Acts 16:27
New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
διεγείρω
diegeírō
to wake fully; i.e. arouse (literally or figuratively)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
דֶּלֶת
deleth
something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor
פָּתַח
pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
חֶרֶב
chereb
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
שָׁחַט
shâchaṭ
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
νομίζω
nomízō
properly, to do by law (usage), i.e. to accustom (passively, be usual); by extension, to deem or regard
נוּס
nûwç
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
Key Terms in This Verse
διεγείρω diegeírō
to wake fully; i.e. arouse (literally or figuratively)
Study G1326 →νομίζω nomízō
properly, to do by law (usage), i.e. to accustom (passively, be usual); by extension, to deem or regard
Study G3543 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →Cross References
And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.
Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and died,
And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and ...
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