Acts 28:4
New Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
English grammatical function word ('barbarians'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equival...
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
אֶפְעֶה
ʼephʻeh
an asp or other venomous serpent
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
תָּלָה
tâlâh
to suspend (especially to gibbet)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
טָרַף
ṭâraph
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
רָצַח
râtsach
properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder
כִּי
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
מָלַט
mâlaṭ
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young...
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
נְקָמָה
nᵉqâmâh
avengement, whether the act of the passion
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('barbarians'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are...
Study GRAM →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →טָרַף ṭâraph
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
Study H2963 →רָצַח râtsach
properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder
Study H7523 →מָלַט mâlaṭ
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
Study H4422 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →כִּי kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Study H3588 →Cross References
And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?
Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth b...
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimst...
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
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