Acts 23:5
New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people."
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
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
עֶלְיוֹן
ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
כֹּהֵן
kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
כָּתַב
kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Key Terms in This Verse
יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →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 →כָּתַב kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
Study H3789 →עֶלְיוֹן ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
Study H5945 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →כֹּהֵן kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
Study H3548 →אָח ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Study H251 →עַם ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Study H5971 →Cross References
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
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