Acts 7:45

45whichἣνalsoκαὶbrought [it]εἰσήγαγονhaving received by successionδιαδεξάμενοιtheοἱfathersπατέρεςof usἡμῶνwithμετὰJoshuaἸησοῦinἐνtheτῇtaking possessionκατασχέσειof theτῶνnationsἐθνῶνwhomὧνdrove outἐξῶσενὁGodθεὸςfrom [the]ἀπὸfaceπροσώπουof theτῶνfathersπατέρωνof usἡμῶνuntilἕωςtheτῶνdaysἡμερῶνof DavidΔαυίδ·

and which, having received [it] by succession, our fathers brought in with Joshua in taking possession of the nations whom God drove out from the face of our fathers, until the days of David,

Vocab difficulty

39.7

Rare words

  • διαδεξάμενοι

    διαδέχομαι

    I receive in my turn, receive through another.

  • κατασχέσει

    κατάσχεσις

    a possession, holding fast.

  • ἐξῶσεν

    ἐξωθέω

    I drive out, expel, propel, thrust out; I drive out of the sea, drive on shore.