Acts 14:12

New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And they

קָרָא

qârâʼ

H7121

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

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Βαρνάβας

Barnábas

G921

son of Nabas (i.e. prophecy); Barnabas, an Israelite

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διοπετής

diopetḗs

G1356

sky-fallen (i.e. an aerolite)

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and

Παῦλος

Paûlos

G3972

(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle

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English grammatical function word ('mercurius'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivale...

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פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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he was the

רֹאשׁ

rôʼsh

H7218

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

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אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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Key Terms in This Verse

Mercurius GRAM

English grammatical function word ('mercurius'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are ...

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speaker H376

אִישׁ ʼîysh

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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Jupiter G1356

διοπετής diopetḗs

sky-fallen (i.e. an aerolite)

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Barnabas G921

Βαρνάβας Barnábas

son of Nabas (i.e. prophecy); Barnabas, an Israelite

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Paul G3972

Παῦλος Paûlos

(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle

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chief H7218

רֹאשׁ rôʼsh

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

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called H7121

קָרָא qârâʼ

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

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because H6440

פָּנִים pânîym

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

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