Acts 28:8
New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Πόπλιος
Póplios
apparently "popular"; Poplius (i.e. Publius), a Roman
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
חָלָה
châlâh
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering...
דָּם
dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe...
בֹּר
bôr
vegetable lye (from its cleansing); used as a soap forwashing, or a flux formetals
Παῦλος
Paûlos
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
פָּלַל
pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
רָפָא
râphâʼ
properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
Key Terms in This Verse
בֹּר bôr
vegetable lye (from its cleansing); used as a soap forwashing, or a flux formetals
Study H1253 →דָּם dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
Study H1818 →פָּלַל pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
Study H6419 →רָפָא râphâʼ
properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
Study H7495 →חָלָה châlâh
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
Study H2470 →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 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
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