Acts 18:3
New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers."
Word-by-Word Analysis
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
מְלָאכָה
mᵉlâʼkâh
properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
English grammatical function word ('tentmakers'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equival...
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('tentmakers'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are...
Study GRAM →מְלָאכָה mᵉlâʼkâh
properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
Study H4399 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →Cross References
For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from bei...
Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?
For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
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