Acts 21:32
New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
חַיִל
chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
κεντυρίων
kentyríōn
a centurion, i.e. captain of one hundred soldiers
רוּץ
rûwts
to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
חַיִל
chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
דָּכָא
dâkâʼ
to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
Παῦλος
Paûlos
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
Key Terms in This Verse
κεντυρίων kentyríōn
a centurion, i.e. captain of one hundred soldiers
Study G2760 →דָּכָא dâkâʼ
to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
Study H1792 →חַיִל chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Study H2428 →חַיִל chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Study H2428 →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 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →Cross References
This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
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