Acts 28:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

Young's Literal Translation
and they were expecting him to be about to be inflamed, or to fall down suddenly dead, and they, expecting [it] a long time, and seeing nothing uncommon happening to him, changing [their] minds, said he was a god.

King James Bible
Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

Greek
[The islanders] were expecting
προσεδόκων (prosedokōn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 4328: To expect, wait for, await, think, anticipate. From pros and dokeuo; to anticipate; by implication, to await.

him
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

to
μέλλειν (mellein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 3195: A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something.

swell up
πίμπρασθαι (pimprasthai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive
Strong's 4092: To fill full of. I swell, am inflamed.

or
(ē)
Conjunction
Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.

suddenly
ἄφνω (aphnō)
Adverb
Strong's 869: Suddenly. Adverb from aphanes; unawares, i.e. Unexpectedly.

drop
καταπίπτειν (katapiptein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 2667: To fall down, fall prostrate. From kata and pipto; to fall down.

dead.
νεκρόν (nekron)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.

But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

after waiting
προσδοκώντων (prosdokōntōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 4328: To expect, wait for, await, think, anticipate. From pros and dokeuo; to anticipate; by implication, to await.

a long
πολὺ (poly)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4183: Much, many; often.

time
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

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

seeing
θεωρούντων (theōrountōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 2334: From a derivative of theaomai; to be a spectator of, i.e. Discern, (experience) or intensively (acknowledge).

nothing
μηδὲν (mēden)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3367: No one, none, nothing.

unusual
ἄτοπον (atopon)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 824: (lit: out of place, unusual, unbecoming), improper, unrighteous, perverse. Out of place, i.e. improper, injurious, wicked.

happen
γινόμενον (ginomenon)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

him,
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

they changed their minds
μεταβαλόμενοι (metabalomenoi)
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3328: To change; mid: I change my mind. From meta and ballo; to throw over, i.e. to turn about in opinion.

[and] said
ἔλεγον (elegon)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

he
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

was
εἶναι (einai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

a god.
θεόν (theon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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