Acts 14:16
New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways."
Word-by-Word Analysis
פַּעַם
paʻam
a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Key Terms in This Verse
נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →פַּעַם paʻam
a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
Study H6471 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →גּוֹי gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Study H1471 →Cross References
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
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