Acts 20:34
New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me."
Word-by-Word Analysis
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...
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
שָׁרַת
shârath
to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to
English grammatical function word ('necessities'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equiva...
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('necessities'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they ar...
Study GRAM →שָׁרַת shârath
to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to
Study H8334 →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 →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
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.
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