Acts 19:35
New Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
English grammatical function word ('townclerk'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivale...
כָּפַר
kâphar
to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
Ἐφεσῖνος
Ephesînos
Ephesine, or situated at Ephesus
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Ἐφέσιος
Ephésios
an Ephesian or inhabitant of Ephesus
עָבַד
ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
אֲשֵׁרָה
ʼăshêrâh
Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same
Ἄρτεμις
Ártemis
prompt; Artemis, the name of a Grecian goddess borrowed by the Asiatics for one of their deities
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
διοπετής
diopetḗs
sky-fallen (i.e. an aerolite)
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('townclerk'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are ...
Study GRAM →כָּפַר kâphar
to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel
Study H3722 →עָבַד ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Study H5647 →אֲשֵׁרָה ʼăshêrâh
Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same
Study H842 →Ἄρτεμις Ártemis
prompt; Artemis, the name of a Grecian goddess borrowed by the Asiatics for one of their deities
Study G735 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →Cross References
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:
Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
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