Acts 15:20

New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood."

Word-by-Word Analysis

But that we

כָּתַב

kâthab

H3789

to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)

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unto them that they

אָפַק

ʼâphaq

H662

to contain, i.e. (reflex.) abstain

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from

μίασμα

míasma

G3393

(morally) foulness (properly, the effect)

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of

גִּלּוּל

gillûwl

H1544

properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol

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and from

זָנָה

zânâh

H2181

to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (...

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דָּבָר

dâbâr

H1697

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

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חָנַק

chânaq

H2614

to be narrow; by implication, to throttle, or (reflex.) to choke oneself to death (by a rope)

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and from

דָּם

dâm

H1818

blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe...

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Key Terms in This Verse

pollutions G3393

μίασμα míasma

(morally) foulness (properly, the effect)

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strangled H2614

חָנַק chânaq

to be narrow; by implication, to throttle, or (reflex.) to choke oneself to death (by a rope)

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abstain H662

אָפַק ʼâphaq

to contain, i.e. (reflex.) abstain

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fornication H2181

זָנָה zânâh

to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of ...

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write H3789

כָּתַב kâthab

to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)

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idols H1544

גִּלּוּל gillûwl

properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol

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blood H1818

דָּם dâm

blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)

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things H1697

דָּבָר dâbâr

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

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Cross References

Acts 15:29 cross-reference

That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

Revelation 2:20 cross-reference

Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat th...

Revelation 2:14 cross-reference

But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed u...

Leviticus 3:17 cross-reference

It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.

Genesis 9:4 cross-reference

But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

Acts 21:25 cross-reference

As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strang...

1 Corinthians 6:18 cross-reference

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

1 Corinthians 6:9 cross-reference

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

Ezekiel 4:14 cross-reference

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable...

Deuteronomy 15:23 cross-reference

Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

Ephesians 5:3 cross-reference

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

1 Peter 4:3 cross-reference

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:

1 Corinthians 7:2 cross-reference

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

1 Thessalonians 4:3 cross-reference

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

Galatians 5:19 cross-reference

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

1 Corinthians 8:1 cross-reference

Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

Deuteronomy 12:16 cross-reference

Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

Revelation 9:20 cross-reference

And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, a...

Colossians 3:5 cross-reference

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

Hebrews 13:4 cross-reference

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

1 Corinthians 5:11 cross-reference

But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one n...

Numbers 25:2 cross-reference

And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

Hebrews 12:16 cross-reference

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

Revelation 10:2 cross-reference

And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

1 Samuel 14:32 cross-reference

And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.

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