Acts 28:3
New Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand."
Word-by-Word Analysis
Παῦλος
Paûlos
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
אָסַף
ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
צְרוֹר
tsᵉrôwr
a parcel (as packed up); also a kernel or particle (as if a package)
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
אֶפְעֶה
ʼephʻeh
an asp or other venomous serpent
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
Key Terms in This Verse
צְרוֹר tsᵉrôwr
a parcel (as packed up); also a kernel or particle (as if a package)
Study H6872 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →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 →אָסַף ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
Study H622 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →Cross References
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulder...
They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
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