Acts 17:27
New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
-πώς
-pṓs
an enclitic particle of indefiniteness of manner; somehow or anyhow; used only in composition
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
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
כִּי
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
רָחַק
râchaq
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Key Terms in This Verse
-πώς -pṓs
an enclitic particle of indefiniteness of manner; somehow or anyhow; used only in composition
Study G4458 →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 →רָחַק râchaq
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
Study H7368 →כִּי kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Study H3588 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →Cross References
For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
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