Acts 23:34
New Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
פֶּחָה
pechâh
a prefect (of a city or small district)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
אִגְּרָא
ʼiggᵉrâʼ
an epistle (as carried by a state courier or postman)
שָׁאַל
shâʼal
to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
מְדִינָה
mᵉdîynâh
properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region
בִּין
bîyn
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
Κιλικία
Kilikía
Cilicia, a region of Asia Minor
Key Terms in This Verse
מְדִינָה mᵉdîynâh
properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region
Study H4082 →בִּין bîyn
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
Study H995 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →שָׁאַל shâʼal
to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
Study H7592 →Cross References
But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto ...
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