Acts 11:6
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Into which looking, I considered and saw fourfooted creatures of the earth and beasts and creeping things and fowls of the air.

fastened.

Acts 3:4 But Peter with John, fastening his eyes upon him, said: Look upon us.

Luke 4:20 And when he had folded the book, he restored it to the minister and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.

Context
Peter's Report at Jerusalem
5I was in the city of Joppe praying: and I saw in an ecstasy of mind a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. And it came even unto me. 6Into which looking, I considered and saw fourfooted creatures of the earth and beasts and creeping things and fowls of the air. 7And I heard also a voice saying to me: Arise, Peter. Kill and eat.…
Cross References
Mark 8:25
After that again he laid his hands upon his eyes: and he began to see and was restored, so that he saw all things clearly.

Acts 10:12
Wherein were all manner of four-footed beasts and creeping things of the earth and fowls of the air.

Acts 11:5
I was in the city of Joppe praying: and I saw in an ecstasy of mind a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. And it came even unto me.

Acts 11:7
And I heard also a voice saying to me: Arise, Peter. Kill and eat.

Lexicon
I looked
ἀτενίσας (atenisas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 816: To direct my gaze, look steadily. From a compound of a and teino; to gaze intently.

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

it {closely}
ἣν (hēn)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3739: Who, which, what, that.

[and] saw
κατενόουν (katenooun)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2657: To take note of, perceive, consider carefully, discern, detect, make account of. From kata and noieo; to observe fully.

four-footed animals
τετράποδα (tetrapoda)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 5074: Four-footed. From tessares and pous; a quadruped.

of the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

earth,
γῆς (gēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

wild beasts,
θηρία (thēria)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 2342: Properly: a wild beast, hence: any animal; met: a brute. Diminutive from the same as thera; a dangerous animal.

reptiles,
ἑρπετὰ (herpeta)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 2062: Neuter of a derivative of herpo; a reptile, i.e. (compare remes) a small animal.

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

birds
πετεινὰ (peteina)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4071: A bird, fowl. Neuter of a derivative of petomai; a flying animal, i.e. Bird.

of the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

air.
οὐρανοῦ (ouranou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.


Additional Translations
I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

Having looked intently on it, I was observing it, and I saw the quadrupeds of the earth and the wild beasts and the creeping things and the birds of the air.

On the which when I had fastened my eyes, I considered, and saw four footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

upon which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw the fourfooted beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the heaven.

on which having fixed mine eyes, I considered, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven.

upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw the fourfooted beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and fowls of the heaven.

Upon which when I had fastened my eyes, I considered, and saw four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping animals, and fowls of the air.

Fixing my eyes on it, I examined it closely, and saw various kinds of quadrupeds, wild beasts, reptiles and birds.

When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky.

at which having looked stedfastly, I was considering, and I saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of heaven;
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