Acts 1:20

Γέγραπται γὰρ ἐν βίβλῳ Ψαλμῶν, Γενηθήτω ἡ ἔπαυλις αὐτοῦ ἔρημος, καὶ μὴ ἔστω ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν αὐτῇ· καί, Τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν αὐτοῦ λάβοι ἕτερος.

RBT Greek Interlinear:

Strongs 1125; Gegraptai; Γέγραπται; It has been written/drawn; V-RIM/P-3S

Strongs 1063; gar; γὰρ; for; Conj

Strongs 1722; en; ἐν; within; Prep

Strongs 976; biblō; βίβλῳ; scroll/inner bark; N-DFS

Strongs 5568; Psalmōn; Ψαλμῶν; of Psalms; N-GMP

Strongs 1096; Genēthētō; Γενηθήτω; Let be; V-AMP-3S

Strongs 3588; hē; ἡ; the; Art-NFS

Strongs 1886; epaulis; ἔπαυλις; homestead; N-NFS

Strongs 846; autou; αὐτοῦ; himself; PPro-GM3S

Strongs 2048; erēmos; ἔρημος; desert [road]; Adj-NFS

Strongs 2532; kai; καὶ; and; Conj

Strongs 3361; mē; μὴ; not; Adv

Strongs 1510; estō; ἔστω; let it be; V-PMA-3S

Strongs 3588; ho; ὁ; the; Art-NMS

Strongs 2730; katoikōn; κατοικῶν; he who is dwelling; V-PPA-NMS

Strongs 1722; en; ἐν; within; Prep

Strongs 846; autē; αὐτῇ; herself; PPro-DF3S

Strongs 2532; Kai; Καί; And; Conj

Strongs 3588; Tēn; Τὴν; the; Art-AFS

Strongs 1984; episkopēn; ἐπισκοπὴν; position; N-AFS

Strongs 846; autou; αὐτοῦ; himself; PPro-GM3S

Strongs 2983; labetō; λαβέτω; let him take hold; V-AMA-3S

Strongs 2087; heteros; ἕτερος; another; Adj-NMS

RBT Hebrew Literal:

For he has been written/drawn within an inner bark of Psalms: Let become the Country House⁵ of himself a desolate one! and let him not be, the one who is living within herself! And let another one take hold of the Visitation of himself!

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
For it has been written, in the book of Psalms, Let his country-house be a desert, and let none be dwelling in it: and his inspection may another take.

LITV Translation:
For it has been written in the scroll of Psalms, Let his estate become forsaken, and he not be living in it. And, "Let another take his overseership." LXX-Psa. 68:26; Psa. 108:8; MT-Psa. 69:25; Psa. 109:8

ESV Translation:
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Footnotes

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The term ἔπαυλις exhibits a range of meanings depending on context. In Demades (On the Twelve Years 1.14), it denotes an enclosure or pasture for cattle and sheep, emphasizing an agricultural pen.

In Acts 1, the Septuagint uses ἔπαυλις metaphorically for a dwelling place or habitation, reflecting a settled estate (Psalm 69:25 LXX). טירה is fortress, encampment, battlement. 

Plutarch (Marcus Cato 2) employs it to signify a country estate or rural property associated with landed wealth. Chariton (De Chaerea et Callirhoe 1.13) describes an ἔπαυλις as a luxurious country house or villa, emphasizing comfort and status. Thus, the term ranges from a simple animal pen to an expansive rural residence, illustrating its semantic breadth in classical and Hellenistic Greek literature.