Acts 22:24
New Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him."
Word-by-Word Analysis
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)
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
ἀνακρίνω
anakrínō
properly, to scrutinize, i.e. (by implication) investigate, interrogate, determine
μάστιξ
mástix
a whip (literally, the Roman flagellum for criminals; figuratively, a disease)
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
צָעַק
tsâʻaq
to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Key Terms in This Verse
μάστιξ mástix
a whip (literally, the Roman flagellum for criminals; figuratively, a disease)
Study G3148 →ἀνακρίνω anakrínō
properly, to scrutinize, i.e. (by implication) investigate, interrogate, determine
Study G350 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →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
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Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch u...
Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
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.
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