Acts 24:8
New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him."
Word-by-Word Analysis
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
κατήγορος
katḗgoros
against one in the assembly, i.e. a complainant at law; specially, Satan
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
בָּחַן
bâchan
to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
לָשַׁן
lâshan
to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate
Key Terms in This Verse
בָּחַן bâchan
to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
Study H974 →κατήγορος katḗgoros
against one in the assembly, i.e. a complainant at law; specially, Satan
Study G2725 →אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in 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.
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