Acts 23:21
New Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"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: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
שָׁכַב
shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
אָסַר
ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
שְׁבוּעָה
shᵉbûwʻâh
properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
עַד
ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
שָׁחַט
shâchaṭ
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
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, ...
פָּנָה
pânâh
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
Key Terms in This Verse
נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →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 →שָׁכַב shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
Study H7901 →Cross References
In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, i...
Serving the LORD with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
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