Acts 26:14
New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
עִבְרִי
ʻIbrîy
an Eberite (i.e. Hebrew) or descendant of Eber
לָשׁוֹן
lâshôwn
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,...
שָׁאוּל
Shâʼûwl
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
שָׁאוּל
Shâʼûwl
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
διώκω
diṓkō
compare the base of G1169 (δειλός) and G1249 (διάκονος)); to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute
קָשָׁה
qâshâh
properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)
בָּעַט
bâʻaṭ
to trample down, i.e. (figuratively) despise
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Key Terms in This Verse
διώκω diṓkō
compare the base of G1169 (δειλός) and G1249 (διάκονος)); to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute
Study G1377 →קָשָׁה qâshâh
properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)
Study H7185 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
Study H3956 →Cross References
And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
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