Acts 21:13
New Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
Word-by-Word Analysis
Παῦλος
Paûlos
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
עָנָה
ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...
גָּמַל
gâmal
to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
כּוּן
kûwn
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, ...
אָסַר
ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Key Terms in This Verse
גָּמַל gâmal
to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
Study H1580 →כּוּן kûwn
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render su...
Study H3559 →אָסַר ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
Study H631 →Παῦλος Paûlos
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
Study G3972 →עָנָה ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
Study H6030 →יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
Study H3389 →Cross References
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel ...
Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:
For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily.
For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
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