Acts 15:28
New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
קֹדֶשׁ
qôdesh
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
גָּוַע
gâvaʻ
to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
מַשָּׂא
massâʼ
a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desire
חֹק
chôq
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Key Terms in This Verse
חֹק chôq
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
Study H2706 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →מַשָּׂא massâʼ
a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desire
Study H4853 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to co...
Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent d...
If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
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