Acts 2:20

New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data

"The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:"

Word-by-Word Analysis

The

שֶׁמֶשׁ

shemesh

H8121

the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement

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shall be

הָפַךְ

hâphak

H2015

to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert

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into

חֹשֶׁךְ

chôshek

H2822

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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and the

יָרֵחַ

yârêach

H3394

the moon

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into

דָּם

dâm

H1818

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...

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פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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that

גָּדוֹל

gâdôwl

H1419

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

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and

חָזוּת

châzûwth

H2380

a look; hence (figuratively) striking appearance, revelation, or (by implication) compact

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יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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of the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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Key Terms in This Verse

notable H2380

חָזוּת châzûwth

a look; hence (figuratively) striking appearance, revelation, or (by implication) compact

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moon H3394

יָרֵחַ yârêach

the moon

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sun H8121

שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh

the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement

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darkness H2822

חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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turned H2015

הָפַךְ hâphak

to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert

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blood H1818

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)

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great H1419

גָּדוֹל gâdôwl

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

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day H3117

יוֹם yôwm

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

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before H6440

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.)

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come H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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Cross References

2 Peter 3:10 cross-reference

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that...

Amos 8:9 cross-reference

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:

Matthew 24:29 cross-reference

Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

Malachi 4:5 cross-reference

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

1 Thessalonians 5:2 cross-reference

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

Joel 2:1 cross-reference

Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

Mark 13:24 cross-reference

But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

2 Peter 3:7 cross-reference

But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

Luke 21:25 cross-reference

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

Joel 3:14 cross-reference

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

Revelation 6:12 cross-reference

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

Revelation 16:8 cross-reference

And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.

Jeremiah 4:23 cross-reference

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

Isaiah 34:8 cross-reference

For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

Matthew 27:45 cross-reference

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

Isaiah 13:15 cross-reference

Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

1 Corinthians 5:5 cross-reference

To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Isaiah 24:23 cross-reference

Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

Isaiah 13:9 cross-reference

Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

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