Acts 13:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.

Young's Literal Translation
and about a period of forty years He did suffer their manners in the wilderness,

King James Bible
And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.

Greek
He endured their conduct
ἐτροποφόρησεν (etropophorēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5159: To endure the ways of, put up with. From tropos and phoreo; to endure one's habits.

for
χρόνον (chronon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5550: A space of time or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay.

about
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

forty years
τεσσερακονταετῆ (tesserakontaetē)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5063: Forty years of age. From tessarakonta and etos; of forty years of age.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

wilderness.
ἐρήμῳ (erēmō)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2048: Lonesome, i.e. waste.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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