Acts 14:15

New Testament • 17 words with Strong's data

"And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:"

Word-by-Word Analysis

And

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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צִרְעָה

tsirʻâh

H6880

a wasp (as stinging)

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why do ye these

דָּבָר

dâbâr

H1697

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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We also are

אֱנוֹשׁ

ʼĕnôwsh

H582

a man in general (singly or collectively)

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of

דָּמָה

dâmâh

H1819

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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σάρξ

sárx

G4561

flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or a...

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with you and

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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unto you that ye should

שׁוּב

shûwb

H7725

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...

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from these

הֶבֶל

hebel

H1892

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

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unto the

חַי

chay

H2416

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...

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אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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which

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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שָׁמַיִם

shâmayim

H8064

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...

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and

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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and the

יָם

yâm

H3220

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...

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and all

דָּבָר

dâbâr

H1697

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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that are

שָׁם

shâm

H8033

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

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Key Terms in This Verse

passions G4561

σάρξ sárx

flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or as the symbol of what is external, or as the means ...

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Sirs H6880

צִרְעָה tsirʻâh

a wasp (as stinging)

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vanities H1892

הֶבֶל hebel

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

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preach 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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living H2416

חַי chay

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

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therein H8033

שָׁם shâm

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

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turn H7725

שׁוּב shûwb

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

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sea H3220

יָם yâm

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the sou...

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heaven H8064

שָׁמַיִם shâmayim

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)

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like H1819

דָּמָה dâmâh

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 8:4 cross-reference

As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

James 5:17 cross-reference

Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

Acts 10:26 cross-reference

But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.

1 Samuel 12:21 cross-reference

And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

Revelation 14:7 cross-reference

Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

Jeremiah 14:22 cross-reference

Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these t...

Genesis 1:1 cross-reference

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Jonah 2:8 cross-reference

They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

Deuteronomy 32:21 cross-reference

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them t...

1 Thessalonians 1:9 cross-reference

For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

Ephesians 4:17 cross-reference

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

Exodus 20:11 cross-reference

For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Matthew 16:16 cross-reference

And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Jeremiah 32:17 cross-reference

Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:

Psalm 31:6 cross-reference

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

Acts 4:24 cross-reference

And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

1 Timothy 3:15 cross-reference

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Zechariah 12:1 cross-reference

The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.

Psalm 33:6 cross-reference

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

Hebrews 3:12 cross-reference

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

Jeremiah 8:19 cross-reference

Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their gra...

John 7:18 cross-reference

He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

Joshua 3:10 cross-reference

And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, a...

Isaiah 45:18 cross-reference

For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and the...

Jeremiah 10:8 cross-reference

But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

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