Acts 23:10
New Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
διχοστασία
dichostasía
disunion, i.e. (figuratively) dissension
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)
יָרֵא
yârêʼ
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
בִּלְתִּי
biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because no...
Παῦλος
Paûlos
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
חַיִל
chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
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 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →Cross References
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
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.
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.
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
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