Acts 7:24
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Berean Study Bible
And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.

Young's Literal Translation
and having seen a certain one suffering injustice, he did defend, and did justice to the oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian;

King James Bible
And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended [him], and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

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

when he saw
ἰδών (idōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

one [of them]
τινα (tina)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

being wronged,
ἀδικούμενον (adikoumenon)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 91: To act unjustly towards, injure, harm. From adikos; to be unjust, i.e. do wrong.

[Moses] went to his defense
ἠμύνατο (ēmynato)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 292: To ward off, defend myself against, resist, defend, assist. Middle voice of a primary verb; to ward off, i.e. Protect.

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

avenged [him]
ἐκδίκησιν (ekdikēsin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1557: (a) a defense, avenging, vindication, vengeance, (b) full (complete) punishment. From ekdikeo; vindication, retribution.

by striking down
πατάξας (pataxas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3960: To smite, strike (as with a sword), smite to death, afflict. Probably prolongation from paio; to knock.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Egyptian
Αἰγύπτιον (Aigyption)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 124: Egyptian. From Aiguptos; an Eyyptian or inhabitant of Egyptus.

who was oppressing [him].
καταπονουμένῳ (kataponoumenō)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2669: From kata and a derivative of ponos; to labor down, i.e. Wear with toil.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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