country occupying the northeast angle of Africa
    • "metaphorically Jerusalem, for the Jews persecuting the Christ and his followers, and so to be likened to the Egyptians treating the Jews
ἐξαπέστειλεν
G1821 V-2AAI-3S
exapostellō
to send away forth, i.e., (on a mission) to despatch, or (peremptorily) to dismiss
  • to send forth
    • "to send away
τοὺς
G3588 T-APM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
πατέρας
G3962 N-APM
patēr
a ___%___father___%___ (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
  • generator or male ancestor
    • either the nearest ancestor: father of the corporeal nature, natural fathers, both parents
      • "a more remote ancestor, the founder of a race or tribe, progenitor of a people, forefather: so Abraham is called, Jacob and David
      • fathers i.e., ancestors, forefathers, founders of a race
      one advanced in years, a senior
    metaphorically
    • the originator and transmitter of anything
      • the authors of a family or society of persons animated by the same spirit as himself
        • "one who has infused his own spirit into others, who actuates and governs their minds
      one who stands in a father's place and looks after another in a paternal way"a title of honor
      • teachers, as those to whom pupils trace back the knowledge and training they have received
        • "the members of the Sanhedrin, whose prerogative it was by virtue of the wisdom and experience in which they excelled, to take charge of the interests of others
    God is called the Father
    • of the stars, the heavenly luminaries, because he is their creator, upholder, ruler
      • "of all rational and intelligent beings, whether angels or men, because he is their creator, preserver, guardian and protector
      • of spiritual beings and of all men
      of Christians, as those who through Christ have been exalted to a specially close and intimate relationship with God, and who no longer dread him as a stern judge of sinners, but revere him as their reconciled and loving Father"the Father of Jesus Christ, as one whom God has united to himself in the closest bond of love and intimacy, made acquainted with his purposes, appointed to explain and carry out...
ἡμῶν
G2257
hēmōn
of (or from) us
  • our, we, us
πρῶτον·
G4412
prōton
firstly (in time, place, order, or importance)
  • first in time or place
    • in any succession of things or persons
    first in rank
    • influence, honor
      • "chief"principal
    first, at the first

ἀκούσας δὲ Ἰακὼβ ὄντα σῖτά ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἐξαπέστειλεν τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν πρῶτον·
12
But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
Cross References

Genesis 42:1

וַיַּרְא יַֽעֲקֹב כִּי יֶשׁ-שֶׁבֶר בְּמִצְרָיִם וַיֹּאמֶר יַֽעֲקֹב לְבָנָיו לָמָּה תִּתְרָאֽוּ׃
1
Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

Genesis 43:2

וַיְהִי כַּֽאֲשֶׁר כִּלּוּ לֶֽאֱכֹל אֶת-הַשֶּׁבֶר אֲשֶׁר הֵבִיאוּ מִמִּצְרָיִם וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם אֲבִיהֶם שֻׁבוּ שִׁבְרוּ-לָנוּ מְעַט-אֹֽכֶל׃
2
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
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