Acts 16:37
New Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out."
Word-by-Word Analysis
Παῦλος
Paûlos
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
כִּתִּי
Kittîy
a Kittite or Cypriote; hence, an islander in general, i.e. the Greeks or Romans on the shores opposite Palestine
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
כִּתִּי Kittîy
a Kittite or Cypriote; hence, an islander in general, i.e. the Greeks or Romans on the shores opposite Palestine
Study H3794 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →Cross References
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
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