Acts 20:29
New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
כָּבֵד
kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
חוּס
chûwç
properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Key Terms in This Verse
כָּבֵד kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
Study H3515 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →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 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →Cross References
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring up...
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
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