Acts 24:1
New Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
יוֹם
yôwm
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...
Ἀνανίας
Ananías
Ananias, the name of three Israelites
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)
יָרַד
yârad
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau...
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
לַחַשׁ
lachash
properly, a whisper, i.e. by implication, (in a good sense) a private prayer, (in a bad one) an incantation; concretely, an amulet
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
בִּין
bîyn
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
פֶּחָה
pechâh
a prefect (of a city or small district)
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Παῦλος
Paûlos
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
Key Terms in This Verse
לַחַשׁ lachash
properly, a whisper, i.e. by implication, (in a good sense) a private prayer, (in a bad one) an incantation; concretely, an amulet
Study H3908 →בִּין bîyn
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
Study H995 →יָרַד yârad
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applicat...
Study H3381 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →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 →Cross References
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,
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.
And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.
The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
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