Acts 19:31
New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
אֶלָּסָר
ʼEllâçâr
Ellasar, an early country of Asia
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
ζητέω
zētéō
to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)
נָסָה
nâçâh
to test; by implication, to attempt
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
θέατρον
théatron
a place for public show ("theatre"), i.e. general audience-room; by implication, a show itself (figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
θέατρον théatron
a place for public show ("theatre"), i.e. general audience-room; by implication, a show itself (figuratively)
Study G2302 →ζητέω zētéō
to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)
Study G2212 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →Cross References
And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
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