Acts 5:23
New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
אֶמֶת
ʼemeth
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
סָגַר
çâgar
to shut up; figuratively, to surrender
בֶּטַח
beṭach
properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
דֶּלֶת
deleth
something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor
פָּתַח
pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
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)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
Key Terms in This Verse
בֶּטַח beṭach
properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely
Study H983 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →פָּתַח pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Study H6605 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →Cross References
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
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