Acts 18:6
New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles."
Word-by-Word Analysis
παρανομέω
paranoméō
to be opposed to law, i.e. to transgress
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
נָקַב
nâqab
to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)
בֶּגֶד
beged
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
דָּם
dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe...
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
טָהוֹר
ṭâhôwr
pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
יָסַף
yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Key Terms in This Verse
נָקַב nâqab
to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)
Study H5344 →יָסַף yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
Study H3254 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →גּוֹי gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Study H1471 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →דָּם dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
Study H1818 →Cross References
Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD’s anointed.
Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said,...
But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.
And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
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