Acts 20:23
New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָשַׁע
yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
קֹדֶשׁ
qôdesh
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
גָּוַע
gâvaʻ
to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
μαρτυρέω
martyréō
to be a witness, i.e. testify (literally or figuratively)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אֱסָר
ʼĕçâr
an obligation or vow (of abstinence)
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Key Terms in This Verse
μαρτυρέω martyréō
to be a witness, i.e. testify (literally or figuratively)
Study G3140 →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 →יָשַׁע yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
Study H3467 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and sha...
If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
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