Acts 23:3
New Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
Παῦλος
Paûlos
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
שָׁפַט
shâphaṭ
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literall...
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
Key Terms in This Verse
יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →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 →שָׁפַט shâphaṭ
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
Study H8199 →Cross References
Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
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