KJV: Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
YLT: and many of those hearing the word did believe, and the number of the men became, as it were, five thousand.
Darby: But many of those who had heard the word believed; and the number of the men had become about five thousand.
ASV: But many of them that heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
| πολλοὶ | Many |
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Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: πολύς Sense: many, much, large. |
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| δὲ | however |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: δέ Sense: but, moreover, and, etc. |
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| τῶν | of those |
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Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| ἀκουσάντων | having heard |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: ἀκουστός Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf. |
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| λόγον | word |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: λόγος Sense: of speech. |
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| ἐπίστευσαν | believed |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: πιστεύω Sense: to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in. |
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| ἐγενήθη | became |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: γίνομαι Sense: to become, i. |
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| ἀριθμὸς | number |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἀριθμός Sense: a fixed and definite number. |
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| τῶν | of the |
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Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| ἀνδρῶν | men |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: ἀνήρ Sense: with reference to sex. |
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| ὡς | about |
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Parse: Adverb Root: ὡς Sense: as, like, even as, etc. |
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| χιλιάδες | thousand |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Plural Root: χιλιάς Sense: a thousand, the number one thousand. |
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| πέντε | five |
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Parse: Adjective, Nominative Feminine Plural Root: πέντε Sense: five. |
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Greek Commentary for Acts 4:4
Strictly, men and not women, for αντρωπος anthrōpos is the term for both men and women. But in Luke 11:31 ανδρες andres seems to include both men and women and that is possible here, though by no means certain, for see note on Matthew 14:21 where the women and children are expressly excepted. [source]
Translate ἐγενήθη as Rev., came to be; indicating the addition to the original number of the many that believed. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Acts 4:4
Old word for ten thousand (Acts 19:19) and then an indefinite number like our “myriads” (this very word) as Luke 12:1; Acts 21:20; Judges 1:14; Revelation 5:11; Revelation 9:16. But it is a surprising statement even with allowable hyperbole, but one may recall Acts 4:4 (number of the men--not women--about five thousand); Acts 5:14 (multitudes both of men and women); Acts 6:7. There were undoubtedly a great many thousands of believers in Jerusalem and all Jewish Christians, some, alas, Judaizers (Acts 11:2; Acts 15:1, Acts 15:5). This list may include the Christians from neighbouring towns in Palestine and even some from foreign countries here at the Feast of Pentecost, for it is probable that Paul arrived in time for it as he had hoped. But we do not have to count the hostile Jews from Asia (Acts 21:27) who were clearly not Christians at all. All zealous for the law (παντες ζηλωται του νομου pantes zēlōtai tou nomou). Zealots (substantive) rather than zealous (adjective) with objective genitive (του νομου tou nomou). The word zealot is from ζηλοω zēloō to burn with zeal, to boil. The Greek used ζηλωτης zēlōtēs for an imitator or admirer. There was a party of Zealots (developed from the Pharisees), a group of what would be called “hot-heads,” who brought on the war with Rome. One of this party, Simon Zelotes (Acts 1:13), was in the number of the twelve apostles. It is important to understand the issues in Jerusalem. It was settled at the Jerusalem Conference (Acts 15; Galatians 2) that the Mosaic ceremonial law was not to be imposed upon Gentile Christians. Paul won freedom for them, but it was not said that it was wrong for Jewish Christians to go on observing it if they wished. We have seen Paul observing the passover in Philippi (Acts 20:6) and planning to reach Jerusalem for Pentecost (Acts 20:16). The Judaizers rankled under Paul‘s victory and power in spreading the gospel among the Gentiles and gave him great trouble in Galatia and Corinth. They were busy against him in Jerusalem also and it was to undo the harm done by them in Jerusalem that Paul gathered the great collection from the Gentile Christians and brought it with him and the delegates from the churches. Clearly then Paul had real ground for his apprehension of trouble in Jerusalem while still in Corinth (Romans 15:25) when he asked for the prayers of the Roman Christians (Romans 15:30-32). The repeated warnings along the way were amply justified. [source]
The distinction between ανδρες andres and γυναικες gunaikes and to be considered in connection with ανδρες andres in Acts 4:4 which see. [source]
The gospel. Usually in Paul with some qualifying word, as of God. Comp. Acts 4:4; Acts 8:4; Acts 11:19; Acts 14:25; Acts 16:6; 1 Thessalonians 1:6; Colossians 4:3. [source]