Acts 13:47

New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For so hath the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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צָוָה

tsâvâh

H6680

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

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us

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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I have

שׂוּם

sûwm

H7760

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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thee to be a

אוֹר

ʼôwr

H216

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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of the

גּוֹי

gôwy

H1471

a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

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that thou

δεῖ

deî

G1163

also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)

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be for

יְשׁוּעָה

yᵉshûwʻâh

H3444

something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity

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unto the

קָצָה

qâtsâh

H7098

a termination

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of the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Key Terms in This Verse

ends H7098

קָצָה qâtsâh

a termination

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shouldest G1163

δεῖ deî

also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)

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Gentiles H1471

גּוֹי gôwy

a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

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salvation H3444

יְשׁוּעָה yᵉshûwʻâh

something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity

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light H216

אוֹר ʼôwr

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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commanded H6680

צָוָה tsâvâh

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

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set H7760

שׂוּם sûwm

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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earth H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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saying H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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Lord H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Cross References

Isaiah 49:6 cross-reference

And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou...

Isaiah 42:6 cross-reference

I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

Luke 2:32 cross-reference

A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

Isaiah 45:22 cross-reference

Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

Isaiah 42:1 cross-reference

Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

Hosea 1:10 cross-reference

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my...

Isaiah 52:10 cross-reference

The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

Acts 1:8 cross-reference

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth...

Zechariah 2:11 cross-reference

And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

Acts 9:15 cross-reference

But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

Acts 26:23 cross-reference

That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

Acts 22:21 cross-reference

And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.

Isaiah 60:3 cross-reference

And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

Mark 16:15 cross-reference

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Amos 9:12 cross-reference

That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.

Matthew 28:19 cross-reference

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Luke 24:47 cross-reference

And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Malachi 1:11 cross-reference

For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my nam...

Micah 5:7 cross-reference

And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

Jeremiah 16:19 cross-reference

O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanit...

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