Acts 17:23
New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
σέβασμα
sébasma
something adored, i.e. an object of worship (god, altar, etc)
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
אֲפָרְסַי
ʼĂphârᵉçay
an Apherasite or inhabitant of an unknown region of Assyria
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
שָׁגַג
shâgag
to stray, i.e. (figuratively) sin (with more or less apology)
שָׁחָה
shâchâh
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
נָגַד
nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to o...
Key Terms in This Verse
σέβασμα sébasma
something adored, i.e. an object of worship (god, altar, etc)
Study G4574 →שָׁגַג shâgag
to stray, i.e. (figuratively) sin (with more or less apology)
Study H7683 →אֲפָרְסַי ʼĂphârᵉçay
an Apherasite or inhabitant of an unknown region of Assyria
Study H670 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →נָגַד nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, exp...
Study H5046 →שָׁחָה shâchâh
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
Study H7812 →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 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →Cross References
Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
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;
Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
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:
He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
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