Acts 23:12

New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data

"And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And when it was

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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אֱנוֹשׁ

ʼĕnôwsh

H582

a man in general (singly or collectively)

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of the

יְהוּדִי

Yᵉhûwdîy

H3064

a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)

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אֵסוּר

ʼêçûwr

H612

a bond (especially manacles of a prisoner)

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יַחַד

yachad

H3162

properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly

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and

אָסַר

ʼâçar

H631

to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle

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עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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under a

אָרַר

ʼârar

H779

to execrate

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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that they would

לֹא

lôʼ

H3808

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

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אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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nor

שָׁתָה

shâthâh

H8354

to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

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עַד

ʻad

H5705

{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}

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they had

שָׁחַט

shâchaṭ

H7819

to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)

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Παῦλος

Paûlos

G3972

(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle

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Key Terms in This Verse

banded H612

אֵסוּר ʼêçûwr

a bond (especially manacles of a prisoner)

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killed H7819

שָׁחַט shâchaṭ

to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)

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curse H779

אָרַר ʼârar

to execrate

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bound H631

אָסַר ʼâçar

to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle

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Paul G3972

Παῦλος Paûlos

(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle

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till H5705

עַד ʻad

{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}

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certain H582

אֱנוֹשׁ ʼĕnôwsh

a man in general (singly or collectively)

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Jews H3064

יְהוּדִי Yᵉhûwdîy

a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)

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drink H8354

שָׁתָה shâthâh

to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

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themselves H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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Cross References

Acts 23:30 cross-reference

And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.

Acts 23:21 cross-reference

But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: an...

Acts 23:14 cross-reference

And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.

Psalm 31:13 cross-reference

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

Jeremiah 11:19 cross-reference

But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off...

Acts 25:3 cross-reference

And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

Matthew 26:4 cross-reference

And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

2 Kings 6:31 cross-reference

Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

Galatians 3:13 cross-reference

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

1 Corinthians 16:22 cross-reference

If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.

1 Kings 19:2 cross-reference

Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

1 Samuel 14:24 cross-reference

And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the peo...

Joshua 6:26 cross-reference

And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his younges...

Matthew 27:25 cross-reference

Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

Matthew 26:74 cross-reference

Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

Leviticus 27:29 cross-reference

None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.

Joshua 7:15 cross-reference

And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought fol...

Nehemiah 10:29 cross-reference

They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of...

Joshua 7:1 cross-reference

But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger...

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